Jose Mourinho has denied that Manchester United players goaded their Manchester City counterparts following their 3-2 victory.
City appeared to have one hand on the Premier League trophy as Vincent Kompany and Ilkuy Gundogan found the net in the first-half but Paul Pogba inspired an incredible comeback from United after the break.
Pogbas quickfire brace brought the sides level before Chris Smalling found a winner in dramatic fashion for the Red Devils in the 69th minute.
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Citys squad were accused of carrying over-zealous celebrations following the previous meeting at Old Trafford and United appeared to get revenge on their bitter rivals at the Etihad.
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Reports suggest that Jesse Lingard led the insults both on the pitch and in the dressing room after discovering that Citys players had already booked tables at restaurants to celebrate a potential win.
However, in his programme notes for Uniteds clash with West Brom, Mourinho said: Winning a derby is always good.
We were happy with the result; however, we all behaved in a classy way and we respected our opponents sadness.
Mourinho claimed that United will be unable to compete financially with City this summer in the aftermath of their derby victory.
We are not going to spend more than we can, we are not going to do anything crazy, the Portuguese said.
Hopefully we finish second this season and then next time we can try and improve on that.
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Im sure all the other team in the top six feel the same, but lets see what happens.
Maybe Manchester City will also invest massively and not let any of the others close the gap.
MORE: Jose Mourinho submits three-man shortlist to replace Chris Smalling
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Jose Mourinho has denied that Manchester United players goaded their Manchester City counterparts following their 3-2 victory.
City appeared to have one hand on the Premier League trophy as Vincent Kompany and Ilkuy Gundogan found the net in the first-half but Paul Pogba inspired an incredible comeback from United after the break.
Pogbas quickfire brace brought the sides level before Chris Smalling found a winner in dramatic fashion for the Red Devils in the 69th minute.
More: Football
Citys squad were accused of carrying over-zealous celebrations following the previous meeting at Old Trafford and United appeared to get revenge on their bitter rivals at the Etihad.
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Reports suggest that Jesse Lingard led the insults both on the pitch and in the dressing room after discovering that Citys players had already booked tables at restaurants to celebrate a potential win.
However, in his programme notes for Uniteds clash with West Brom, Mourinho said: Winning a derby is always good.
We were happy with the result; however, we all behaved in a classy way and we respected our opponents sadness.
Mourinho claimed that United will be unable to compete financially with City this summer in the aftermath of their derby victory.
We are not going to spend more than we can, we are not going to do anything crazy, the Portuguese said.
Hopefully we finish second this season and then next time we can try and improve on that.
More: Football
Im sure all the other team in the top six feel the same, but lets see what happens.
Maybe Manchester City will also invest massively and not let any of the others close the gap.
MORE: Jose Mourinho submits three-man shortlist to replace Chris Smalling
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