[Niall]

Go...

 

[notcool]

Our boys took a hell of a beating.

 

[Rory 7]

Pogba v poor

 

[Parry Gallister]

See you next week.

 

[RedTiger]

Still 35 games left

 

[the hea]

Zlatan, Pogba, Blind, Mhiki and Lingard were all well below par today and that's what cost us the game.

 

[Mrs Smoker]

Gott damn.

Clattenburg's twat.

 

[Kag]

Mourinho was outwitted and got it wrong.

It took Guardiola seven minutes in the second half to make the kind of substitution Mourinho made at half time.

Better second half when we added an extra body in midfield, however.

 

[charlenefan]

 

[Raw]

Completely outclassed in the first half, began to look really threatening before Pep killed it off with the Fernando sub.

Mourinho has been tactically outsmarted.

 

[Cheesy]

Disappointing. Shite in the first half, improved in the second but not enough to get anything. City look better at the moment but it'll be a long season with plenty of twists.

 

[Ole's_toe_poke]

Better team won.

Atleast we fought in the 2nd half.

 

[Mark_Barca]

Thought Sane was hopeless when he came on.

 

[JTW95]

Lost it in the first half. Second half we were much better but couldn't find a goal.

If we played the second half team from the start I think we would have won it.

 

[Yorkeontop]

Thrilling but oh so messy.

 

[Massive Spanner]

City were just too good.

Impressed with the positive attitude and fight in the second half though.

 

[Scholesy]

Deserve failure when we start Lingard, Rooney and Fellaini over Martial, Rashford and Schneiderlin.

 

[littlepeasoup]

Claudio Bravo makes himself really easy to dislike.

 

[sullydnl]

Improved in the second half, still deserved to lose.

Oh well, it's still very early in the season. Move on I guess.

 

[Mark_GrumpyLion]

Draw would have been lucky I think. What a match. We fought, we lost, it sucks.

 

[Giant Midget]

Positives: 4-2-3-1 is done in the big games. There is no way Mourinho leaves us that vulnerable again.

Pogba-Herrera-Fellaini it is. Herrera looked absolutely class when he came on.

 

[Flying_Heckfish]

Decent game in the end, shows we can go toe to toe with them anyway.

Shocking start though, can't afford to make those selection mistakes at this level.

 

[Aussie_Red_Devil]

Didn't show up in the first half and were punished for it.

 

[ha_rooney]

Jose's tactics to start the game were very poor. Once we went 4-3-3 we were better.

City for 40 mins were superb. Great effort from both sides.

 

[Randall Flagg]

Went out with a big fight

Every player gave everything in that 2nd half

But city I think are a level above still

 

[kps88]

Don't think the scoreline tells the whole story; we were terrible for large portions of the game. Way too open and almost always had a swarm of City players running at our back four with zero protection from midfield. Our only idea at the other end was long balls to Ibra and Fellaini.

 

[Successful]

Can't believe the season is already over Congratulations to City. Time to start building for the 17/18 campaign.

 

[Varun]

Brilliant game to watch but unfortunately, the wrong result. A game of 2 halves if there ever was one. Throughly enjoyed it though, what a game.

 

[Ramshock]

Lets see if Jose has changed, Im putting this on him today but a lot of guys under performed including Pogba. Im awaiting this post match interview now see how Mourinho handles it.

 

[justboy68]

It feels shit to lose the derby.

But all things considered, it's not the end of the world to lose to Guardiola's City. I'm still confident we're going to have a good season and a lot more optimistic than any other time in the last 3 years.

We've still got lots more to see from Pogba (I bloody hope so anyway) so we should kick up another level eventually when he gets it going. Martial as well.

 

[Mr Pigeon]

Very poor first half, didn't find our rhythm and playing counter attacking against a team that made very few mistakes was always going to fail for us.

Second half - much better. We put them under more pressure and you can't deny that the players gave everything they had for the team and manager. A lot of tired legs and a disappointing end to the game, but we can pick ourselves up and make the next game count.

 

[Tom Van Persie]

Gutted.

 

[NinjaFletch]

Mourinho got it wrong unfortunately.

Lingard, Mkhitaran and Fellaini holding were all the wrong choices.

 

[Minimalist]

Lost the game in the first half and that's down to Mourinho's lineup and probably the mentality he sent them out with. Second half much better but still the attacking third leaves a lot to be desired in terms of interchanging of passes.

 

[TheNewEra]

Thought united could have won it, had enough chances, could have been 2-2 at HT.

Didnt take chances.

 

[bleedred]

Zlatan wasteful...Woeful first 30 mins....no intent to attack...

 

[lem8sh]

City were superb, if Ageuro stays fit they will win the league at a canter.

 

[Nickosaur]

What a fecking weird game. Players dead on their feet, such a high intensity throughout. City's counters in the second half were giving me constant palpitations.

But I'm pleased with our turnaround in the 2nd half. Vastly improved, but Mourinho needs to take a look at that first half. Never seen such dominance.

But yeah. Fecking weird game.

 

[saivet]

The best team won.

Good spirit in the second half, but they had numerous chances to finish the game off while we never really looked like equalising.

 

[Massive Spanner]

If we played the second half team from the start I think we would have won it.

City have been far stronger in the first half in every game they've played this season so there's no reason to believe that. They always steamroll teams early on.

 

[Freak]

Very poor first half performance. Some of the players looked tired. some just let themselves down with stupid mistakes. Good second half. Improvement over last season though.

 

[Dumbat12]

Clattenburg had a mare... as usual.