#4 Mourinho’s choice of defenders
When United announced their line-up for the game, the prolific Arsenal midfielders must have relished the chance to go up against Marcus Rojo and Phil Jones. The two aren’t the most reliable and Mourinho himself said a few weeks ago he didn’t remember the last time Jones had a good game. In spite of all the misgivings surrounding the two men, they weren’t bad at all.
It must have been quite surprising to Ozil and Sanchez that they couldn’t get past the United men and it seemed like the Red Devils were going home with a clean sheet and full points to their name. Strangely enough, it wasn’t until Mourinho made all his defensive changes after going up that United conceded. He changed the dynamics which had been holding up so well and Arsenal took apart their hope of a victory with a cross and a head.
