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“At half-time we were feeling sorry for ourselves, we wanted to go out there and play with pride and thought we fully deserved it in the end,” Smalling said. “We knew ourselves as players it was a poor performance. The first half was terrible, we dropped off, didn’t play our game, and they could have been out of sight. "He (Mourinho) said that we didn’t want to be the clowns standing there watching them get their title. City have been fantastic here all season, but we stepped up and won the game.”https://twitter.com/ChrisSmalling/status/982700556593651712 It's interesting that Mourinho trotted out that line because, as Times journalist Oliver Kay pointed out, he said the exact same thing to Chelsea players before they played a title-chasing Liverpool at Anfield in April 2014. Chelsea went onto to win 2-0, denying the Reds the chance to win their first-ever league title. https://twitter.com/OliverKayTimes/status/982705088610357249 In his post-match comments, Mourinho claimed that United pressing higher was key to rattling City and shattering their footballing nirvana. “We moved the ball, more than any team has against Manchester City. We pressed a bit higher and we keep the shape to get a good result,” he said. "Our challenge is to finish second but I want to congratulate City for the title because they are going to win and deservedly. My objective here was to get points and not spoil any celebrations.”
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