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There was a real ‘commentator’s curse’ moment on Twitter before Paul Pogba scored

Published 21:32 26 Jan 2017 GMT

Tom Victor
There was a real ‘commentator’s curse’ moment on Twitter before Paul Pogba scored

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Whenever Manchester United are struggling, Paul Pogba tends to take the brunt of the criticism.

That's arguably understandable, given the Frenchman's hefty price-tag, but it is undoubtedly a running theme for a man who has shown plenty of good as well as bad during his second spell at Old Trafford. Pogba had a quiet first hour during United's EFL Cup second leg tie at Hull, with the visitors going behind to a contentious Tom Huddlestone penalty. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/824724400050167812 With things not really picking up after the break, attention turned to Pogba, who wasn't making a great deal of an impact. Indeed, a fair few people pointed out the former Juventus man's struggles. https://twitter.com/samuelluckhurst/status/824716699945566209 https://twitter.com/ManUnited_CTTG/status/824717846404030464 https://twitter.com/TomSwabey/status/824725004466196481 https://twitter.com/SimonDelaneyEsq/status/824715724472066048 https://twitter.com/JohnBrewinESPN/status/824724282215399425 https://twitter.com/Debaser92/status/824724517914304512 https://twitter.com/JamieJackson___/status/824725529605668867 Of course, people should know by now that 'people talking about him on the internet' is the secret ingredient Pogba needs to kick into gear. Sure enough, just minutes later - or indeed seconds, in one case - he did this. https://twitter.com/SkyFootball/status/824726764614062080 Who knew that's all it would take to get him firing again?

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