Anthony Martial has been told by Jose Mourinho to use Henrikh Mkhitaryan as inspiration to get back into the Manchester United starting line-up and become the formidable force he once was.
The Frenchman's appearance off the bench in United’s 3-1 win on Boxing Day was his first in two weeks.
But Mourinho has encouraged Martial to prove his worth just as his Armenian team-mate has in recent weeks. Mourinho told SFR Sport:
“Every player is different. I had this season a situation that was more difficult than Anthony.
"Mkhitaryan was completely open and completely understood the difference between me and other coaches he had.
And he worked a lot without playing, but he worked a lot to try to reach the level.”
"I think Anthony is very, very young - people forget - and last season Manchester United played completely differently to how we do today,” the Red Devils boss added.
"He was basically playing up front. The team had lots of passive ball possession, just waiting to put it into space for Anthony to go and score a goal. This season is more difficult. He needs a little bit of time to improve.”
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