Is Herrera the answer for Utd?

​​​​​​​Ander Herrera has impressed in Manchester United’s midfield and he looks set to start against Liverpool on Monday Night Football. The Spaniard already looks like Jose Mourinho’s best partner for Paul Pogba in the middle, writes Nick Wright.

Herrera has had to be patient at United. It is more than two years since he first set foot in Carrington, but the former Athletic Bilbao midfielder has featured sporadically for the most part, struggling to nail down a place in the team and frequently finding himself on the fringes.

Herrera started just 36 out of 76 Premier League games in his first two seasons at Old Trafford under Louis van Gaal, and history seemed to be repeating itself when he was relegated to the bench by Mourinho after playing in United’s 3-1 victory over Bournemouth on the opening day of the new campaign.

Herrera was sacrificed for world-record signing Pogba, with Marouane Fellaini keeping his place instead. The decision seemed to pay off as United beat Southampton and Hull, but they soon faltered, and Herrera caught Mourinho’s eye as a second-half substitute in their galling 2-1 defeat by Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City at Old Trafford.

“Ander came on in the second half and he was the one who allowed us to recover the ball fast, to press higher, to bring the team higher, to recover the ball, to build a new wave of attack, to put another long ball into the last line,” said Mourinho. “Ander was phenomenal in his attitude.”

The 27-year-old was back on the bench for the 3-1 defeat by Watford despite Mourinho’s praise, but he returned to the starting XI for the 4-1 thrashing of Leicester, and he remained there for their 1-1 draw with Stoke – a performance Mourinho described as United’s best of the season so far, despite the frustrating result.

With Fellaini back on the bench and the ageing Michael Carrick overlooked, it’s now Herrera who looks like the best foil for Pogba …

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