City impressed on the way to a 2-1 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday and will attempt to extend their 100 per cent record under Guardiola when the Bundesliga side visit the Etihad Stadium.
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His decision to start Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Jesse Lingard over the in-form Marcus Rashford or Anthony Martial and Juan Mata left many bewildered.
According to the former Sweden global, 18-year-old Marcus Rashford has the world at his feet, and, given time, will develop into one of the world’s best players.
Pep Guardiola has challenged Manchester City to confound their power brokers’ opinions and prove they can win both the Premier League and the Uefa Champions League in the same season.
“I think they [fans] have learned to live with that [the risk] already”, the England global told United Kingdom newspapers.
United return to action in their Europa League tie with Feyenoord on Friday morning (AEST) before their next league fixture against Watford on Sunday evening (AEST).
“Let’s speak, for example, about Mkhitaryan”, said Mourinho of the Armenia worldwide bought this summer from Borussia Dortmund. The kid Jesse – how many times has he played big matches?
“You never know the way players are going to react, especially when you don’t know them so well and, after only a couple of months, it is too early to know them really well”.
“In May, we announced Jose Mourinho as our new manager”, he told investors.
“Sometimes it’s a bit risky, but we know what to do, and where players are, and when we’re confident, why not? Their performances. So of course I’m going to play other players”. “But Ander Herrera came on and he was phenomenal in his attitude”.
“How can I decide?”
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“For a central midfielder in a game of that magnitude, I think for the first 40 minutes it was one of the most ill-disciplined performances you will see”, the former Liverpool defender said on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football.
