He said: “I think they’ve deserved it, they’ve played damn well in the first 20 minutes.
“The play from [Paul] Pogba and [Bruno] Fernandes, Sancho in that split striker role has a lot to do from where he picks the ball up.
“Can he set it out in that far corner? Yes he can. Really good first 20 minutes, United have been brave, the way they’ve pushed up the pitch, not many teams do that here and City didn’t expect that from Ralf Rangnick’s men.”
But just six minutes later City were back in front. De Bruyne scored his second of the game after United were unable to clear a mini goalmouth scramble.
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