Jose Mourinho says Chris Smalling and Phil Jones still have futures at Manchester United despite accusing the pair of a "cautious" approach in their recovery from injury.
Although United got the better of their rivals in the EFL Cup in October, they were beaten at home the previous month as Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho fired City to a 2-1 victory.
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On April 27th, Manchester City host Manchester United in a Manchester derby that could prove crucial to the top four race.
They are also in the semi-finals of the Europa League where they face Celta Vigo, however, despite such a hectic season Rooney has had to be satisfied with a bit part.
Rashford has played many minutes in wide areas rather than up-front this season in order to accommodate the arrival of summer signing Ibrahimovic.
"I trust the boys and we go with everything we have and we go until the last second of the season".
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"I think the fact that we are fighting for important things still is a good motivation to keep people together, to make people make an extra effort", Mourinho said.
Bailly said: "I was in the Ivory Coast, I got called from a Portuguese number, he introduced himself but I just didn't believe it at first. I don't care about it, I just think about them, and like everybody I'm really sad".
United will continue to be without Juan Mata as he recovers from groin surgery while Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo won't play again this season due to serious knee ligament injuries.
We have a 25 percent chance to win the Europa League and we have to put everything on it.
Former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach Guardiola has never endured a trophy-less season as a coach and, while City's hierarchy will write this year off as a transitional phase, there will still be some surprise that he has achieved less than his predecessor Manuel Pellegrini.
"We want to try and play Champions League football and we still have two doors open", added Mourinho. They were the better managers, better players and they beat us.
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