8th March, 2020
Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach was clearly disappointed after the final whistle at Old Trafford, with his wards succumbing to a 2-0 defeat to city rivals, Manchester United.
In December, United had come to Etihad Stadium to beat the defending champions 2-1. And Sunday’s derby was to be a redemption of sort for City.
It was not to be as Anthony Martial and Scott McTominay scored a goal each in the two halves for the hosts, to record United’s first derby double in 10 years.
“We played good. We conceded a goal and should have avoided it, but in the second half we played good as well”, Guardiola said in consolation.
“So congratulations to Manchester United. The quality of the opponent always count.
“We played good. Yes, we could have played better if we win 5-0,”he said.
In contrast, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, coach of United was happy that his team painted Manchester the city red after winning the 182nd derby between the two rivals.