José Mourinho expressed his dissatisfaction with the referee, Mark Clattenburg, after Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat to neighbours City in the derby.
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“He was unlucky in the situation [Ibrahimovic’s goal] because I think he clashed with John Stones and this sometimes happens – it’s football”.
Guardiola saw his team dominate in the first half at Old Trafford on Saturday, with Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho putting them into a two-goal lead before United pulled one back through Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
“He hasn’t got time for players to play the way they did in the first 45 minutes”. I want to win.
“It’s not the first time I play against a Mourinho team”, he said. I made a couple of decisions [with the starting lineup] because I thought the individual qualities of certain players would give me what I wanted.
“It’s more the brilliant reaction from Ibrahimovic than the situation from Claudio”.
The 27-year-old has made three Premier League appearances for the Red Devils so far this season under the club’s new Portuguese coach.
Given the magnitude of the game and that it was United’s first loss of the season after making such an impressive start to the campaign, it would have undoubtedly been a hard one to take for all concerned.
Two first-half goals from Michail Antonio put West Ham United in control against Watford, but the hosts drew level when Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney hit a quickfire double at the end of the first half and Etienne Capoue and Jose Holebas completed a remarkable comeback with second-half strikes.
“But when we did win the ball we had the chance for the counter-attacks, and we had many, but we just didn’t finish”.
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It’s early in the season but the top six in the league has a typical look: City, Chelsea, United, Tottenham, Liverpool and Arsenal.
