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Man Utd news: Paul Scholes aims Man City dig… they’ve never had a player like this
PAUL SCHOLES insists Manchester City can’t be considered the greatest Premier League team ever as they don’t have players like Manchester United to possess.
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City have been unrelenting so far in their march towards the title.
After 19 games, they have dropped just two points and beat Bournemouth 4-0 yesterday.
Some pundits are suggesting Pep Guardiola’s men are well on their way to emulating the achievement of the Arsenal ‘Invincibles’, who went the entire 2003/04 campaign unbeaten.
But Scholes doesn’t see it that way.
“This City team haven't got anybody like Roy Keane,” Scholes said.
“It's very early to talk about City as the best Premier League team ever.
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Fletcher, Carrick or Roy Keane would not have given them an inch
“It's been 15 games. They look like they are going to win the league. They are a brilliant team but it's December.
“The disappointing thing in the derby game was that it was a little bit of an embarrassment at home, the way United sat off.
“I guarantee that if we had been playing against that team, De Bruyne and Silva would have been man-marked.
Paul Scholes doesn't think Manchester City have any players like Roy Keane
“Fletcher, Carrick or Roy Keane would not have given them an inch.
“But they were given the freedom of the pitch.
“To any United fan or anyone who has played for United, it was unacceptable.”
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