Man City beats Man United 2-1, Guardiola tops Mourinho

With its crisp passing and movement, City delivered a footballing clinic in the first half at Old Trafford to humiliate United and Mourinho, who acknowledged that he couldn’t wait for halftime to come.

However, Atletico’s luck turned when Koke met Griezmann’s fine cross eight minutes into the second half to give the visitors the lead, before Euro 2016’s top scorer Griezmann headed home his first two goals of the season in the final 20 minutes. With United’s defence stretched by City fullbacks, and Guardiola gambling on teenage Kelechi Iheanacho to keep the opposition centre-backs busy, the job to contain Silva and de Bruyne was on one the defensive midfielders.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic pounced on a Claudio Bravo goalkeeping error to reduce the deficit, but United could not claw their way back to claim a point.

“We were the team trying to change the result”, a defiant Mourinho told reporters.

The Swedish striker fired home after a mistake from Bravo, who dropped a high cross under pressure on his debut.

Apart from being unable to stop City from controlling possession, Manchester United also gave the ball away rather alarmingly, making it all the more easy for the away side to dictate the game.

“I’m happy, I’m very happy, for my team, for everyone”.

Speaking of special, Ibrahimovic was below his superb levels as he scored only one goal because he could’ve easily scored a couple more through his half chances.

Laurent Koscielny’s overhead kick had earlier cancelled out Petr Cech’s own goal. “We started the game badly”.

At Anfield, Liverpool delivered a vibrant attacking display to outclass Leicester City, with Roberto Firmino scoring twice and Sadio Mane and Adam Lallana finding the net as the champions’ limitations were exposed.

The teenager’s 70th-minute shot left Bravo well beaten but the goal was ruled out as it had brushed off the shin of Ibrahimovic who was standing offside.

“Therefore it is my fault, I am the manager and it was my fault because it was my choice”, the disappointed manager added.

After the match however, Jose Mourinho was in typically disgruntled form and called out referee Mark Clattenburg for some of the decisions he made. “It was the flawless result for us”.

In a resumption of the often-feisty rivalry between football’s two most coveted coaches, Guardiola got the better of Mourinho as Man City beat Man United 2-1.

City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo’s rash challenge on Wayne Rooney inside the box went unpunished in the second half, and moments later Antonio Valencia’s cross struck the elbow of Nicolas Otamendi in the area.