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The England international, who sustained a thigh injury in the pre-season, played 86 minutes of Liverpool's 2-1 victory over Burnley on New Year's Day.
It was a welcome tonic for Mourinho amid reports the United manager is beginning to lose the support of his players after branding them "childish" and "immature" and admitting the squad needs major investment to catch City.
Alexis Sanchez's late penalty gave Arsenal a 1-0 win at Burnley on Sunday that lifted them into fourth place on 25 points.
He is the second managerial casualty of the Premier League season following the dismissal of Frank de Boer from the Crystal Palace job.
Pogba hurt his hamstring during United's Champions League win over Basel last week and will undergo further scans to determine his recovery period.
United have made a strong start to the Premier League season, winning their opening three games and scoring 10 goals in the process to top the table.
The 27-year-old spent the second half of last season on loan at Palace, helping the south London club avoid relegation, after falling out of favour with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
The sale of Matic to title rivals Manchester United irked Conte and once again he made it clear Chelsea would be vulnerable if reinforcements don't arrive.
Ibrahimovic, 35, signed a one-year contract with United this week, having been sidelined since sustaining a serious knee ligament injury four months ago.
New boys Huddersfield Town made it two wins from two to sit just below leaders Manchester United on six points.
The Spanish forward, a loan signing from Paris Saint-Germain, finished crisply in the 47th minute to bring Arsene Wenger`s side down to earth after their opening 4-3 win over Leicester City.
Olivier Giroud came off the bench to head a late winner after Aaron Ramsey had brought Arsenal level at 3-3 following a Jamie Vardy double for the visitors. The home side`s new French signing Alexandre Lacazette had given them an early lead.
The Frenchman and fellow substitute Aaron Ramsay scored in the final seven minutes as Arsenal twice came from behind, the Welshman levelling two minutes before Giroud headed the decider.
In both last weekend`s 1-1 draw at Manchester United and Wednesday`s 2-2 draw with Paris Saint Germain, Arsenal were slow out of the blocks and eventually fell behind.
The 1-0 defeat at Sparta Prague left Puel`s side needing a win or scoreless draw against Hapoel Be`er Sheva in their final group game to progress in Europa League.
Tottenham have won just one of their last nine fixtures in all competition.
Liverpool have won the top-flight title 18 times, behind Manchester United (20) in the all-time list, but it is 26 years since they last achieved the feat.
Guardiola insisted Seluk should apologise before he would consider Toure for selection again.
The 44-year-old is in his third year at the helm of the Bavarian giants, and his contract expires next June.
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