Pep Guardiola’ s Man city have inflicted on Jose Mourinho his first Premier League loss as ManUtdmanager as the Citizens defeated the Red Devils in a lunch time kick-off at Old Trafford
Nigeria’s Kelechi Iheanacho was among those who unleashed the damage, putting City comfortably 2-0 up with a tap-in in the 36th minute after Kevin de Bruyne had silenced the home crowd by scoring fifteen minutes into the game. De Bruyne provided the assist for Iheanacho. His drove a low shot against the post and the ball rebounded out to Iheanacho, a replacement for the suspended Sergio Aguero.
Super-star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored hisfifth goal in five matches for United in the 42nd minute but City survived a volatile second half to leave Old Trafford with three valuable points that were deserved.
Again Guardiola has top Mourinho, who has won only three out of 17 meetings against the former Barcelona coach.
The Portuguese blamed the loss on a “bad” first half. ”What I told them at halftime was that for some of you, it looked like you are trying to do what I told you not to do,” Mourinho said. ”Some of the boys, they felt the dimension of the game. Everything around the game: the derby, the big game, the focus, the attention. Some of the guys, they felt it.”
Guardiola praised his players saying: ”We go to one of the best stadiums in the world and win the game,” Guardiola said. ”These guys have heart.”
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