‘We stopped training after 10 minutes’

Manchester City outclassed Manchester United 2-0 at Old Trafford in the Premier League last weekend, and Kevin de Bruyne, in revealing how City prepared for the Manchester Derby, said they stopped training after about 10 minutes.

“The day before a game, we usually train tactically, based on how the opponent play,” de Bruyne said on the MidMid Podcast. “Before United, Pep said: ‘We don’t know how they’re going to play.’ And we stopped training after 10 minutes or so.”

United have been inconsistent this term, with just five wins from 11 rounds of fixtures. They’ve lost four times, drawn twice and are sixth on the league log.

City, meanwhile, are second – three points behind leaders Chelsea.