The Chile global showcased his excellent footwork and footballing brain throughout City’s 2-1 win at Old Trafford, moving outside his area to get involved in play and starting attacks with his passing and long throws.
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It sounded like classic, grudging Mourinho, nearly an intimation that, actually, he was the one who should feel let down by the likes of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Jesse Lingard.
Fellaini, 28, has played 90 minutes in all four of United’s league games so far this season and also in the Community Shield. We had the ball, then lost the ball.
“What I told them at halftime was that for some of you, it looked like you are trying to do what I told you not to do”, Mourinho said.
Manchester City dominated the first half of the Manchester derby, taking the lead after Kevin de Bruyne capitalized on an Eric Bailly mistake to finish comfortably past David de Gea. For sure outside the box it is a free-kick and a red card.
“But overall, it is a big compliment for the performance, because I know how hard it is to come here and play as we did, especially in the first half”.
Joyce added that the 18-year-old is now in contract talks with Juve, and the club want to increase his release clause to £17 million, an indicator of how highly they rate him. Never do that. He did it 20 times during the game. I don’t like to go in the direction of the players and single them out. Everything around the game – the derby, the big game, Man United-Man City, the focus, the attention – some of the guys felt it.
New £17million striker Perez, who joined from Deportivo La Coruna, made little impact and was substituted in the second half but Olivier Giroud was fouled by Jose Fonte in injury time and Cazorla won it from the spot. “Every individual reacts to demands of the occasion in different ways”. It’s hard to predict.
He added: “It gets easier when you know the players well”.
Mourinho said: “We are very disappointed with the result, but I am very disappointed with two decisions of Mark (Clattenburg)”.
The opener led tensions to ratchet up as Guardiola and Rooney came together on the touchline, with United’s frustration contrasting markedly with City’s confidence. In spite of his arm being behind his body, he knows that the cross is not going in his face, it’s going in his back, so he drops his elbow. The club knows that, the coach knows that and the team knows that.
“Today we were lucky – maybe one day we will not be lucky”. “He wants to win, I want to win”.
“I beat him, he beats me”. He has beaten me and I have beaten him. It’s simple like that.
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“We are adult people”.
