But he saved his most trenchant remarks for centre-backs Daley Blind and, in particular, Eric Bailly, saying some players had shown signs they did not possess the requisite big-game temperament.
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“We started the game with some players really below their normal level in terms of their concentration and mental availability to play a game of this speed”.
Mourinho’s side was handed a crucial lifeline just before half-time when City’s debutant goalkeeper Claudio Bravo dropped a free-kick, allowing United forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic to pull one back for his team. Rashford came on in the second half and looked like he was playing for the under-18s against Salford City. “We were in control, we were much more unsafe and we had chances to equalise and who knows what would have happened”, he added.
“I think the first half they were much better”, he told Sky Sports.
“But overall, it is a big compliment for the performance, because I know how hard it is to come here and play as we did, especially in the first half”.
After three years of bitterness and spats in their years in Spanish football with Real Madrid and Barcelona, Mourinho and Guardiola have established a cordial relationship now they are together in the same city in England. Is it my fault?
Herrera was unable to help United to conjure an equaliser against their bitter local rivals as they suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season under their new manager. Let us know by dropping a comment below via our Facebook comment box. Then his team set about delivering a footballing lesson to United in the first half.
“We lost the ball very, very easy”. Their performances. So of course I’m going to play other players.
Jose Mourinho says Marcus Rashford has played his way into the Manchester United side with his derby-day performance. “Claudio Bravo is a penalty and a red card”.
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“The second one is also a penalty, Otamendi is a penalty, you can tell me he has no intention, I think he has intention”.
