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Guardiola: City not good enough to win titles yet
Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring with a sweeping finish in the 15th minute before Kelechi Iheanacho double the visitor’s advantage on 36 minutes when knocking home a rebound from a De Bruyne effort that had hit the upright. A No. 10 in the first half, he then moved out wide in the 4-3-3 after half-time, but the presence of a more dynamic player might help to bring the best out of Pogba and allow him more freedom to express himself.
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“We started the game badly”.
“Obviously, the result was painful for us, both for the fans and for the team”. I think the boys are more battle-hardened, as evidenced by what they did at Old Trafford yesterday.
Yet in familiar fashion, the “Special One” was also keen to deflect attention from how he had been outmanoeuvred by Pep Guardiola once again in the 2-1 defeat by Manchester City and to heap responsibility on some under-performing luminaries.
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 still looked more unsafe on the counter-attack and De Bruyne almost restored the two-goal cushion when he ran onto Leroy Sane’s pass and shot against the inside of the post.
“We created enough chances – at the end [of the first half] United had the goal”.
Games are won and lost at midfield.
“We have to remain positive and, as from now, think about next Thursday”.
The Manchester United boss is one of the most successful coaches in world football and renowned for his man-management skills – making him the obvious choice to deliver “The Speech” in Heineken’s latest Champions League campaign, which is directed by Guy Ritchie.
“This is football and sometimes players disappoint managers”.
“It’s going to be a very demanding debut in this competition”.
Talking about United’s next EPL game against Watford, Mata said: “The Premier League will be back next Sunday with a visit to Watford”.
“I have said many times I have a lot of respect for him”, Guardiola said last week.
“We made good things and bad things [at the derby] but it’s just three points”.
“We didn’t have the aggression in the first half, but that doesn’t matter now”.
“We know his quality and what he’s able to do”, the United striker explained. Two of Europe’s biggest managers, Jose and Pep shared 17 previous clashes, with Mourinho only winning three of them.
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“The performance from Bravo, his personality, showed me a lot”.
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Saturday’s win at Old Trafford meant Guardiola became the first City manager to win his first six games in charge and there are positive signs that his tried and tested methods are already being taken on board by his squad.