Their pressure counted when Kelechi Iheanacho’s flick on from an Aleksandar Kolarov long ball was met by Kevin De Bruyne, who ran past a slow-to-react Daley blind to fire past David de Gea in the 15th minute.
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“It was not just about them [Mkhitaryan and Lingard]”.
City’s fourth straight win to open the season was inspired by De Bruyne, a player deemed not good enough and discarded by Mourinho when both were at Chelsea.
“Obviously, it was my decision”.
“I did not change after 20 minutes because I didn’t want to destroy the players”.
Manchester City were the faster team out of the blocks and dominated possession in the first half.
Rooney remains a risky player with useful qualities but it feels like he is being shoe-horned into this side, with Mourinho favouring Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the main man to lead their attack. We lost the ball very easily.
“They will this season [be inside the top three], they absolutely will this season”.
“So it was not just Mkhi and Jesse.
They really worked hard to get the victory today”. He’s having the same deliberations around Wayne Rooney’s position that the last four or five managers have had that have managed him, ‘ Neville said on his Sky Sports podcast. We started the game with lots of players below their normal level.
“You need to be sharp the way you think and the way you play”. The team paid for it.
“The first half was their half and they got what they deserved”.
“The second half was completely different”. We have 34 more games, so we must win our next game.
Manchester United’s players can not become passengers in the side if they are to win the Premier League, Neil Custis told the Sunday Supplement.
“They didn’t give me what I wanted, therefore it’s my fault”. It’s my fault because I’m the manager and it’s always my fault because it’s always my choice.
“He knows and he brings the second arm back”.
‘It was a penalty and a red card for (Claudio) Bravo. Inside the box has to be the same.
“Otamendi, it’s a penalty”.
‘You can tell me you think he has no intention.
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“I had two or three players that, in the first half, if the game was now and I knew what was going to happen, I don’t play them”. Clear penalty so we were punished by that.
