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It was goalless at Selhurst Park.
And at the Hill-Dickinson.
Let’s roll through Saturday’s action, starting with a riotous second half at the Gtech.
A London derby pounding was handed out to West Ham.
The Manchester United captain, Bruno Fernandes, spoke to the BBC’s Kelly Somers ahead of the derby.
Kelly Somers - “How were you feeling during the game then? Because obviously it didn’t go to plan to start with. Did you get nervous at that point? Do you get nervous in game?
Bruno Fernandes - “No, never during the game. No. Before the games I could get nervous. During the game, I just think about the goal we have for the game. What we have to do. I remember every step that we’ve trained. I remember every step that my teammates have to do. I remember every position, what they have to do. Like when I go to the training session, I focus not just on what I have to do, but what’s around me, because it could change that I have to play in a different position. It could change that.
“We change something, and a team-mate is not very aware of where he has to be or which position he should stay on. Set pieces, everything. I know exactly where everyone has to be. So that’s the only nervous thing, is that it’s getting everything into my memory. So I can remember in the game every step. Also, when I’m on the ball, I know every movement that my teammates have to do so to be aware of. Like I’m on the ball here. So what we trained is this. But obviously you have to think that in a split second. So but it gets automatically because I have to think about that during the week until the game.”
KS - “What is the one thing that you think people who maybe don’t know you as well get wrong about you the most?”
BF - “Nothing. People have an opinion about me and I can’t change that. It’s the way people want to judge you about what they see on most of the people, what they see on the pitch, some of them, what they see on the television, some of them what they see on interviews. You know, I can’t change that. They have the freedom to think the way they want about me, as I have the same freedom to think about them. But what I don’t do is I don’t judge people until I know them. They can. They can have an opinion about me and that’s fine. We all have opinion, different opinions that that’s why life is so good and so different. Because if we all think the same way, it will be so boring.”
Video: Jamie Jackson asks if being Manchester United manager is the hardest job in football – and whether the pressure pendulum might swing if City are beaten in today’s derby.
Preamble
Sunday morning, brings the dawn in. It’s just a restless feeling by my side. Yes, welcome to another Sunday session of buildup to the Premier League action, and beyond. Just two games today, no multi-screen action required. It’s a big day in the north west.
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2pm: Burnley v Liverpool
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4.30pm: Manchester City v Manchester United
The champions travel to Fortress Scott Parker, and then a battle of two teams that have struggled so far this season. Is it over for Pep? Almost certainly not.
All that, the latest news and a look-back on Saturday’s action. Join us.
