Midfielders Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Jesse Lingard were far from their very best and did not finish the game after the Portuguese made a decision to replace them with Marcus Rashford and Ander Herrera. He’s a man of great pride, but they’ll respond, it’s still early days, and it doesn’t tell us about the league title and where it’s going.
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“It was a fight until the end and we’re very happy”.
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”.
Mourinho said after the defeat against City that he would have picked a different team in hindsight.
The United manager looked on helplessly as City took a 2-0 lead at Old Trafford through Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho, before Zlatan Ibrahimovic halved the deficit before the break.
“What Claudio did was one of the best performances I’ve ever seen”. He continued playing after a hard first half.
“So you never know the way they are going to react”.
Guardiola was satisfied with his side’s display against Jose Mourinho’s United. I like goalkeepers to play in front and after that United’s goal, he continued playing in our build-up, playing long balls and coming out to pick it up. Two goals on his first-team debut, two more on his Premier League bow, a Manchester derby victor last season, a goal in his first game for England’s senior side, a place in the Euro 2016 squad and a hat-trick on his England Under-21s debut. “It’s their fault, it’s my fault”.
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Bravo is expected to retain his starting place ahead of Willy Caballero for Tuesday’s opening Champions League group match at home to Borussia Monchengladbach. A hat-trick from Moussa Dembele and goals from Scott Sinclair and Stuart Armstrong gave the hosts a 5-1 win at Celtic Park.
