Manchester United came back from a goal behind to beat local rivals Manchester City 2-1 at the Etihad on Sunday afternoon. It was Amad Diallo who stole the show, winning a late penalty which captain Bruno Fernandes scored, before scoring a stunning winner in injury time.
Speaking to MUTV after the game, Amad discussed how happy he was to score a goal and get a win over City, who have now lost eight of their last 11 games.
> I’m feeling very good, very nice. Winning against City, a derby like this, away against them who are one of the best teams in the world, you can have only good feeling. I’m so happy. Today, we knew it was not easy, but this is a derby, if you want to win you have to be angrier than them and we showed that. We were angry and we are happy to win the game.
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> I am following the manager’s system. He’s demanding a lot of pressing and when I have to press, I go 100 per cent and I don’t care who is there, who is not there. I was happy to win the first penalty. I tried to shoot but I was maybe a little bit smart to say the defender was coming, and he touched my legs, \[so it was a\] penalty.
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> The second one, we know Licha is a good player to give you this ball. In the beginning, I didn’t believe in the ball because it was going too quick, but I touched the ball and I score. I was so happy to score against City and so happy to win this game. I want to enjoy this moment today and then let’s focus for the next game.
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> I would have preferred to celebrate this one at Old Trafford with a lot of fans, but I just celebrated like when I score every time. This is not a disrespect to City fans, I just wanted to celebrate my goals. I’m a chill guy, I just want to celebrate.
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