GUNNAR GET YOU
Solskjaer says Man Utd are ‘one, two or three’ transfers away from a title challenge after downing neighbours Man City
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER celebrated derby glory and then warned Manchester City and Liverpool: We're coming to get you.
Their 2-0 win over City at Old Trafford was the third time they have beaten their neighbours, twice in the league and in one leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final.
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Solskjaer believes the results show they have the foundations to build a future title challenge.
The Norwegian boss said: “For me it shows we are on the right track and improving and we are Manchester United and looking to catch the teams in front of us.
“We feel we are improving all the time.
“We know we lack one, two, three players to be considered a title contender and some experience and we know that. We are just going to start talking about going up the table, getting more points.”
After goals from Anthony Martial and Scott McTominay won the day Solskjaer claimed that he now has a team giving everything for the shirt.
Solskjaer said: “It’s a privilege to be manager of players with this attitude, they give it everything they’ve got.
“They’re going to improve as players. The fans and players love it.
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“You can say it’s only three points but to beat a team like City, especially with the problems we’ve had is fantastic. We’re delighted with the outcome.”
Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva branded their own performance as ‘unacceptable’, something his manager Pep Guardiola disagreed with.
Bernardo said: “It was a bad game for us. Not acceptable. We didn’t start badly and were playing quite well until we conceded.
“We know how good the Manchester United players are on the counter-attack, very aggressive. So our performance was not acceptable.
“We will have to watch the game back and listen to what Pep has to say.
“But a team like ours cannot lose this many games. We need to check what’s not going right and try not to make so many mistakes.”
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It was their seventh league defeat of the season and now Liverpool need only two more wins to claim their first title crown in 30 years.
Yet Guardiola said they are not far away from where they were last season when they defended their title.
Guardiola said: "We played good, we missed a little in the final third but the second half was better and it was a good performance.
"We play the same way, tried the press and defend well and we did well. We are no far away. At the end of the season with the club we are going to talk about the situation.”
"Our game is there, we played really good in terms of coming here.
“They wait and did long balls on the counter-attack for Daniel James and Anthony Martial.”
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When Bernardo’s contrasting view was put to him, however, Guardiola said: “I do not agree with him.”
Manchester United’s goals from Martial in the 37th minute and McTominay in injury time came with the help of mistakes by City goalkeeper Ederson.
Guardiola said: “He is an extraordinary keeper. Next time he is going to be better. Sometimes it happens.”
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