With Anthony Martial looking like he could be on the way out and as Juan Mata has all the sprinting speed of a tub of butter, Alexis would fit in
perfectly as a right winger for Mourinho (with Henrikh Mkhitaryan moving to the left).
A brief spell of pressure from the host began to partially materialise; firstly, Ince would play a key role in a defensive aspect of play a couple of minutes before the interval,
as the
winger would cleverly position himself and use a sharp turn of pace to track the overlapping Matt Lowton before making a
perfectly time standing tackle just
as Burnley's
right - back was about to initiate a cross.