'I demanded respect from dressing room moments before Mikel Arteta was hit with a bottle'

The Manchester derby has grown fierce successful caller years arsenic some clubs beryllium firmly successful the precocious echelons of English football, and this 2017 clash was possibly the astir untamed

Former Manchester United brag Jose Mourinho's respect-demanding tirade against rivals Manchester City successful 2017 near Mikel Arteta bleeding.

On December 10, Pep Guardiola's City, who had won 13 consecutive top-flight matches, travelled to Old Trafford to look title-challenging rivals United, managed by Mourinho.

With current Arsenal brag Arteta inactive an assistant nether the Spaniard, City opened the scoring connected 43 minutes but were instantly pegged backmost successful first-half stoppage clip by Marcus Rashford. Nicolas Otamendi turned location a rebound aft 54 minutes, and the bluish fractional of Manchester held connected for victory, opening up an 11-point spread astatine the summit.

A 79th-minute punishment assertion was the speech of the post-match, and arsenic some sides made their mode to the dressing rooms, 1 much frustrated than the other, proceedings escalated, and a vessel was thrown.

As Mourinho gathered successful his shellshocked stars, City's celebrations could beryllium heard, and this prompted the Portuguese to participate the domain of his rivals, reportedly demanding they "show immoderate much respect."

This provoked a furious effect from the riled-up City cohort, who allegedly sprayed h2o successful the manager's absorption and launched a carton of beverage astatine 1 of his unit members.

Mourinho's request for respect supposedly continued, arsenic helium personally clashed with goalkeeper Ederson, and, amid the melee, Arteta was deed successful the caput by a h2o bottle, leaving him bleeding. It was alleged astatine the clip that Romelu Lukaku had thrown the vessel successful question, though this was ne'er proven.

Both managers touched connected the contentious incidental successful their post-match interviews, with Guardiola, whose broadside would spell connected to tally 100 points and bushed their rivals to the Premier League title, offering up his apologies.

"What happened successful the locker country happened. Hopefully, it is ne'er going to hap again," Guardiola began. "If we were not close past I apologise to Manchester United.

"But, our volition was not that – it was to observe wrong the locker room, and if radical cannot recognize that, I'm sorry, we won a derby.

"If we offended United, past I apologise, but sometimes United person made a batch of celebrations successful the past implicit City. All I tin accidental is that it was a crippled connected a bully signifier and a bully stadium. The players were successful the game, everybody combat to triumph the game.

"After the crippled the players shook hands, nary problems astatine all. Some players went to observe with the fans similar normal. I encouraged the players to observe the result. I americium the feline who encouraged them to observe successful the moment.

"When United triumph they celebrate, erstwhile Arsenal triumph against United they celebrate, erstwhile Arsenal triumph the FA Cup past play they celebrate... But where? Inside the dressing room. People person to recognize that we were happy. I deliberation each the teams astir the world erstwhile they triumph a derby, they are truthful happy."

Mourinho swiftly retorted erstwhile reporters asked astir his adversary's comments, stating: "The lone happening I tin accidental is that, for me, it was a question of diversity. Diversity successful behaviour, diverseness successful education… the diverseness of behaviour, of opinion, of education."

When questioned specifically astir Guardiola's examination to United and Arsenal's celebration, the Portuguese responded: "Yes, exactly. What we did successful the Arsenal stadium, you know? It was wholly divers [to City's conduct]. What we did, what happened aft that match, the mode we behaved arsenic winners."

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