“Jose [Mourinho] said it was a mistake picking Jesse Lingard and Henrikh Mkhitaryan”, Redknapp said in a column for the Daily Mail.
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“I would prefer to come to Old Trafford with all of the key players, believe me”.
“We didn’t have a tactical problem, we had problems with poor performances, we lost the ball very, very easy”.
“The performance of Paul Pogba: It was ill-disciplined”.
“Today we made a lesson with the ball”.
Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho’s goals during an impressive first half proved the difference, with United unable to add to Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s fine strike despite a marked improvement.
Man of the match De Bruyne, meanwhile, acknowledged that it was a tough test for City, despite their flying start.
Ibrahimovic’s reply settled United – and it sprang from an error from Bravo, who dropped Rooney’s free kick while being impeded by his own defender John Stones. “The season will be busy because of those (Europa League) fixtures and we must now be ready for that”. For sure outside the box it is a free-kick and a red card.
But he also emphasised that with them not making the most of some openings, City had to “suffer” through a second half in which Jose Mourinho’s United, invigorated by some half-time substitutions, were considerably improved. Never. Because this is where they want to press.
“The way we have played in these six games is not good enough to win the Champions League”. Everything around the game – the derby, the big game, Man United, Man City, the focus, the attention.
“For me the next big game is against Feyenoord and the next game (Rashford) is going to play”.
“All weekend we lauded Pep Guardiola but he didn’t do anything too different to what he’s done in the first few games”.
The left-back appeared to be struck in the face by Fellaini at one point, but Guardiola said he did not know what had happened.
Nevertheless, City held on to preserve their 100 per cent start to the season and hand Mourinho his first defeat as United boss.
Guardiola said: “They are a courageous team, (with a) fearless coach – one of the best teams in Europe”.
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“I’ll help him every day, him and all the others, in any way I can”.
