Juppitèr Posted April 8, 2018 Posted April 8, 2018 Manchester City will have to wait at least another day to win the Premier League after losing 2-3 to United in a derby for history . Pep Guardiola's team went into the break with a resounding 2-0 in favor but ended up suffering their second defeat so far in the championship after a Pogba double and another Smalling goal managed to turn the score in a second half movie. City only needed to win one of their last seven games to complete the double (he previously won the League Cup) and went to the field with the feeling that he did not want to extend a minute waiting. He forgot about the 3-0 defeat at Anfield and went for his rival despite the fact that De Bruyne, Walker, Gabriel Jesus and Agüero stayed on the bench to rest for the second leg of the quarterfinals. the Champions League against Liverpool. Mourinho, on the other hand, opted for an eleven with players to dominate the match (Ander, Pogba or Alexis) but in practice he preferred to be true to his style. Klopp taught Europe that the best way to beat City is by attacking him but the United coach ignored the advice and opted for the opposite tactics . He crouched his team behind and tried to cover the virtues of the leader with a rudimentary football. In that scenario, the first 20 minutes were insubstantial beyond a possible penalty of Young by hand after a center by David Silva. City took time to impose their style but, once Kompany made it 1-0 at 25 minutes in a corner, it seemed to have no brake. The leader was disheveled with the goal in favor and half an hour ago Gundogan doubled the advantage with an exquisite definition. De Gea missed the ball and the German midfielder, assisted by Sterling, raffled Matic with a half roulette to send the net to 2-0. City felt ownership and lord of the game and, with many spaces, David Silva began his festival of passes to the hole. The canary left Sterling alone on two occasions but, in both, the English end pardoned the goal that would have left the game practically sentenced before passing through the locker room. The comeback The Etihad fans began to uncork the champagne at the break despite the failures of Sterling while the analysts poked at Mourinho for his football and praised Guardiola on the contrary. Nobody could imagine then that the City was going to pay so expensive the errors of Sterling in a second part that will be remembered for decades. Gundogan had another chance to kill the game as soon as he left the locker room but the crosshead prevented him from allowing the resurrection of United. Pogba shortened the distance in the 51st after a great pass from Ander Herrera with his chest and the French midfielder made the equalizer two minutes later with a great start from the second line. The City had vertigo and, in the 68th minute, Smalling completed the comeback to prevail once again behind the rival to send to the net a center by Alexis Sánchez. Guardiola tried to give another romp to the match with the tickets of De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus and Aguero but it was too late. The referee ignored another possible penalty from Young to Agüero that could have been 3-3 and the harassment and demolition of City on the goal of De Gea in the final minutes was also useless. The Spanish goal prevented Kun's draw and then the club also allied with United in a Sterling shot to avoid the humiliation of seeing the great rival of the city celebrate the title in a derby.
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