Chilean import netminder, Claudio Bravo survived a nightmare maiden outing as Manchester City edged Manchester United in an action-filled ...
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Chilean import netminder, Claudio Bravo survived a nightmare maiden outing as Manchester City edged Manchester United in an action-filled derby meeting at Old Trafford.
New managers Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho revived their rivalry – dating back to the Spanish Laliga.
By tinzwei.com
Bravo, fetched by Pep from Barcelona to supplant Joe Hart could have cost the visitors the win after he gifted Zlatan Ibrahimovic to score with a laid-back effort.
Bravo, fetched by Pep from Barcelona to supplant Joe Hart could have cost the visitors the win after he gifted Zlatan Ibrahimovic to score with a laid-back effort.
City maintained a 100% record to the start of the season with exquisite first half goals via Kevin De Bruyne and Nigerian, Kelechi Iheanacho.
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Then came the table-topping bloomer from Claudio Bravo gifted Zlatan. United were relieved going to the breather.
The second half produced more thrillers – but lacked goalmouth action, serve for more yellow card to the home team as they turned on the physical mode.
Sadly, Mourinho will carry the burden of losing to his arch-rival again.
“I think the first half they were much better. We started to win back. We started the game with players below the normal level. We need to be sharp the way we think, the way we play.
“We had a few players below that level and we were made to pay," the United mentor said after the game.
Selecting Mkhitaryan and Lingard for their first competitive starts under him backfired for the Portuguese mentor.
The former looked like he was still feeling the effects of a rib injury, while Lingard, making his return after injury, was also off the pace.
Pep Guardiola showed the range of attacking options he has at his disposal by picking young forward Kelechi Iheanacho to lead the line in place of suspended Sergio Aguero.
He praised his latest recruit. “What Claudio today did was one of the best performances I’ve ever seen.
The second half produced more thrillers – but lacked goalmouth action, serve for more yellow card to the home team as they turned on the physical mode.
Sadly, Mourinho will carry the burden of losing to his arch-rival again.
“I think the first half they were much better. We started to win back. We started the game with players below the normal level. We need to be sharp the way we think, the way we play.
“We had a few players below that level and we were made to pay," the United mentor said after the game.
Selecting Mkhitaryan and Lingard for their first competitive starts under him backfired for the Portuguese mentor.
The former looked like he was still feeling the effects of a rib injury, while Lingard, making his return after injury, was also off the pace.
Pep Guardiola showed the range of attacking options he has at his disposal by picking young forward Kelechi Iheanacho to lead the line in place of suspended Sergio Aguero.
He praised his latest recruit. “What Claudio today did was one of the best performances I’ve ever seen.
“After the [mistake] he continued playing well so that personality means a lot to me. In football it’s about how you react to mistakes...”
Teams
United: De Gea; Valencia, Bailly, Blind, Shaw; Fellaini, Pogba; Lingard, Rooney, Mkhitaryan; Ibrahimovic. (4-2-3-1)
Subs: Mata, Martial, Smallin, Rashford, Herrera, Schneiderlin, Romero.
City: Bravo; Sagna, Stones, Otamendi, Kolarov; Fernandinho; Sterling, De Bruyne, Silva, Nolito; Iheanacho (4-1-4-1) – Additional report from Online Sources
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