Manchester City cruised past Manchester United with embarrassing ease in the derby at Old Trafford to emphasise the vast gulf between the two sides.
Erling Haaland was the main tormentor with goals in each half before setting up a third for Phil Foden as Pep Guardiola’s side established superiority from the kick-off and rarely looked like relinquishing control.
There were poignant scenes before the start as supporters from both sides of Manchester’s footballing divide joined to pay tribute to the late Sir Bobby Charlton.
For manager Erik ten Hag and his players, the match that followed was one to forget.
Haaland put City ahead from the penalty spot after 26 minutes when Rasmus Hojlund was penalised for dragging down Rodri following the intervention of the video assistant referee.
United keeper Andre Onana produced a brilliant save to deny Haaland a second from a far-post header on the stroke of half-time but the striker did not have to wait long to double City’s lead from an almost identical situation four minutes after the break, Bernardo Silva delivering a perfect cross.
City keeper Ederson also excelled to save from Scott McTominay before half-time but City wrapped up this most convincing victory when Haaland set up the easiest of chances for Foden 10 minutes from time.
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Squad number11Player nameDoku
Line-ups
Man Utd
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 24OnanaBooked at 26mins
- 20Dalot
- 5Maguire
- 35Evans
- 2LindelöfSubstituted forReguilónat 73′minutes
- 14EriksenSubstituted forAntonyat 86′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 4S AmrabatBooked at 42minsSubstituted forMountat 45′minutes
- 8Bruno FernandesBooked at 90mins
- 39McTominay
- 10RashfordSubstituted forMartialat 86′minutes
- 11HøjlundSubstituted forGarnachoat 73′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Bayindir
- 7Mount
- 9Martial
- 15Reguilón
- 17Garnacho
- 19Varane
- 21Antony
- 37Mainoo
- 46Mejbri
Man City
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 31Ederson
- 2Walker
- 3Rúben Dias
- 5Stones
- 24Gvardiol
- 16Rodri
- 20Bernardo Silva
- 47FodenBooked at 42mins
- 19ÁlvarezSubstituted forKovacicat 87′minutes
- 10GrealishSubstituted forDokuat 87′minutes
- 9Haaland
Substitutes
- 4Phillips
- 6Aké
- 8Kovacic
- 11Doku
- 18Ortega
- 21Gómez
- 27Nunes
- 52Bobb
- 82Lewis
- Referee:
- Paul Tierney
- Attendance:
- 73,502
Live Text
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Match ends, Manchester United 0, Manchester City 3.
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Second Half ends, Manchester United 0, Manchester City 3.
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Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Rodri (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jonny Evans (Manchester United).
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Attempt blocked. Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.
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Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Mason Mount.
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Antony (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Antony (Manchester United).
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Offside, Manchester United. Sergio Reguilón tries a through ball, but Scott McTominay is caught offside.
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Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Kyle Walker.
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Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Jack Grealish.
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Substitution, Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic replaces Julián Álvarez.
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Substitution, Manchester United. Antony replaces Christian Eriksen.
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Substitution, Manchester United. Anthony Martial replaces Marcus Rashford.
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Attempt blocked. Christian Eriksen (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross.
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Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Bernardo Silva.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.