Manchester United stalwart and legendary goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel has attributed the club’s impressive return to form to Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho.
The ex-Chelsea boss yesterday claimed the Premier League’s Manager of the Month Award for August and Schmeichel believes the club is on the brink of something special after their unbeaten start.
Speaking ahead of the much anticipated Manchester Derby this weekend, the Danish international has been captivated by the Red Devil’s consistency thus far.
“We have not been playing too well over the last two or three years, it’s been up and down,” Schmeichel told Omnisport.
“The performances have been inconsistent – some good, some mediocre and some very, very bad.
“But it’s all turned around now. We’ve got Jose [Mourinho] in and Jose’s done really well. You can see straight away his influence on how the team is performing.
“You can see that he’s met Manchester United in the way that he wants Manchester United to be, but there’s also a lot of Jose in there – the robustness, the stubbornness.”
Schmeichel, who claimed five EPL titles for the red half of Manchester, also represented City for a solitary year and said the rise of the Citizens has benefited the rivalry.
“It’s one of those fixtures, when you get the fixture list you look for Liverpool and Man City,” Schmeichel said.
“City, they’ve developed the football club so well over the last 10 years. They are now an incredible force.
“They’ve got Pep Guardiola as manager. They’ve got unlimited resources to build and rebuild the club and they have got probably the best training facility in the world. They’ve cut no corners.
“They are so competitive, they’ve got incredible players.”
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