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Manchester City's Ilkay Gundogan has said that his challenge on Bruno Fernandes that led to a key Manchester United free-kick in Sunday's Manchester derby "was not at all a foul."
Just before the half-hour mark, Gundogan was adjudged to have clipped Fernandes illegally on the edge of the City box. From the consequent free-kick, the Portuguese playmaker found Anthony Martial, who squeezed a first-time finish past Ederson:
The City goalkeeper was also at fault for United's second deep in stoppage time when he inadvertently rolled the ball into Scott McTominay's path, and the Scotland international fired into an empty net to secure a 2-0 win for United:
As far as Gundogan is concerned, though, United should never have had the set piece that led to the opening goal, per Chris Burton of Goal:
"They were much more aggressive, especially after scoring the first goal.