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Man Utd vs Man City: Sky Sports pundit Danny Mills makes surprise prediction
FORMER Manchester City defender and Sky Sports pundit Danny Mills has had his say on the Sunday’s Manchester derby (4.30pm).
Danny Mills has had his say on the Manchester derby.
Pep Guardiola’s side go into the clash at Old Trafford as favourites as they top the Premier League table having dropped only two points all season.
However, they suffered a shock defeat in the Champions League last night against Shakhtar Donetsk.
Meanwhile, Manchester United head into the clash on the back of four straight wins, having topped their European group by being CSKA Moscow on Tuesday.
And Mills, who spent five years at City between 2004 and 2009, thinks Jose Mourinho will hold the advantage when the two teams meet this weekend.
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If the argument is: in a one-off game, who do you want as manager? I'd go with Mourinho.
“I look at Mourinho sometimes and think he's equally as [much of a] genius [as Guardiola], but in a completely different way,” Mills told Sky Sports’ The Debate Show.
"He knows how to win one-off games.
"If the argument is: in a one-off game, who do you want as manager? I'd go with Mourinho, because he finds a way.
"Look at what he did at Porto, Inter, Chelsea time and time again.
Mills believes Jose Mourinho will have the edge over Pep Guardiola.
“Mourinho sets up sometimes not to get beat, and it very rarely goes wrong for them.”
Mills also went on to credit the size of the United team and he thinks that the physical advantage could play into their hands.
"The players he has put together at Man Utd are enormous,” Mills added.
“It's like Land of the Giants!
"They could be bully boys this weekend and look to physically steamroll City that way.
"Mourinho has done it at more clubs, but in slightly different ways."
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