Jose Mourinho thinks Manchester city will be Champions

in #manchestercity7 years ago

With an 11 point lead and 22 more matches left to play the Big question in England's top flight league is "Is the title race over"? YES according to Manchester United Manager Jose Mourinho who all but conceded that the race is over as early as December 10th the day his Manchester United side lost 2-1 to neighbors and run away leaders Manchester City .

Spanish midfielder David Silva took advantage of a sloppy clearance in the the Manchester United defence to open the scoring before Marcus Rashford leveled matters shortly before halftime , capitalizing on Otamendi and Delph's faliure to clear the ball .

Otamendi needed no second invitation from Romelu Lukaku's dreadful clearance to slam home the winner in a hotly contested Manchester derby.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho wasnt full of praises on the level of play shown by is opponent but when asked if the title race is over, he replied: "Probably, yes.

"Manchester City are a very good team and they are protected by the luck, and the gods of football are behind them."

"I think they are a very good team, they are lucky, they have decisions in their favour.

"I'm pretty sure everyone is going to fight for points and try and reduce the distance, but the advantage is a very good one."
Mourinho was however insistent after the game that Manchester United should have been awarded a penalty after Ander Herrera went down under pressure from Otamendi