Players reaction after the loss against Man City

‎" I knew the pressure would be huge. Manchester United are a massive club and I knew it would be a big challenge for me. But I’ve said before I’ve always believed in my ability and hopefully I’m proving to people that I can rise to that challenge. I'm really enjoying myself here. All the lads have been brilliant to me and really helped me along. Training with world class players week in, week out has only made me a better player and I’m thankful for that. I wanted to play a part in all these big games. I enjoy the challenge and am looking forward to the ones we have ahead. The thing that’s stood out since I’ve joined United is the desire to win every single game. It means to everything to win at this club. I’m just glad to be a part of it."

- Phil Jones

"For me United remain one of the best teams in the world. Nothing changes that — even losing 6-1 at home to City."

-Pep Guardiola

“We realize how much this result has hurt the fans and how they’ll go into work on Monday and get a lot of stick, but the players are hurting just as much. We live in the city too and we’re going to have to deal with it as well. No-one wants to lose by the margin we did today, but you’ve always got to look at positives and say you can lose by that score or lose 1-0 and it’s still the same amount of points [to lose]. I said to the lads in the dressing room afterwards that we need to remember how it feels to lose a game like this, but to remember that no medals are handed out now. There’s still a long way to go in the season. It’s a bad result, but by no means is the league over. We’ve got to respond and win our next game.”

-Darren Fletcher

“You have to recover. In the history of Manchester United, it is another day and we’ll recover from this, there’s no question about that. But that kind of defeat will make an impact on the players. There’s a lot of embarrassment in the dressing room and quite rightly so. Hopefully they’ll show that next week. For the first 10 minutes, we absolutely dominated the game and played some brilliant football so it was hard to believe when we went 1-0 down, But that was retrievable. The sending-off was a killer blow to us. The player (Balotelli) didn’t control the ball, but the fact Jonny tugged his jersey gave the referee plenty of reason to send him off. It was a killer, a really bad blow to us because City are so strong defensively."

-Sir Alex Ferguson

"The derby is always an event where emotions run high and today was no exception. We are grateful to the vast majority of people that attended today, whose conduct was exemplary and they enjoyed this fixture in the true spirit of the game."

-Chief Supt John O’Hare, of Greater Manchester Police