Manchester derby: City maintain Premier League lead

Marcus Rashford will start against Feyenoord thanks to his Manchester derby performance, United manager Jose Mourinho said.

Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho has described his derby victor against Manchester United as a “dream come true”.

“Jose Mourinho will be dented tonight, damaged slightly; he’s a man of great pride, but they’ll respond, it’s still early days, and it doesn’t tell us about the league title and where it’s going”.

On Tuesday, City host Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League as they kick off Group C, which also features Barcelona, with whom Guardiola won the competition twice as their coach.

“For me, the next big game is against Feyenoord”.

Despite the criticism, Manchester United seemingly see the player as a long-term prospect, and he will no doubt have more chances to impress Mourinho over the course of the next few months. In the future I will beat him and he will beat me.

“I think the way we try to play now is very enjoyable, especially for the attacking players, because we try to play nice football, the way we want to play”, he said.

Speaking after the game, a delighted De Bruyne told the club’s official website: “It was hard, especially in the second half, because they were much stronger physically and in the air but I think we coped well and we had the chances to get the third in the second half”.

“Let’s speak for example about Mkhitaryan – how many big matches has he played?” The United boss believes his wards succumbed to big-match pressure against their cross-city rivals. We speak about Eric Bailly.

“In Bucharest we played at that level for 90 minutes”.

Yeah [if you pass the ball from the back] it can be too risky; if you lose the ball they will score but you can control the game.

“Ander was phenomenal in his attitude”.

“The performances are the deciding factor”. How I can decide is by performances, it’s the only way. Sometimes players disappoint managers. Is it to punish? No.

“We could hurt them playing with some individuals with qualities that didn’t give me what I want”.