Manchester United needed victory at Swansea on Sunday afternoon. They needed victory desperately, as Jose Mourinho began to resemble the rugged, stressed third season version of himself rather than the excitable, positive, scheming first year incarnation.

His tenure at Manchester United could be rather short if his team continue to perform as appallingly as they have for the majority of this season. Letting opposition teams expose them defensively and failing to finish chances, the vulgar amount of money spent last summer is look pretty laughable at the moment. Mourinho, even in his most stubborn of moods, would admit that things are at an almost disastrous level at the moment.

Fortuitously, Swansea have been having a woeful campaign of their own. Their own struggles, which were added to by defeat at Stoke on Monday, have been well documented. Victory for Manchester United might not have been quite a shock, but it certainly was not a guarantee before the game.

Pogback?

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Paul Pogba was destined to face a lot of criticism after moving for a world record fee and the Frenchman may have calmed some of the critics a little with his stunning goal.

Performances must improve for Pogba, but this was a start.

Zlat attack

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Having been through one of the worst goal droughts of his career, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was desperate for a goal.

Scoring the second for United, to almost kill the game, in the first half, the towering Swede is set to go on a goal scoring run from here onwards.

Absent friends

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As Ibrahimovic netted his second, and United's third, Bob Bradley cut a dejected figure. Rui Faria, however, was less upset by the events on the field.

Jose Mourinho was stuck in the stands as part of a touchline ban (very unlike him, of course) and Faria was there barking the orders from the touchline. Luckily Faria avoided the sort of controversy that has crept up in his career.

Silly moment

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When you are on four bookings and winning a game comfortably, it is pretty damn stupid to make any sort of challenge that could possibly see you scribbled into the referee's notepad again.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic clearly didn't get the memo about five bookings equalling and a suspension and he will not miss the game with Arsenal as a result.

Crumbling defence

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Van der Hoorn managed to grab a consolation for Swansea, but it was too little, too late for the Welsh club.

Sitting level on points with Sunderland at the bottom of the table, this result only puts more pressure on Bob Bradley - even so early in his tenure.

Defeat will hurt for Swansea, who defended poorly throughout, but they will have plenty more winnable games than this.