Dennis Wise says Manchester United have been 'appalling' in recent weeks

"After 20 years of football I am still the kid I was 20 years ago, and I am still naive," he said."But I still don't believe a player is not honest. Ask people with great reputations in the game if they ever went to a game not to try to give their best."If somebody tells me 'I was a
player and on one occasion I didn't give my best', then I'll change my opinion. Until somebody with a big reputation tell me 'I was a dishonest player', I will always believe the players are honest."

Watch Paul Pogba's first training session since his tense exchange with Mourinho

"That is a private matter, I am not asking you. It is a private matter, I am not going to answer to you," said Mourinho, ahead of Tuesday's visit of Valencia in the Champions League.Mourinho, speaking about Saturday's loss, said many of his players do not look like
they have just suffered a defeat, but added that "sometimes what you see is not what you get".Asked if he thought his players care, he continued: "I think some care more than others."One journalist began to ask about United's poor running stats - only Cardiff have covered less ground in the league - but was cut-off by Mourinho who defended his players' application.

Jose Mourinho confident Manchester United will not sack him

Jose Mourinho is confident he will not be sacked by Manchester United, but refused to reveal whether he had met with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward following Saturday's defeat at West Ham.Mourinho's future has been called into question after the 3-1 loss at the
London Stadium, meanwhile reports suggested Zinedine Zidane was being lined up as his successor.However, when asked if he felt his job was on the line if results do not improve, Mourinho said: "No. I don't think so."The Portuguese was pressed about whether he had met with Woodward following United's third league defeat of the season, but sternly refused to answer.

What Chelsea would do for a player like Daniel Sturridge

More by luck - or in Daniel Sturridge's case the bad luck of injuries - than judgement, Liverpool have one of the Premier League's most lethal marksmen as their back-up forward.And the 29-year-old (how on earth is he 29?) proved his worth on Saturday night with an effort of the highest calibre to ensure that Liverpool sustained their unbeaten start to
the Premier League season.And you know what, it might very well be a match made in absolute heaven. Sturridge might no longer be up to the rigours of a full season of week in, week out football, so a spot as a role player on a championship challenger might be perfect as he feels his way back into the game.However, such is his talent and Liverpool's strength in depth, he'd probably be Chelsea's number one forward were he in their squad.

Jadon Sancho is a top, top baller

Jadon Sancho is 18 years of age.At the age of 17, Sancho made the decision to leave the comfort of Manchester City's academy to move to Borussia Dortmund.To provide some context, when the Warm-Up was 17, decision-making went no further than deciding whether to eat baked beans straight out of the tin or go full gourmet and lob the contents of said tin in a pan and warm those bad boys up.The Warm-
Up is nothing if not efficient, so the Warm-Up, always went for option one. Terrible decision by the way.Sancho, in contrast, has a knack for making decent decisions. The decision to move to Dortmund has proved well founded.And his good decision-making also extends to when to pass the ball, as the now 18-year-old has provided the most assists in Europe's top five leagues this season.Impressive in its own right.However, throw into the mix the fact his five assists have come in just 125 minutes off the bench and impressive becomes whatever 10 superlatives up from impressive is.

Ed Woodward to blame for the sorry state United are in

Football has, in the Warm-Up's opinion, been over-intellectualised in recent times. It is a pretty simple game over-complicated by a bunch of pseuds.So, the Warm-Up is going to take it right back and give you, dear reader, a concise summation of Manchester United: they are guff. Utterly guff.However their guffness is largely the fault of one man, and he is not called Jose Mourinho. Nope, step forward, Edward Gareth Woodward.At this point, let's be clear, Jose Mourinho needs absolutely no help turning his third season at a club toxic, but Edward has given him plenty help.

The shambles has played out in three acts:

1) not backing the manager in the summer, and pulling rank over player recruitment (even though there is no rank to pull)

2) undermining the manager by preparing a new contract to a player, Anthony Martial, who Mourinho wants rid of

3) indulging Paul Pogba's off-the-field commercial value to the point that the France superstar has been emboldened enough to openly question the authority of Mourinho.

Squad depth and that boy Sterling

Sterling puts it all on show now, precise passing, intelligent running and a newly acquired ability to link up with teammates in the most enviable fashion. He twists and turns and drives around causing chaos. His calmness in front of goal is reassuring.

Manchester City started the game without David Silva, Gabriel Jesus and Leroy Sane. Though Jesus was brought on for an injured Kompany, City never looked like they were stripped off their riches at any point in the game. They're just that damn good. If they were clinical in front of goal, this would have looked more like a Manchester City result.