However the Spaniard opted to start with Iheanacho and his decision was vindicated when the 19-year-old scored City’s second when he reacted quickest to a De Bruyne shot that struck the post.
Advertisement
City’s attention quickly turns to Tuesday’s Champions League encounter at home to Borussia Monchengladbach where Bravo is likely to start once more and team-mate Nolito is confident in his ability to shine.
Rashford came on in the second half and looked like he was playing for the U18s against Salford City.
“You need to be sharp, the way you think and the way you play, we had a few players below the level”.
Speaking on Sky Sports’ Gary Neville Podcast, the former United defender said: “For Pep Guardiola and City, it’s a big day”.
“And I thought he played well and I am happy he signed for us, so congratulations to him”. He has something in his muscle and we believe that was a problem for the many injuries.
“I think really some of the boys, they felt the dimension of the game”. I say 100 per cent penalty because Otamendi tries to stop the cross in the face of the goal, but the cross comes behind him.
“But the doctor said with what happened in the past, we have to be careful”.
Manchester United boss, Jose Mourinho, has given a big hint that Marcus Rashford will start their Europa League game against Feyenoord on Thursday.
It was certainly the weakest performance from Pogba since returning to Old Trafford for a record transfer fee, although most of the players around him were quite terrible as well, especially in the first half.
They led 2-0 through Kevin De Bruyne’s goal and Kelechi Iheanacho’s tap in by the 36th minute. “It was hard, especially in the second half, because they were much stronger physically”. Bad, bad passes from [Eric] Bailly to [Marouane] Fellaini, from [Daley] Blind to [Paul] Pogba.
Marcos Rojo will replace Shaw, while Anthony Martial, Phil Jones, Tim Fosu-Mensah, Chris Smalling, Michael Carrick, Memphis Depay and Juan Mata could all feature.
Advertisement
MAN CITY: Bravo, Sagna, Otamendi, Stones, Kolarov, Fernandinho, De Bruyne, (Zabaleta, 90 mins), Silva, Sterling (Sane, 60 mins), Nolito, Iheanacho (Fernando, 53 mins).
