Pep Guardiola, not Jose Mourinho, is playing football better suited to Manchester United’s traditions. And if Manchester City win the derby this weekend, the title race will be over, according to Andrei Kanchelskis.
“Some games I am not happy,” he said.
“It is not like we played under Ferguson. We always played with wingers.
“Now it is City who play with wingers and you can see City are scoring a lot of goals.
“It would have been better to keep Ryan Giggs. Try him. He had worked all his life at United, he understood everything. The fans would help him, the fans trust him.
“If you keep Giggs as coach, the results would definitely have been better than under Louis van Gaal, and David Moyes as well.”
He added: “If United can win both derbies then they will have a good chance of winning the title.
“But if they lose on Sunday it is finished. There will be no chance. It will be 11 points — it is not possible. It is too much.”
“The Manchester derby is a special game,” said the 48-year-old, who was speaking at the launch of his autobiography, Russia Winters.
“I remember Ferguson would make us all stay in a hotel the night before the derby to prepare for the game — he wanted everyone concentrate on the game.
“For a normal home game we would just go from our home to the stadium but before a derby home or away we would stay in a hotel.
“If you won a derby, all season the fans would say ‘well done guys you beat City.’
“I’m looking forward to this derby because it will be interesting because it is a different Man City now and a different Man United.
“When I played for City they were not the biggest club, they were just OK, and in the derby we would fight hard because United were the dominant team at the time. Now there is a big change.
“It is an important season for both coaches — Mourinho and Guardiola.
“Last season City didn’t win a trophy and United didn’t win the league, just the League Cup and Europa League.
“So it is very important game for both coaches. Big names in both teams. I can’t wait for this game. It is going to be very, very interesting.”
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