Breaking news: Rangnick explains why Pogba was substituted against Leeds

 Ralf Rangnick has explained why he 

took off Paul Pogba early in the second 

half during Manchester United's win 

against Leeds United in the Premier League.

The French midfielder was replaced by 

Fred in the 67th minute of the Ragnick

 was asked about his substitutions during

 the game. He explained:

"It is easy to say that afterwards

. But I think we needed that intensity

. Paul, I wouldn’t say he was tired

, but he was a little bit tiring out

 which is normal after his long 

injury break. And with Fred 

and Anthony Elanga, we had 

two energetic players on the bench

 and we decided to take those subs

 pretty early.”

Both Fred and Anthony Elanga got 

on the scoresheet for Manchester United as 

they beat Leeds United 4-2.

Speaking on the win, Rangnick was full 

of praise for the travelling away support.

 He said:

"[The win] was great for everybody

 in the club, for supporters, for the

 players, for us, we knew that 

we had to win, even more so after

 yesterday’s results. Let’s keep 

it going. I hope this experience today

 will also give us additional energy

 for the Champions League and 

upcoming games in the Premier

 League.”

The win means Manchester United 

are now four points behind Chelsea in 

3rd place. The Red Devils will take on 

Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their UEFA

 Champions League round of 16 tie in 

midweek, before welcoming Watford in 

the Premier League next weekend.

"I’m proud with that the boys 

did today" - Rangnick on Manchester

 United's performance against Leeds United

Rangnick also spoke about the about the

 atmosphere at Leeds United and his side's

 performance during the game. He said:

"[It was] my first as a manager

 but I was here back in 1993 with

 VfB Stuttgart. That was the former

 European Cup, the now Champions

 League, Stuttgart against Leeds, 

and the atmosphere I can remember

 was similar to today. It was a 

great game to watch, not for the

 two managers, but for us highly 

important, and after conceding 

those two goals, we showed fantastic

 reaction, we showed maturity 

and unity on the pitch and that’s

 why I’m proud with that the 

boys did today."

“You could see how quickly things 

could change, we had a similar 

experience at Aston Villa and today

 it’s not easy for the players, and 

also for us as the staff members, 

to say ‘not again, please’. The 

reaction we showed after the second

 goal, it took us five minutes to 

shake ourselves but after those 

five minutes, we come back into

 the game, we controlled the game 

in the last 20 minutes, could and 

should have scored another two 

goals. I think the first chance Anthony

 Elanga had was almost bigger 

than the one he took at the end.”