Following Manchester United's 5-1 win over Cardiff City, Paul Pogba downplayed any rift with Jose Mourinho and thanked him for making him a better player. 

"With Jose, we won trophies and I want to thank him for that. Not everything worked well but things went well, we won trophies," Pogba said.

Pogba was widely criticized for a now-deleted social media post immediately following Mourinho's dismissal. 

"Winning trophies makes you improve as a person as well and that's it. That's the past. I want to thank him for that.