Pogba: We Were Almost Perfect

Paul Pogba felt Manchester United's first-half performance in Saturday's 4-1 win was "almost perfect" as the Reds dismantled league champions Leicester City to lead 4-0 at the break.

The Frenchman himself brought up that scoreline with his first-ever senior goal for the club, rising above the Foxes' defence to head past Ron-Robert Zieler from Daley Blind's corner - the same setpiece route that also created United's opening and third strikes registered by Chris Smalling and Marcus Rashford respectively.

Juan Mata was the other player to find the net in a rampant first period last matched at Old Trafford, at least in terms of goals, in April 2007 when Roma were ultimately defeated 7-1 in the Champions League.

"The first half was almost perfect and that's why we won the game I think," Pogba told MUTV. "It was our best half since the start of the season. It wasn't easy for the players in the second half to switch on when we knew Leicester were going to push up to try to score goals but I think we did great.

"The thing we did well was we did great without the ball. It was very important and when we had the ball we just played like I knew we could. We were very focused and we produced a big performance on the pitch. We want to carry on like this."

Pogba, who was voted Man of the Match by followers of @ManUtd on Twitter, was no stranger to the scoresheet for United's Reserves and Academy sides. He's thrilled to have now opened his first-team account in this second spell with the club, especially on home turf.

“It feels great to get my first goal at Old Trafford," the no.6 said. "For me it was very good and very important. I hope it won’t be the last one."

The record signing is also hoping for more of the same from the team as a whole, describing the overall display as "the best performance from me and the team since we came back from international duty.

There are a lot of games to play so we will keep fighting and hopefully continuing with performances like this one."

When asked if he is enjoying the variety of tests thrown up by the Premier League, Pogba admitted: "It was a big challenge for me to come here, even though I‘d won four titles with Juventus. It was a challenge with the history at United - but I always go for challenges."

On the topic of recent media criticism of the team, the Frenchman retorted: "I never read the newspapers but I always say one thing – at the end you will see."