Losing 2-1 to
Any fading prospect of a hat trick of titles looks to have been extinguished by City’s fiercest foe in a game marred by United players being targeted with racist abuse and objects thrown by home fans.
The derby defeat left City 14 points behind
“It is not realistic to think about catching up,” Guardiola said.
Second-place
Chelsea’s grip on fourth place weakened with a 3-1 loss at struggling Everton as
But the goal of the day came at
UNITED TURNAROUND
Chelsea’s collapse helped Ole Gunnar Solskjaer cap a transformative week with United up to fifth place and only five points from the
Being held at home by Aston Villa last Sunday raised further doubts about Solskjaer’s job prospects, especially with
But since then Solskjaer has masterminded victories over two of the biggest names in management: Mourinho — Pochettino’s successor at
"There's more hard times for the doubters out there,” Solskjaer said, “because we'll keep on working the way we're doing and we believe in what we're doing.”
United tore apart City in the first half at the
The second goal inside six minutes was created by a slick exchange of passes between
City didn’t even manage a shot on target until the 34th when United goalkeeper
Although Nicolas Otamendi’s header reduced the deficit in the 85th, City couldn’t prevent United from claiming only a second away win of the season.
City’s priority after the game was working with police to identity the fans who racially abused United duo Fred and
“Thank God I have a lot of friends here in the locker room who hugged me, like Lingard,” Fred told
Liverpool’s goals from
“The team performance was just really mature and professional,” Klopp said. “Just what we needed."
‘SONALDO’
Son’s mazy run before scoring Tottenham’s third goal against
"Even before this goal my son calls him ‘Sonaldo,’ and today he was Sonaldo Nazario," Mourinho said. “The only thing that came to my mind was a goal where I had the honour to be sat next to Sir
FERGUSON’S EMOTIONS
Ferguson, a former Everton striker, already has the team out of the relegation zone after Marco Silva’s firing.
Ferguson was charging down the touchline at
"It was just relief, excitement,” Ferguson said. “But you still know there is a long way to go in the game so you're not getting too carried away, although it didn't feel like that at the time. I'd have hugged the linesman if he was there. It is just emotion.
Those early wild celebrations by Ferguson were replicated in the 84th when Calvert-Lewin found the target again.
New manager
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