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Mourinho, Mkhitaryan enjoy good first day at Manchester United

The Special One and his landmark summer signing made light work of Wigan as United emerged on top through goals from Will Keane and Andreas Pereira.

At this stage of preseason it is less about what Jose Mourinho can do for these Manchester Unitedplayers and more about what they can do for Jose Mourinho. Form and fitness are more important than collective performances and in that respect the 2-0 win against Wigan Athletic on Saturday was a decent afternoon's work for the Special One and his squad, which is still without its Euro 2016 participants.

New signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan gave a good account of himself, linking up well with his front-running colleagues and supplying plenty of ammunition for good measure.