Mauricio Pochettino insists Eric Dier has never told him he is unhappy with his role at Tottenham.

Jose Mourinho says Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s “phenomenal” impact has made the veteran Manchester United striker undroppable.

Tottenham striker Harry Kane will not be ready to face Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League tonight but is being lined up for a return for Sunday’s big North London derby.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho will find out today if the Football Association deem his weekend sending off worthy of a touchline ban.

Our writers round up the weekend's talking points.

Sunderland 1 Arsenal 4: Arsene Wenger is the manager renowned for not seeing pivotal incidents during a match, but it was David Moyes who appeared to be watching a different game on Saturday.

Southampton 0 Chelsea 2: It is after matches like this that you wonder just quite what happened to Eden Hazard last season.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Man Utd 1 Tottenham 0: For 80 minutes, Manchester United supporters were left wondering where Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been all their lives as the Premier League’s first and only Armenian masterminded a victory that could kick start their club’s season.

The Irish Examiner, or so I’m told, is a hotbed of Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal support, so getting a Tottenham voice in here is a bit of a result.

There’s been some fanciful talk that, with Manchester United’s 0-2 win away to Zorya — and its confirmation of Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s belated arrival as a significant influence — Jose Mourinho might well have negotiated one of those famous ‘turning points’ so beloved of teams in, to put it at its most charitable, transition.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Manchester United’s crunch Europa League clash with Zorya Luhansk is under threat due to a frozen pitch that Jose Mourinho claims his team should never have had to encounter.