Herrera and Marcus Rashford replaced Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Jesse Lingard at half-time, and the Basque midfielder brought some much-needed aggression to United’s loose midfield.
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But, except for one or two from Kevin (De Bruyne, who hit the post in the second half), we didn’t finish.
Cape Town – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho admits he got his tactics and team selection wrong in their 2-1 derby day defeat to Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday.
The manager, celebrating the continuation of his 100 percent record, said his side deserved the win and expressed his pride for their individual and collective performances.
“He (Iheanacho) is our striker and I trust him”. I think he has intention, because even though the arm is behind his body, he knows the cross is not going in his face, it’s going in his back’. “But his big personality is there”.
Rashford changed the whole dynamic of our attack and found himself a disallowed goal as it deflected off an offside Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The Portuguese’s next date is a game in Rotterdam against Feyenoord on Thursday in the UEFA Europa League.
Jose Mourinho says that Marcus Rashford will start against Feyenoord in the Europa League on Thursday.
“And it’s not to punish them, it’s just to decide in relation to what I have”.
City outplayed their cross-town rivals for large periods of the game and a host of United players looked out of their depth and overawed by the occasions.
“So if you are asking me if they [the players he was disappointed with on Saturday] are going to play versus Feyenoord, no”.
“I like the keepers to play in front, but after [the goal] he continued playing and that means a lot for me, the personality, because when you make a mistake it’s how you react”.
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It’ll be interesting to see if Rashford plays wide to accommodate Ibrahimovic, or if the big Swede gets a rest and vacates the no. 9 position.
