Coach Guardiola's surprising statement when Man City impressively defeated MU
Defending champions Man City beat MU 3-1 at home at the Etihad Stadium in the 177th Manchester derby, but Man City coach Pep Guardiola was still very modest when admitting he was afraid of the "Red Devils".
Man City is having a very good home record in the Premier League and they once again proved their position when they defeated MU. In the Super Sunday match of round 12, Man City did not give MU a chance to create a surprise.
The strong pressure created by Man City helped them quickly open the score through Silva in the 12th minute. In the 48th minute, Aguero doubled the gap. Although Martial scored 1 goal for MU with a successful penalty, Guendogan closed the match with the decisive goal in the 86th minute.
Man City won 3-1 and remained at the top with 32 points after 12 matches, 2 points more than second-placed Liverpool and 12 points more than MU. After the match, coach Guardiola said: "This is a worthy victory for us, although it must be said that the players were a bit worried and scared, especially in the first half, which made the attacking play perhaps not as expected."
Analyzing the home team's style of play, Guardiola shared: "We always want to play beautifully and dedicate ourselves in front of the home crowd, but at the same time we understand that the opponent is an extremely strong and dangerous team. They defend very well and sometimes we don't even want to attack. The players are perfectionists, afraid of losing the ball and being punished, which is even easier when it's MU. Anyway, everything went as planned in the end and I'm still satisfied with this performance."
