Jesse Lingard and Henrikh Mkhitaryan were brought in to the line-up for the derby, but replaced at half-time after poor displays.
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes Marcus Rashford has an “absolutely brilliant” future, promising the teenager a start against Feyenoord.
Manchester City bagged all three points and had the last laugh as history repeated itself with Pep Guardiola outwitting long term rival Jose Mourinho in Saturday’s Manchester Derby at Old Trafford.
Manchester United’s manager has been won over by his young charge’s personality.
Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho scored for the visitors, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s first-half strike proved to be a mere consolation.
The teenage Nigeria global rewarded his boss with a goal and an assist in City’s 2-1 win over Manchester United on Saturday.
‘Normally, people look to the football talent but the personality at this level is very, very important and he was showing that immediately’. When you work with them one month, two months, three months, four months, you see how they react in certain circumstances, you try to get a better feeling.
“It was hard, especially in the second half, because they were much stronger physically and in the air but I think we coped well and we had the chances to get the third in the second half”. He doesn’t lose many games at home and it’s a big, big moment.
Mourinho switched to a 4-3-3 formation in the second half, meaning that Rashford was played wide on the left. “We were in control, much more unsafe and had our chances to equalise”.
“Other players were also not playing really well and obviously, as well as my decision, I don’t like to go in the direction of singling out players”.
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“And it is not to punish them it is just to decide in relation to what I have – and what do I have?” “But in the first half we controlled it, we conceded maybe one or two counter-attacks, no more”.
