Henrikh Mkhitaryan has earned lavish praises from Jose Mourinho after a superb display against West Ham United in the EFL Cup quarter-final. Mkhitaryan inspired United to a 4-1 drubbing of the Hammers.
Zlatan Ibrahimović and Anthony Martial scored a brace as United thrashed a hapless West Ham and set up a semifinal date with Hull City. The 27-year-old showed why he is regarded as one of the best attacking midfielders right now as he set up Zlatan’s goal with a beautiful back heel.
Jose Mourinho didn’t reveal the location from where he was watching the match. He was seen in the tunnel before the match but later disappeared to a secret location.
The Portuguese was very happy with the Armenian’s performance and admitted that the player gradually adapting to the Premier League. “I’m so happy because today was against a Premier League team with Premier League qualities with Premier League characteristics.
“That showed clearly his evolution. Against Feyenoord we could think, “OK it is a different profile of football” but today was against a proper and typical Premier League team and Micky could perform this way. So I’m really happy.
“We know the reason why we bought him and we were waiting for his adaptation and it looks like it’s coming.”
