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     Pogba shrugged off a turbulent season and speculation over his future by scoring twice in as many minutes just after half-time to spearhead a stunning United comeback that was completed by Chris Smalling 21 minutes from time. Victory for City would have seen Pep Guardiola’s men crowned as champions and take a United record in the process by winning the title with six games to spare.     “If they won they are champions, for all the fans it would be like death,” said the Frenchman. “To lose against City and to see them celebrate, I couldn’t let that happen. At half-time in the dressing room we said we have nothing to lose.”      Barring an incredible collapse, City will still win the league in the coming weeks as the hold a 13-point lead over second-placed United. However, Pogba issued a rallying cry for United to win back the battle for supremacy in Manchester next season. “After a second half like this, we have to do that...

              Saturday’s eagerly awaited meeting at City’s Etihad Stadium offers Pep Guardiola the chance to make mathematically certain of the Premier League crown with a victory. It is a prospect that has left United supporters with a sense of dread as their bitter rivals prepare to lift English football’s greatest prize.       During his press conference on Friday, Mourinho reminded fans of the day, a dozen years ago, when he led Chelsea to a victory over United to win the title and claimed that the potential title decider is “just football”. “We beat United 3-0 and we won the title at Stamford Bridge in 2005-06. But it was not the end of the world, Manchester United didn’t finish. It was just football.       “The only thing I can say is that we want to win, we don’t want to offer them the game. We want to go there and want to compete and win the match if possible. That’s the only thing I can s...