I feel bad and disappointed – Morocco defender Noussair Mazraoui after Man Utd defeat to Man City

Morocco defender Noussair Mazraoui has expressed his disappointment following Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat against Manchester City on Sunday at the Etihad Stadium.

Goals from Phil Foden and Erling Haaland sealed the win for Pep Guardiola’s side as United’s problems deepen.

Speaking to MUTV, Mazraoui said: “I am feeling bad. Disappointed in myself, in the team, and disappointed for the fans that we couldn’t bring the performance we did lately today.

“That’s always hard to say because, of course, you are full of emotion straight after the game. I always try to calm down and analyse the game, and see what went wrong.

“Because otherwise, I will just point fingers and probably, eventually, it’s not even the guys or something that I point at now. I will analyse that for myself. We will analyse that as a team and try to improve.”

He added, “We are in an important season. At the start of the season still, we try to improve as a team, especially after everything that happened. But yeah, the derby makes it more special, more emotional.

“If you lose and you play good and you have the chances we created in previous games, you can take some positives. But today was just not good enough,” he added.

The result leaves United with four points from their opening four league matches – their worst start to a season since 1992/93, when Sir Alex Ferguson’s side also had four points after four games.

It also means manager Ruben Amorim now has the lowest win percentage of any permanent United boss since the Second World War.

Amorim, who has won only eight of his 31 Premier League matches since taking charge in November, is facing mounting scrutiny.

His side are bottom of a table ranking the 17 ever-present Premier League clubs since his arrival, with 16 defeats in that time.

Despite a £225m summer outlay on four new signings, United have managed just one win in the league and one goal from open play in their last six hours of football. Their Carabao Cup campaign ended in humiliation with a defeat to fourth-tier Grimsby Town, leaving the FA Cup as their only chance of silverware.

Manchester United face Chelsea at Old Trafford on Saturday before matches against Brentford and Sunderland ahead of the October international break.