SCOTT McTOMINAY won the hearts and minds of Manchester United fans as footage of his demands to ‘be aggressive’ in the clash with RB Leipzig emerged.
United were 3-0 up and kicking off after Marcus Rashford’s second with only 12 minutes left.
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McTominay tells team-mates: “We got to be aggressive, 12 minutes left, let’s go.”
But perhaps McTominay was mindful of the way Tottenham had blown a 3-0 lead against West Ham with just 11 minutes remaining a fortnight ago.
With no fans in the eerily-silent Old Trafford in Wednesday’s Champions League encounter, viewers could clearly hear the Scotland midfielder demanding more from his team-mates.
United were in stunning form to demolish the Bundesliga leaders and last term’s Champions League semi-finalists.
Mason Greenwood got the ball rolling on 21 minutes.
Rashford added two goals in five minutes around the three-quarter mark to turn it into a rout.
But, with McTominay demanding more, United refused to put their feet up as Anthony Martial’s 87th-minute penalty before Rashford completed his hat-trick on 90 minutes.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side have won both their opening Champions League group matches – in the so-called group of death against the top two sides, Leipzig at home and away to Paris Saint-Germain.
Hard-working McTominay won the manager’s player of the year when Jose Mourinho was boss in 2017.
One United fan said: “No wonder Mourinho loved him. He’s the perfect Mourinho player.”
United have bounced back superbly from their 6-1 home mauling against Tottenham.
The spark seems to have coincided with 23-year-old McTominay and Fred shoring up the midfield and offering more protection to out-of-form Harry Maguire and his fellow defenders.
United take on Arsenal at Old Trafford tomorrow.
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