First-half goals from Kevin de Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho had Pep Guardiola’s side in control at Old Trafford but Bravo’s failure to claim a deep free-kick from Wayne Rooney presented Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a chance to reduce the arrears.
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“I am very disappointed with two decisions from Mark [Clattenburg], because it’s a penalty and a red card for Bravo”, Mourinho said. In the future I will beat him and he will beat me. In the last period of the first half we scored a goal and we could immediately score again but I think that was outside the context of the game in the first half.
Speaking after the game, a delighted De Bruyne told the club’s official website: “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”.
Guardiola was satisfied with his side’s display against Jose Mourinho’s United, as City made it four wins from as many Premier League games. Uniteds superiority on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram wouldnt force me to believe they are the bigger and better club, though. Then his team set about delivering a footballing lesson to United in the first half. “He gave us in the second half what we needed but didn’t get from Miki or Jesse in the first half”. We have 16 Conclusions for you from the game. The kid Jesse – how many times has he played big matches?
Remember it is just one game in a very long season, and a very long individual rivalry.
“I didn’t change after 20 minutes because I don’t want to destroy the players”.
“What Claudio did today was one of the best performances I’ve ever seen”, the City boss said.
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United faces Feyenoord in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday as it begins its European campaign under Mourinho. And after only a couple of months it is too early to know them really well. But this is football and sometimes players disappoint managers.
