Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho praised Paul Pogba for his performance in their 3-2 win at Manchester City.

Pogba scored twice to draw United level before Chris Smalling hit the winner.

Mourinho said: "I said at half-time that my midfielders couldn't play better than they were playing. It's difficult to play against City because they press really well and are compact and their transition is really strong.

"I told Matic, Herrera and Pogba that they could not improve a lot from what they did in the first half because they had confidence to play and to move the ball and give passes. I was asking more from my central defenders especially to play with the ball because in the first half they were really shaky with it at their feet and there were bad mistakes.

"I needed more from my wingers, I wanted them to come inside and give more solutions to our midfielders. So we improved in the second half with that, I was not asking for Paul to improve because I was already happy with what he was doing in the first half. But he scored two fantastic goals and I'm really pleased for him."