Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has blamed referee Mark Clattenburg for his side’s 1-2 loss in yesterday’s Manchester derby on home ground at Old Trafford.
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What is termed as grandest theatrical duel in Old trafford, Manchester City dominated first half nearly for 42 minutes, going ahead through the kind of route one goal scored by Kevin De Bruyne.
Marcus Rashford’s second-half introduction sparked United into life, but they failed to capitalize on a shaky performance by City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo. We were punished by a bad first half and we were punished by Mark.
Guardiola also reserved praise for defensive duo Aleks Kolarov, Nicolas Otamendi and debutant goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.
“Today we made a lesson with the ball”. We had a few players below that level and we were made to pay.
United managed to grab one back before just before half time but could not conjure more goals despite a much improved second half showing.
‘It was a penalty and a red card for (Claudio) Bravo. “That means a lot to me, because the personality in football is that when you make a mistake it’s how you react to that mistake”.
“I know it is a risk, because if you lose the ball it is a goal against us, but when we win with that, we win in many things”.
Pep Guardiola chose to start Kelechi Iheanacho in Saturday’s Manchester derby to show his players that he wanted to win the game.
However, according to the Sunday Mirror, United have been so impressed by his physical condition that they think the ageing striker can play for some time yet.
“But I did at half-time, we changed the direction of the game but we didn’t get the compensation I think we deserved in the second half”.
It’s a shame we couldn’t convert one of our later chances into a goal, but Mourinho will have learned vital points about his players after being tested against a harder opposition.
“For the fans the victory is worth more than three points – for us we just have to maintain the same”. I thought because of the characteristics of the game we could hurt them playing with some individuals with some qualities, they didn’t give what I want.
“I was surprised he [Mourinho] didn’t change it earlier, he has a history of not being scared to change it”, said Holt.
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“We are not happy with these decisions”.
