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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says their possession game was a tactic to win at Manchester United today.
City bossed the game and won 2-0 via an Eric Bailly own goal and a Bernardo Silva effort.
Guardiola spoke of Phil Foden’s performance before explaining their possession game on the day: “More to come – he is so young. We play more games of our life. The City Blues, we know how important it is.
“Here at Old Trafford always a good performance in general since we are together, We have won many times, much more than at any other stadium. Solid performance, good game and deserved victory. Three more points.
“You have to put the ball in the fridge. A lot of passes, a lot of passes. Except 10 minutes in the middle when I thought we lose stupid ball, really good.
“The move is the ball, everyone has to be in their position. When you move much, not good. The ball comes where we are.”
Asked of City should have scored more, he continued: “It is OK. I am so demanding, we are so demanding for ourselves but I am very pleased. This is the game we needed.
“They [Manchester United] are so dangerous. That is why we had a game with a lot of control. If you let them run at Old Trafford it is a little bit like Anfield. They are built for that.
“We played the game we needed today. You have to play quick, to move the ball and do the touches every player need but also try to put the ball in the pocket.
“The game was 2-0 and everything was comfortable. I felt didn’t need to change.
“Three games now 27 left. We dropped points at home. Right now Chelsea are unstoppable. We know we cannot drop much points to be close to them but against the big six we performed well.
“The most important is we came to Old Trafford and can say these guys played good. This is what I am happy the most after six years here. We tried to play our game.”