No big difference between Manchester United and Man City – Ten Hag

Manchester United were beaten 3-1 away at Manchester City on Sunday.

United had taken an early lead through Marcus Rashford, but lost the game in the second half through a brace from Phil Foden and one from Erling Haaland.

The defeat ensured Manchester United are sixth in the Premier League and 11 points off the top four.

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has claimed that the match showed there wasn’t a huge gap between the two Manchester clubs.

“No, I don’t think so, absolutely not,” Ten Hag said.

“You can see we have many problems in injuries and still we had an opportunity to win the game.

“It’s a case of really small margins, we could have scored the second goal in a debatable moment. It’s not that big [the gap] and when we have everyone on board we can be competitive.

“I think also we showed that in last season’s FA Cup final against them when it was really close but City, in this moment, the best team in the world. Don’t forget this.”