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Man United star after Leicester win: This is the key change Jose Mourinho has made
JUAN MATA has revealed Jose Mourinho's tactic of buying taller players in the summer worked against Leicester.
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United cruised to a 4-1 win over the defending Premier League champions at Old Trafford, with three of their four goals coming from Daley Blind corners.
New signings Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Eric Bailly are all comfortably over six-feet tall and join the likes of Chris Smalling and Marouane Fellani as aerial threats in Mourinho's team.
Juan Mata reckons Jose Mourinho's tactic of buying taller players in the summer is now paying off
And diminutive Mata, 28, believes United are now reaping the rewards of having 'strong, tall' players in the box from corners.
"We have always worked on corners," Mata, who scored United's second goal against the Foxes, said.
"As a team we try to get the ball into the box for someone to put it in the back of the net. We tried it a few times last season but it didn't work.
"Now we know we have strong people, tall people to head the ball in."
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