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Jose Mourinho: 'Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not meeting expectations'

Mourinho: 'Mkhitaryan not meeting expectations'
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says that summer signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan is still not meeting expectations.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has claimed that Henrikh Mkhitaryan still has work to do to force his way into the starting XI.

The Armenian has struggled for game time since his £26m switch to Old Trafford from Borussia Dortmund in the summer transfer window.

Mkhitaryan came on as a substitute in United's 2-1 defeat to Fenerbahce on Thursday night - his first appearance since the Manchester derby on September 10.

After the game, Mourinho claimed that his summer signing, who had a spell on the sidelines with injury, is not doing enough to dislodge his teammates from the starting lineup.

"I'm not thinking about sending him off, but he has to do more - it's as simple as that," Mourinho told reporters in a press conference.

"We have big expectations at this club, lots of players for these positions and he has to play better than [Juan] Mata, [Jesse] Lingard, [Anthony] Martial - he has to play better than them. It's as simple as that.

"Every manager wants to win matches, every manager in the world wants to play the players that he thinks can help the team more, and I'm no different."

The result in Turkey means that United have won just two of their last seven games in all competitions.

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan in action for Manchester United against Hull City on August 27, 2016
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