MX23RW : Tuesday, March 11 01:20:14| >> :120:10241:10241:

Graeme Souness: 'Manchester City were frightened against Manchester United'

Former Liverpool manager Graeme Souness believes that Manchester City are underperfoming and stumbled their way to their 1-0 victory in the Manchester derby.

Former Liverpool manager Graeme Souness has criticised Manchester City for are underperfoming and believes that the English champions stumbled their way to their 1-0 victory against Manchester United on Sunday.

Sergio Aguero struck in the 63rd minute of the Premier League clash at the Etihad Stadium to earn the Citizens a win and local bragging rights over their neighbours.

However, Souness remains unconvinced, telling Sky Sports News: "[Man City] are such a big team with such good players but getting beat is part of football and you lose the odd game even if you are the best around.

"[The best teams] want to be back the next day if they lose but City got a bad result in Russia, a bad result against West Ham and a bad result against Newcastle.

"You expected another gear to come along when they got the goal, but they got a bit frightened, subconsciously backed off a little bit and allowed United to get back into the game."

The result took City to third in the Premier League table, six points behind leaders Chelsea.

ID:186119: cacheID:186119:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:restore:2080:
Written by
Giuseppe Labellarte
No Data Analysis info
Restore Data
Share this article now:
Manchester City's English goalkeeper Joe Hart (R) saves at the feet of Manchester United's Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini (L) during the English Premier League football match on November 2, 2014
Read Next:
Player Ratings: Man City 1-0 Man Utd
>
rhs 2.0
Today's games header
Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool29217169274270
2Arsenal281510352242855
3Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest28156745331251
4Chelsea28147753361749
5Manchester CityMan City28145953381547
6Newcastle UnitedNewcastle2814594738947
7Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton28121064640646
8Aston Villa2912984145-445
9Bournemouth28128847341344
10Fulham2811984138342
11Crystal Palace2810993633339
12Brentford28115124844438
13Tottenham HotspurSpurs281041455411434
14Manchester UnitedMan Utd2897123440-634
15Everton2871293135-433
16West Ham UnitedWest Ham2896133248-1633
17Wolverhampton WanderersWolves2865173857-1923
18Ipswich TownIpswich2838172658-3217
19Leicester CityLeicester2845192562-3717
20Southampton2823232068-489


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy after collecting the Golden Ball award on December 18, 2022Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!