But with City preparing for their Champions League opener against Borussia Monchengladbach tomorrow following the 2-1 derby victory at Manchester United, Guardiola admits he is being extra cautious with Kompany in order to avoid the injury-cursed centre-half suffering new setbacks.
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Bravo was brought in by City boss Guardiola from Barcelona last month as a replacement for Joe Hart, with the cited reason being the Chile international’s superior ability with his feet.
Mourinho mixed things up for the second half, throwing on Marcus Rashford, Ander Herrera and later Anthony Martial and taking a more direct approach in search of an equalizer, but City looked more risky on the counter-attack.
“They had the ball, I wanted to control that and I was not able to”. And after, there was an outstanding goal from Ibrahimovic.
City manager Pep Guardiola was quizzed about his level of trust in Iheanacho before kick-off and he replied in the affirmative.
“We can not win the title without all the players”, he said. He was unbelievable with his feet and saves, and going to attack the ball.
“He (Iheanacho) is our striker and I trust him. That means a lot”.
Talking about Kompany, Guardiola said: “He has something in his muscle and we believe that was a problem for the many injuries”.
Maybe it’s understandable that rival fans are hoping to see Pogba fail at United with the club spending such a huge fee for a player they allowed to leave on a free transfer four years ago.
Former Liverpool captain Souness was impressed with United’s tenacious attitude in the second half following City’s dominant performance in the opening 45 minutes at Old Trafford.
Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho scored for the visitors, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s first-half strike proved to be a mere consolation.
“The second one is also a penalty, Otamendi is a penalty, you can tell me he has no intention, I think he has intention”.
We have got to go a little bit away from the physical game in the Premier League, because we are not as strong as other teams.
“Until now, in the Premier League it has been okay”, Guardiola said.
“What has happened has happened”.
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“It is simple. We are adults”. I didn’t come here for that rivalry. “Last season was wonderful but I want more”. He has beat me and I have beat him. It’s simple like that. “Hopefully the next time we play against United, people will start forgetting to ask about our relations”.
