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šŸ“° BV09: MoušŸ‘” Doesn't Believe Unitedā™¦ Were 'Outplayed' By Man CityšŸ’Ž

While pundits believed that defending champions Man City were a class apart against rivals Manchester United during the Sunday derby, Jose Mourinho felt that the game was more open and that his team weren't outclassed by the opposition.

ā€œIf the third goal is scored in one of the moments where they were dominating I would probably say so but it comes in a moment where we were in the fight to get the equaliser,ā€ he said. Mourinho insisted United had given ā€œnot a negative performance at allā€ and added: ā€œIf you focus on the game today, it was open for 80-something minutes.ā€

Unitedā€™s manager suggested recent matches at Bournemouth and Juventus had done his players no favours when City had faced Southampton and Shakhtar Donetsk at home.

ā€œThe game,ā€ he said, ā€œwas open in a week when they play three home games and have 6-1, 6-0 victories, relaxed, everything nice and easy and we play two matches away, difficult where the second was like a final against one of the best teams in Europe where we give everything physically, mentally.ā€

Mourinho pointed out that the absence of the injured Paul Pogba disrupted United too.

ā€œWe had to play [Marouane] Fellaini and he was not ready to play for 90 minutes. I can imagine when the result was 2-1 to bring on a fresh Fellaini, I think they would be in big, big trouble. For different reasons we missed Paul but that doesnā€™t mean with Paul we win the game so itā€™s not an excuse.ā€

And what of the stats? City had 66% possession and 16 shots to Unitedā€™s five. ā€œThe way people who donā€™t understand football analyse it with stats. I donā€™t go for stats. I go for what I felt in the game and it was there until minute 80-something. I consider the performance of my team one with mistakes. It is different from a bad performance.ā€
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