Man Utd v Man City clash cancelled due to Beijing weather

Manchester City sent a groundsman to the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing 10 days ago to try ensure their preseason derby with Manchester United goes ahead, a club source has told ESPN FC.

“Emotional balance [is what I want to see from United’s players]”.

“I think Beijing is also unlucky because the pitch is very bad”, Mourinho said, before the decision was taken this morning to call the game off.

“I repeat, if it was a friendly then it becomes a double friendly because no injuries, play calm, play safe, go home, keep the preparation next week”.

The worldwide friendly between Manchester United and Manchester City, originally planned to kickoff in Beijing at 7:30 p.m. earlier this evening, was called off by event organizers due to severe weather conditions. “Why not? Why wouldn’t I shake hands?” Mkhitaryan and United’s first summer signing Eric Bailly started in both the pre-season fixtures against Wigan Athletic and Dortmund. Champions League teams play on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, potentially giving them more recovery time before they resume Premier League action at the weekend.

Luke Shaw and Juan Mata have sent Manchester United fans messages saying that the players share their disappointment over the match against Manchester City in Beijing being cancelled. “It’s a problem for me, bad conditions for my players to train and bad conditions for my players to play”.

“It’s extremely disappointing not to be able to play the game in this incredible stadium but the recent torrential rain would have caused problems anywhere in the world and has left the pitch unplayable”.

Mourinho is concerned that their lack of rest between games could have a negative impact and believes Chelsea – who do not play in Europe at all – have a major advantage in the title race.

The United manager gave indications of his unhappy mood, having just suffered his first defeat as manager on Friday by losing 4-1 against Borussia Dortmund in Shanghai.

“A good result means going home without any injuries”.