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‘They’re like Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi!’ Manchester United fans hail Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo partnership

At the start of the season, if you had told Manchester United fans Jose Mourinho would be starting Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo together at centre-back, they’re likely to have had panic attacks.

The duo, despite initial promise, have struggled for form previously but, all of a sudden, seem to be clicking together at the heart of the Red Devils’ defence.

Against Tottenham, in a 1-0 victory, Jones and Rojo were superb and kept Harry Kane out of the game at Old Trafford.

And fans took to Twitter to reveal their admiration for the duo…