Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Man City are like Man Utd's 'little brother'
Manchester United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Manchester City are like a "little brother" who will never take their "big brother's" place.
Ambitious City have spent big in recent years to compete with their rivals, the 19-time English champions.
They pipped their neighbours to
last season's Premier League title
but United top the table ahead of Sunday's derby at Etihad Stadium."When you get disappointments, you bounce back," warned Solskjaer.
Speaking to Football Focus, Solskjaer, who scored 126 goals in 366 appearances in an 11-year career at Old Trafford, said: "It's always this thing about being the big brother and the little brother coming to try to overtake the big brother.
"That always happens in families and in clubs - the young player hoping to take the old player's position - and City are hoping to overtake United. I don't think they'll ever be able to."
Solskjaer, who now manages Norwegian
champions Molde, exemplified his former side's will to win when scoring
the injury-time goal that captured the 1999 Champions League crown for
United in a 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich.
"Man United have over the years - and through their history - won in dramatic fashion. In the club's history, you've had so many disappointments, like the [Munich air] disaster, and they have always stood up again and bounced back. It's just in the DNA."
United are three points clear from City at the top of the Premier League table after 15 games, although United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said he is concerned with his side's recent defensive form.
City remain undefeated in the league so far this season but have been knocked out of European competition following a poor Champions League campaign.
SOURCE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20634523
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