Pep Guardiola can't help himself with brutal Man Utd dig as he plots Ruben Amorim revenge

Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim is acceptable to instrumentality implicit arsenic Manchester United manager connected November 11 but has already claimed 1 triumph implicit Pep Guardiola's Manchester City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola reminded Ruben Amorim wouldn't beryllium capable to assertion different triumph implicit him successful this season's Champions League aft taking implicit astatine Manchester United.

Amorim's Sporting came from down to grounds an eye-catching 4-1 triumph implicit City successful the Champions League. Phil Foden enactment City successful beforehand wrong 5 minutes, lone for a Viktor Gyokeres hat-trick and a extremity from Maxi Araujo to springiness the Lisbon broadside victory.

The triumph for the Portuguese nine moves them person to qualification for the knockout rounds successful Europe. They beryllium 2nd successful the league signifier of the Champions League, though different teams tin leapfrog them with wins connected Wednesday, with the apical 8 teams going consecutive done to the circular of 16.

By the clip the adjacent circular comes along, though, Amorim volition beryllium successful the Premier League. He will instrumentality implicit arsenic Manchester United manager connected November 11, and Guardiola was speedy to punctual him the 2 Manchester clubs person antithetic targets this term.

"We volition look them 2 times successful the Premier League and possibly the FA Cup. In the Champions League it is not possible," Guardiola said of Amorim's United pursuing his team's defeat.

The archetypal league gathering betwixt City and United volition travel connected December 14 astatine the Etihad Stadium. The rivals won't conscionable astatine Old Trafford until aboriginal April, by which constituent some volition person a amended thought of what is connected the enactment successful the rubric contention and propulsion for European qualification.

Both of the past 2 FA Cup finals person been all-Manchester affairs, with 1 triumph apiece. As Guardiola notes, though, United's eighth-place decorativeness nether Erik 10 Hag past play means Amorim tin propulsion for Europa League glory but won't get a accidental with his caller nine successful this season's Champions League.

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It looked arsenic though City would beryllium continuing their beardown commencement successful Europe erstwhile Foden broke the deadlock aboriginal on. However, it was backmost to quadrate 1 for the Premier League champions arsenic Gyokeres equalised earlier half-time and Araujo enactment Sporting successful beforehand seconds aft the restart.

Gyokeres extended Sporting's pb from the punishment spot, and Erling Haaland missed a aureate accidental to adjacent the spread erstwhile is ain spot-kick cannoned backmost disconnected the bar. Another Gyokeres punishment rounded disconnected the scoring, completing a broad triumph against a City broadside which hadn't adjacent conceded a extremity successful Europe earlier their travel to the Alvalade.

City midfielder Bernardo Silva said the squad was successful a "dark place" aft a 3rd decision successful the abstraction of a week. Tottenham dumped Guardiola's squad retired of the Carabao Cup and Bournemouth ended their unbeaten league commencement earlier Sporting rounded disconnected a week to forget.

"It's football. It's hard to find reasons for what is happening to us," the Portuguese said. "I don't retrieve successful seven-and-a-half seasons this squad losing 3 games successful a row. It conscionable looks similar this squad is going the incorrect mode now."

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