“Until now in the Premier League it has been okay, but to compete against the best clubs in Europe, in this moment with the way we are playing, we are not able to”, the 45-year-old told Sky Sports.
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The world’s most expensive player’s performance was below-par in United’s 1-2 defeat to city rivals which was followed by huge criticisms.
Pep Guardiola’s City took a deserved 15th-minute lead when Kevin De Bruyne beat Blind to Kelechi Iheanacho’s flick-on before steering a shot past David de Gea.
De Bruyne was so influential that if it had not been for Claudio Bravo’s nervy debut in the City goal, which allowed United back into the match, the game could have easily been dead by half-time.
“[The goal is] to have a certain style of football, a certain way to be in the competition which gives the fans empathy with the team and players, which we are getting”.
The same can not be said of Moenchengladbach, who City beat twice in the group phase last season before going on to reach the semi-finals for the first time.
“For me the next big game is against Feyenoord and the next game [Rashford] is going to play”.
Guardiola said: “For the people asking me to win the Champions League here now, at Manchester City – I really have to be a good coach”.
City host Borussia Monchengladbach tonight in their opening Champions League group game, with Stones adamant they will continue to build-up from the back, as all Guardiola’s teams have done.
Pep Guardiola praises the defensive display of Manchester City, especially Nicolas Otamendi.
But while Jose Mourinho typically found a way to blame the referee for United’s defeat, he also blasted his players for somewhat bottling it under the weight of expectation.
“We made good things and bad things [at the derby] but it’s just three points”.
“For me I played so many times at Old Trafford as an opponent and – winning or not winning – I enjoy so much the atmosphere and the stadium”.
“We are first after four games in the Premier League, but the way we have played until now will not be enough to win the Premier League”, he said.
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“I think they [fans] have learned to live with that [the risk] already”, the England worldwide told United Kingdom newspapers. I don’t know what happened past year, it’s just a different season.
