Zlatan could have levelled the scoreline in first half stoppage time but headed straight at Bravo after Rooney picked him out at the back-post. It is nothing to do with experience and age. “Every individual reacts to demands of the occasion in different ways”. You need to be sharp, the way you think, the way you play. We have crossed a lot of balls and put them under pressure. It’s my fault because I’m the manager and it’s always my fault because it’s my choice.
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Mourinho, whose cordial embrace of Guardiola at the start of the match was warmer than the response Old Trafford gave to the new City boss, was left frustrated, saying he believed referee Mark Clattenburg should have awarded United two penalties.
“It is not a mistake, because he attacked the ball and I love when goalkeepers take decisions to attack the ball”. I think we can not give excuses now.
“If it was a sport with a free number of changes and where the changes during the first half is something normal like basketball and all this kind of stuff, I would do after 20 minutes”.
“It was not just about them [Mkhitaryan and Lingard]”.
MANCHESTER, England (AP) – In the boldest call of his short time at Manchester City, Pep Guardiola jettisoned Joe Hart and replaced him with Claudio Bravo to have a ball-playing goalkeeper in his team.
Next up for Leicester: A break from league play and its first ever match in the Champions League, against Club Brugge on Wednesday.
Mourinho was critical of Eric Bailly and Daley Blind and said that he had frank words with his team at half-time. You can tell me he has no intention, but he has intention.
Claudio Bravo appeared to tackle Wayne Rooney studs up, but did Man United deserve a penalty? In the second half it was hard. “We started the game badly”.
The first-half saw United players continuously losing possession and while there were improvements in the second-half the players seemed to miss the urgency to win. “Instead Claudio said, “OK, it’s football, it’s happened, the situation is unlucky” and in the second half he played again, and again, and again with the ball”. I know it’s a risk. For the fans it is worth more than three points – for us we just have to maintain the same.
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Guardiola said he had not seen the incident, but revealed that Aleksandar Kolarov had lost a tooth during the game.
