“It is more hard because it is a big decision and sometimes the referees they are like us, they are human and they think twice before big decisions”. I like goalkeepers to play in front and after that [United] goal, he continued playing in our build-up, playing long balls and coming out to pick it up.
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Rashford burst onto the scene in the latter stages of last season, but has been forced to play second fiddle under Jose Mourinho following the arrival of Ibrahimovic.
Later on, Mourinho voiced his annoyance at the fact that Bravo was not booked nor the penalty given, after the Chilean had lost control of the ball inside his own area.
Guardiola and Mourinho – whose storied relationship stretches back to their time at Barcelona in the 1990s – embraced each other before and after the final whistle during their Premier League encounter.
Guardiola’s strategy for the game was to control the ball and find the space between United’s midfielders and defenders while Mourinho asked his players to play in high pressure and use physical dominance of the tall players like Pogba, Fellaini and Ibrahimovic.
“Last year for me was great”, De Bruyne said, reflecting on his start to life at City. “I made a couple of decisions that I thought individual qualities of certain players would give me what I know that I want and I didn’t get it”, Mourinho said.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic replied for United in the 42nd minute, volleying home after City debutant Claudio Bravo dropped a cross, to set up a thrilling second half of furious, end-to-end action during which De Bruyne struck the post.
He went on to strike seven more times that season for club and country.
Look at how he utilises Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva compared to the way Manuel Pellegrini did. Mourinho has a awful record when his teams play Guardiola’s, and his helplessness tactically early on just helped fuel the fire. I always try to learn from all my colleagues and opponents and I learn from him as well. In the future I beat him, he beats me.
“We are adult people”. What the world is seeing now, we already know because we see it every day.
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City maintained its 100 percent start to the season under Guardiola on Saturday with a 2-1 derby victory at Manchester United.
