Jose Mourinho: ‘Manchester United still in Premier League title race’
However, Guardiola — whose side visit Manchester United in the fourth round of the EFL Cup on Wednesday — has insisted the Argentina global remains a significant part of his plans.
“The players did everything and deserved to win”.
“For me and similarly for my team-mates, we need to keep growing and developing in the right direction so the group as a whole feels better and more solid”. People are exhausted. I need to see the players in the training session and after I am going to decide. “Today the stadium was full of real support and it looks like the love for the club is bigger than bad results”.
The former Chelsea midfielder returned to the Premier League with City in a £55m deal last summer, 18 months after leaving Stamford Bridge for £18m.
Mourinho apologised for the loss at Chelsea in the programme for tonight’s EFL Cup match against Manchester City.
City’s blossoming youth set-up has seen the club reach the FA Youth Cup Final in each of the last two seasons and Guardiola admits he has no qualms about selecting the likes of Pablo Maffeo, Alexi Garcia and Angelino at Old Trafford. David de Gea made two world class saves to deny the Reds, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic wasted a glorious chance with a back post header to possibly win it for United.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is finding it hard to adjust to living away from his family for the first time and has described his current arrangement as “a disaster”.
Had Marcos Rojo not rushed across to block from Iheanacho, meanwhile, United would have trailed at the interval. They play West Brom three days after the game with United, before a crucial Champions League fixture against Barcelona on Tuesday. I have played hundreds of times in my career and I am only 25. “No regrets (about his team selection)”.
Police are expected to be on duty inside the ground, which will stage its first London derby, after violent skirmishes involving West Ham fans during recent matches at their new home.
The only thing I can say is I couldn’t be prouder than I am to be Man Utd manager.
Cheikhou Kouyate and Edimilson Fernandes netted for the East Londoners while Gary Cahill score the Blues’ consolation goal.
But rival supporters clashed at the end of the game, with some throwing chairs and bottles.
“When I said it depends on Sergio, I was not saying I don’t want him”.
“The game was on”.
Asked if he had learnt anything during his team’s slump, he replied: “The same as when we won 10 games in a row (at the start of the season)”.