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AFP First-half goals by Kevin De Manchester Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho put City in control and despite new goalkeeper Claudio Bravo’s anchester City man- gaff e allowing Zlatan Ibrahi- ager Pep Guardiola movic to hit back for United, spoke out in defence City held fi rm. It was the fi rst of Claudio Bravo after encounter between Guardiola Mhis new goalkeeper’s error-strewn and Mourinho, former El Cla- debut in yesterday’s 2-1 win at sico sparring partners since Manchester United. 2013, and gave the former Bar- First-half goals from Kevin De celona coach an eighth win in 17 Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho clashes with the ex-Real Madrid gave City victory, but a blunder manager. by Bravo, who spilled a high ball, “We are happy. I think the allowed Zlatan Ibrahimovic to re- spectators enjoyed it because it duce the arrears. was open until the end,” Guar- The former Barcelona goalkeep- diola told the BBC. er was also fortunate to avoid con- “First half we were better. In ceding a penalty after he overran the second half it was diffi cult. the ball and lunged in on Wayne We had counter-attacks and we Rooney, but Guardiola expressed didn’t fi nish.” satisfaction with his display. City’s win, their 50th in com- “We played good in the fi rst half petitive derby matches, saw because of Claudio,” the former them end United’s perfect start Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho (L) and Manchester City’s Spanish manager Pep Guardiola (R) watch from the touchline during the EPL clash between Barcelona and Bayern Munich to the season. the two teams at Old Traff ord in Manchester yesterday. coach told the BBC at Old Traf- It left Guardiola’s side and ford. Chelsea, who visit Swansea players’ performances. Daley Blind to the ball before Bravo gifted his side a lifeline Mourinho repaired his error deeming Bravo to have won the “I like the keepers to attack City today, as the only teams in “In the fi rst half we were be- clinically wrong-footing David three minutes before half-time. at half-time, introducing An- ball cleanly. the ball and after what happened the Premier League with 100 low the level to play this match,” de Gea. The Chilean allowed Roon- der Herrera and terrace darling Guardiola responded to (with Ibrahimovic’s goal), the sec- % records. Mourinho was an- he said. United had barely had a ey’s deep free-kick to slip from Marcus Rashford for Mkhitary- Mourinho’s changes by bol- ond half he continued to play and gered by referee Mark Clatten- “We lost easy balls and let kick and Rooney’s frustra- his grasp and Ibrahimovic pro- an and Lingard. stering his own midfi eld, with that’s a good thing about his per- burg’s decision not to award the them recover the ball. We paid tion showed as he grappled duced an athletic volley to spear Bravo’s jitteriness gave the Fernando and debutant Leroy sonality.” home side a penalty after Bravo for our mistakes.”Mourinho’s with Guardiola for the ball at a the loose ball into the net. home fans renewed belief and Sane coming on and De Bruyne Guardiola brought Bravo to committed a wild challenge on decision to start Mkhitaryan throw-in before catching Fern- It was an unexpected foot- he was extremely fortunate taking up a central forward role. the club after sidelining previous Wayne Rooney inside the City and Lingard in place of Anthony andinho late. There was worse hold for the hosts and they fi n- to avoid conceding a penalty A beautifully poised game fi rst-choice goalkeeper Joe Hart, area. Martial and Juan Mata was a to come for the United skipper ished the fi rst half strongly. in the 56th minute.In turn- swung from end to end there- who has joined Torino on loan. “Claudio Bravo is a penalty surprise and it backfi red as City as City made it 2-0, Iheanacho Rooney crossed for Ibrahi- ing away from Ibrahimovic, he after. Guardiola explained the move and a red card,” he said. took a deserved 15th-minute tapping in from six yards after movic to head at Bravo and the overran the ball and launched United had a goal disallowed by emphasising the importance of Mourinho withdrew full deb- lead. Aleksandar Kolarov’s high De Bruyne’s low curler struck Swedish striker then saw an ef- himself into a lunging challenge when Rashford’s shot clipped having a goalkeeper who is com- utant Henrikh Mkhitaryan and ball was fl icked on by Iheanacho the base of the left-hand post. fort blocked by John Stones af- on Rooney. Rooney was left Ibrahimovic, who was standing fortable with the ball at his feet Jesse Lingard at half-time and — in for the suspended Sergio Mourinho wore a face of ter the City goalkeeper failed to writhing in pain, but Clatten- in an off side position, and beat and he said Bravo’s ball-playing strongly criticised some of his Aguero — and De Bruyne beat thunder on the touchline, but fi eld a stray ball. burg waved play on, apparently Bravo. ability would prove invaluable. “Yes, it can be too risky. If you lose the ball they will score. But LA LIGA you can control the game,” he said. “Until my last day in England I will try to play with the ball as much as possible. I know it’s im- possible for 90 minutes, but I’m sorry, I will not negotiate that.” De Bruyne gave City reward for Ronaldo nets for Real aft er injury return a dominant start by breaking the deadlock in the 15th minute, beat- AFP 15 straight La Liga wins as Danilo’s low fore Euro 2016’s top scorer Griezmann ing Daley Blind to Iheanacho’s Madrid drive and a towering header from Sergio headed home his fi rst two goals of the fl ick-on and coolly fi nding the Ramos extended the lead before half- season in the fi nal 20 minutes. bottom-left corner. time at the Bernabeu. Angel Correa added a fourth two Iheanacho tapped in from close ristiano Ronaldo took just fi ve Osasuna goalkeeper Nauzet Perez minutes from time. range after De Bruyne had hit the minutes to score on his return meekly turned Pepe’s header into his In an uncharacteristic outburst, post, before Ibrahimovic halved from a three-month injury own net for Real’s fourth before Luka Griezmann had claimed after the 0-0 City’s lead in the 42nd minute. layoff as Real Madrid contin- Modric’s fi ercely struck shot from out- stalemate at Leganes two weeks ago Bravo’s contentious challenge Cued their 100 % start to the season with side the box made it 5-0. that Atletico would be “fi ghting against on Rooney occurred 11 minutes a 5-2 rout of Osasuna yesterday. Ronaldo was withdrawn to a stand- relegation” rather than challenging into the second half and left the Antoine Griezmann kick-started ing ovation to make way for Karim Barca and Madrid for the title if they United captain writhing in pain Atletico Madrid’s La Liga campaign Benzema with one eye on Wednesday’s did not improve fast. inside the City area.United man- with two goals and an assist as a 4-0 clash with his fi rst club, Sporting Lis- However, he apologised for those ager Jose Mourinho said referee hammering of Celta Vigo gave them a bon, in the Champions League. comments after coming alive in the Mark Clattenburg should have much-needed fi rst win of the season. However, Real’s defensive defi cien- second-half against Celta Vigo. awarded penalties for both that Champions Barcelona will attempt cies were exposed in the second-half “We needed a game like this,” Griez- incident and an alleged handball to join Real at the top of the table on as Oriol Riera and David Garcia cut Os- mann told BeIN Sports Spain. by City centre-back Nicolas Ota- nine points at home to Alaves later. asuna’s defi cit, whilst Roberto Torres “I apologise, I shouldn’t have said mendi. Ronaldo was making his fi rst appear- saw a penalty saved by Kiko Casilla. what I did publicly. It was in the heat of “Mark made two big mistakes,” ance since limping off in tears during Earlier, Griezmann handed Atletico a the moment, but I am very happy with he said. “Claudio Bravo is a pen- the Euro 2016 fi nal, but was handed the much-needed boost after being held by what we did as a team today.