Wayne Rooney says Manchester United will struggle to meet up with Manchester City this season.
Pep Guardiola's City are firmly holding a 13-point advantage over Manchester United despite drawing 1-1 at Burnley on Saturday.
"In terms of catching Manchester City, certainly not this season and, if I'm honest, next season it will be very difficult," he told Sky Sports' Monday Night Football programme when assessing United's prospects in the Manchester rivalry.
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"It's not nice to say but if you can't enjoy that style of play you won't enjoy football. It's great to watch, the movement, the confidence on the ball, the goalkeeper [Ederson]. It's almost perfect football at times.
"I think Guardiola is putting the foundations in place of trying to emulate that Barcelona team and you can see they're certainly on the way to doing that.
"Maybe in the summer, if they bring one or two players in, they're not that far off. Obviously they have to win the trophies."
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