manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reacts at the final whistle during the
English League Cup semi-final football match between Manchester
United and Manchester City at Old Trafford in Manchester,
north-west England, on January 6, 2021.
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Manchester United coach, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on
Wednesday admitted that Manchester City were a better side
following his team’s 0-2 loss to their city rivals in the
semi-final of the League Cup.
It was United’s fourth semi-final loss in two years
with John Stones and Fernandinho the unlikely goalscorers for
Guardiola’s men, who will face Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham in the
final at Wembley on April 25.
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“It’s not psychological, sometimes you meet good teams in the
semis,” said Solskjaer, whose side also lost to City at this stage
of the competition last season.
“We met the best team in England and for me we didn’t have
enough today.
“But we’re getting closer. This is a much better Manchester
United compared to a year ago in those semis, that’s positive but
not enough.”
manager Pep Guardiola (C) and players react at the final whistle
during the English League Cup semi final first leg football match
between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford in
Manchester, north west England, on January 6, 2021.
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Mourinho was United boss the last time they lifted a trophy in
2017 and the Red Devils’ wait for silverware under Solskjaer
continue.
Guardiola had also dedicated the victory to club legend, Colin
Bell, a day after the City great died aged 74.
“That’s for him and his family. This person helps to build
something for this club,” said Guardiola about Bell who scored 152
goals in 492 appearances for City during a 13-year career in which
he won five major trophies.
“It is an incredible victory for us to
beat United away and reach another final and, especially
today, it is for him.”
City players warmed up in number eight shirts in honour of
Bell’s old number.
A minute’s silence was held before kick-off with Bell’s former
teammate Mike Summerbee reduced to tears as he watched on from the
stands.
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah,
has called for a sense of urgency in trying to salvage the
country.
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He said the frustration in the country is rising by the day,
adding that this could be seen in the rise in domestic violence and
inter-communal conflicts.
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In his sermon at the wake mass for Archbishop Peter Yariyock
Jatau at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cathedral, Kaduna on Tuesday, Kukah
rebuked corrupt politicians, accusing them of adopting
contractocracy as a governance mechanism.
He said: “Today, our dear nation is like the proverbial farmer
searching for his black goat. He has to do it with a sense of
urgency because darkness is setting in as the sun quickly
recedes.
“Our nation has become one huge waste land, huge debris of the
deceit, lies, treachery, double dealing and duplicity. Nigerian
politicians have turned our politics into a huge trojan horse, a
hoax, a hall of guile and dissimulation.
“The levels of frustration are rising by the day and we can see
all this in the rise in domestic violence and inter-communal
conflicts. A combination of all these has turned us unto a nation
at war with itself,” he said.
Kukah, in the sermon, also spoke about shortcomings in governance
and how the failings have imparted negatively on the citizens.
In the sermon titled, “A Nation in Search of Its Soul”, Kukah
mocked corrupted government officials who pretend to be religious
while wallowing in sinful lifestyle.
“Nigerians complain that the country is full of churches and
mosques and they cannot find the values of these religions in
everyday life. We sin at home by stealing the nation’s resources
but we seek repentance and forgiveness in Saudi Arabia and
Jerusalem in the guise of lesser or higher pilgrimages,” he
stated.
Kukah said remembering Jatau is an opportunity to recall the
contributions of Christian missionaries and Christian education to
laying the foundation for the production of the quality and calibre
of men and women of yesterday whose legendary moral fiber still
resonates in Nigeria today.