This archive report was first published on 7 December 2019.
Published on December 7, 2019, ahead of the Manchester derby, Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made a bold claim, stating that Manchester United remain the bigger club despite Manchester City's recent dominance.
Manchester City have won back-to-back titles and rewritten the Premier League record books, while Manchester United's last league triumph came in 2013 under Sir Alex Ferguson.
Despite this, Solskjaer insisted that United will always be a bigger club than City, saying, 'Yeah, but with the size of our club, we're going to have to bridge that gap, and our aim is to go past the teams above us.'
He also took a playful dig at City by saying, 'At least we play them every year now', a reference to City's turbulent past, with the Blues having fallen down to the third tier in 1998.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola responded to Solskjaer's claims, saying, 'For United's fans, they'll always be the biggest club. For the City fans, they'll always be the biggest club.'
