RESULT: MAN UTD 1-2 MAN CITY
“Manchester City play attacking football and ordinarily one would expect they come out all play and score clean and not two disgraful goals.”
Obviously Jose Mourinho was disappointed with the Manchester City win at Old Trafford and in his post match reaction he refused to conced defeat stating that a true champion will score clean goals.
He added that, “My first reaction is I feel sorry for referee Michael Oliver because he had a very good match but unfortunately he made an important mistake.
“The result was made with a big penalty not given [on Ander Herrera]. That would have been 2-2 with 20 minutes to go
“Michael was unlucky because it was a clear penalty.”
Asked whether the title race is over, Mourinho added: “Probably, yes.
“Manchester City are a very good team and they are protected by the luck, and the gods of football are behind them.”
He added that, “Like last season, we had a penalty with City – Bravo on Rooney. This season is the same. But Michael was unlucky as it was a clear penalty.
“Two bad goals. Not what you expect to concede. City have good qualities. They have a huge percentage of ball but their creation we kept control of.
“We did enough to win the game? It depends on your perspective. They had more of the ball and apparently more control because they kept the ball more than us. But I think the players fought enough. Without any analysing the match is made of incidents and the penalty was a big incident.”
Following Manchester City’s 2-1 win on Sunday at Old Trafford, Pep Guardiola believes that the Blues won the Jose Mourinho’s side because “they were better.’
We won in Old Trafford again, that is why I am the most pleased and of course for the three points. We played good, with a lot of courage. I’m so satisfied.
“We won because we were better. We are still in December, if we have 11 points when we play the second derby in April then maybe I will tell you that we have the title.”
While City’s two goals did owe something to good fortune, nobody can argue they were undeserving following a superb performance at Old Trafford.
They led when David Silva capitalised on a Romelu Lukaku mistake at the back to turn the ball home from close range late in the first-half, only for Marcus Rashford to pounce on City defensive errors to equalise in stoppage time.
But Nicolas Otamendi scored City’s winner nine minutes after the break after another inadequate clearance by Lukaku in his own box. It was a well-taken close range finish and ensured a huge victory for Pep Guardiola’s team.
