Manchester City VS Manchester United match ended with Manchester City winning 3-1 against their city Rival Manchester United. Marcus Rashford gave hope in the first half with his superb goal from 25-yard distance. In the second half, Phil Foden scored two goals for the city and made a comeback.
Amrabat Made a mistake in the stoppage time and Erling Haaland scored a third for City. Manchester City after winning the derby had 62 points in 27 matches and stands in second position behind the Liverpool FC in the Premier League table. Manchester United Had 44 points in 27 matches and they are in 6th position in the table.
Manchester United Starting Eleven
Erik ten Hag’s starting eleven for this game was André Onana in goal. Jonny Evans and Raphaël Varane are in center-back positions. Diogo Dalot plays as the Right side-back and Victor Lindelöf plays as the left side-back. Casemiro plays as a defensive midfielder. Scott McTominay and Kobbie Mainoo are in Mid-field. Alejandro Garnacho is in the right wing and Bruno Fernandes is in the left wing. Marcus Rashford is playing as a center-forward. Manchester United is playing with a 4-1-4-1 formation.
Manchester City Starting Eleven
Pep Guardiola’s starting eleven for this game was Ederson in goal. Nathan Aké, Kyle Walker, and Rúben Dias are in center-back positions. Rodri and John Stones were Defensive Midfielder. Jérémy Doku is in the left-wing wing and Bernardo Silva is in the right wing. Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne play as center-attacking midfielders. Erling Haaland is paying as a center forward. Manchester City is playing with a 3-2-4-1 formation.
Manchester City VS Manchester United: City won 3-1 against Man UTD
First Half
In the early minutes, Manchester City looks to dominate possession and set the tempo for 90 minutes. In the 4th minute, Kevin De Bruyne played a pass to John Stones in the Man Utd box and Casemiro tackled him the referee denied the foul Man City wanted plenty.
In the 6th minute, John Stones found Phil Foden On the right flank and Phil Foden played a pass to Jeremy Doku who crossed the ball but the ball sailed over the crossbar.
In the 8th minute, André Onana played a long ball in the city half. Bruno Fernandes controlled the ball and played a back pass to Marcus Rashford who took a right-footed shot from a 25-yardy distance and found a crossbar into the goal. Ederson had no chance to save it Red Devil leading 1-0 in Etihad Stadium.
In the 15th minute, Bernardo Silva sneaked the ball for Phil Foden who took a right-footed shot and forced an André Onana to make a save. In the 19th minute, Kevin De Bruyne found Phil Foden who was unmarked, and had a one-on-one with Andre Onana but he hit a shot straight into the Andre Onana.
In the 33rd minute, City was on the attack, Jeremy Doku took a shot ball was deflection and Casemiro’s weak header ball came nicely for Erling Haaland whose header well over the bar. In the 45th minute, Phil Foden played an awesome cross to Erling Haaland and Haaland needed to volley the ball from a very close range but he missed it with his left foot.
Half team ended with 1-0 in favour of the Red Devils. Erling Haaland missed two chances in the first half. City trailing behind Manchester United in Etihad Stadium in the first half.
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Second Half
During the half-time break, both teams did not make any changes in the playing eleven. In the early minutes of the second half, Manchester City played with content to score a goal in the 58th minute, Rodri cutting inside the box and playing a pass to Phil Foden and Phil Foden Scored a goal from the edge of the box and found the top left corner of the net.
In the 80th minute, Kevin De Bruyne played a pass to Phil Foden, and Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez played a one-two pass with each other and broke into the box. Phil Foden drilled the left-footed shot into the right corner of the goal Andre Onana gets a hand but the ball goes into the net. Manchester City made a comeback in this match.
In the 90+1 minutes, Sofyan Amrabat was dispossessed by Rodri and Rodri played a pass to Erling Haaland, and Erling Haaland slotted the ball into the left corner of the net. The referee blew the full-time whistle and City won the derby with a 3-1 Scoreline.