After having a quiet match in Manchester United’s 2-1 loss to Manchester City, some have questioned whether Paul Pogba was worth the price-tag, but Ibrahimovic has no doubt as to the 23-year-old’s talents, insisting the France worldwide will prove people wrong.
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Pep Guardiola’s side were the dominant side in the first half and Kevin De Bruyne gave the visitors a 15th-minute opener.
“You have to improve to in the Premier League”.
However, Guardiola says his players have to learn to make the most of their domination if they are to stand a chance against Europe’s elite.
Former United centre-half Ferdinand singled out the effectiveness of Guardiola’s route one approach in the first half as the Red Devils lost their first game under Mourinho. We are playing well but we need more in the forward areas.
“The second half was completely different, and when they brought on Fernando, they were feeling what everybody was feeling, that we were in control”.
‘We played well against a very big team and a team that was very strong and they kept putting the ball in the air to try and complicate things but we survived’.
“Especially today, in the final moments though we just missed the last pass, and then in the second half United made the changes and it was hard for us”. We were much more risky, we had our chances to equalise and who knows what could happen if we had equalised.
“We started the game badly”.
‘I think Claudio Bravo is a magnificent goalkeeper, a spectacular goalkeeper, ‘ the Spain global said. What happened has happened.
“I didn’t change [the team] after 20 minutes because I don’t want to destroy the players”. He wants to win.
“I didn’t know Paul before and, now that I do, I can tell you he’s someone who works enormously. Sometimes we do not agree but that is part of the game”.
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“It is simple. We are adults”.
