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What Paul Pogba told referee after Swansea foul



When asked by Sky Sports whether he thought he could have seen red, Pogba insisted he did not think he fouled Olsson. 

"To be honest no," Pogba replied. "The second one, no, the first one, I saw it again it's a yellow card, we had a lot of pressure and we were not in the best moment and I was doing some stupid fouls.

"But the second one I wasn't worried, so for me it wasn’t a foul. And that’s why I laughed with him when he talked to me, I said 'Are you serious?' So it’s okay.

"I think it would have been very hard for us with a red card in the first-half. We had a very good result. Four-nil again with the clean sheet, so we carry on on this road and we want this and we have to carry on like that.

"I think we’re more confident [than last season], we know each other more, now it’s the second year, in the first year, you have the first year with the manager, you have to change the team, it’s not easy, and we still won trophies.

"This season, we're more confident, everybody knows each other, we work for each other and that’s easier for us."

Henrikh Mkhitaryan claimed one Premier League assist last term but has claimed four from United's opening two games already.

"It was a tough game," the broadcasters' man of the match added. "Especially in the first-half because they were playing with five defenders, but we were patient and doing what we had to do and we scored in the first-half with a set-piece.

"In the second-half they played with four defenders so we had and more spaces to create behind the defensive line."



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