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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20956034" data-attributes="member: 158020">Mourinho explains Martial absence: You wanted to see Mkhitaryan! <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/GOAL_INTERNATIONAL/8c/75/neville-xi-anthony-martial_12m72bmxkbuk21fw87k542ow5v.jpg?t=1669654520&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Jose Mourinho has revealed why he left Anthony Martial out of his squad for the Europa League win over Feyenoord, insisting there wasn't room for the Frenchman. Martial had started Saturday's 1-1 draw with Arsenal, only to left out against the Dutch side, with Wayne Rooney and Henrikh Mkhitaryan being brought in to support Zlatan Ibrahimovic in attack.The likes of Paul Pogba, Juan Mata and Antonio Valencia, who all played in the fixture against the Gunners, were selected to start while Ander Herrera and Marcus Rashford were named as subs. Martial was, however, nowhere to be seen in the matchday squad and Mourinho insists that he was answering the call of the fans and the media to start with Armenian Mkhitaryan. He told reporters: "He [Martial] was OK for this game, it was just an option. He played last Saturday, I cannot play with 12 players, I cannot use on the bench 19 or 20."You wanted to see Mkhitaryan, I wanted too. I cannot play all of them at the same time so it was just an option. Players have to win their positions."They are friends, they are colleagues, they work together every day but at the end they compete between themselves to have more chances to play and Anthony played against Arsenal, today was the moment to give a chance to Mkhitaryan to start." The 4-0 win on Thursday night represented Mourinho's biggest win since taking charge at Old Trafford, with Rooney, Mata, a Brad Jones own goal and Jesse Lingard separating the two sides.Martial has featured in 13 games in all competitions for United thus far this season, scoring two goals.</blockquote>

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