Manchester United v Manchester City

Old Trafford

Ibrahimovic 42                           (1-2)          De Bruyne 15

                                                   Iheanacho 36

Saturday  10^th September

Manchester City pulled out a great win by  beating their arch rivals with a 2-1 win at Old Trafford on Saturday that puts them 3 points clear of Manchester United at the top of the Premiership table.

Kevin de Bruyne gave Manchester City the lead with a great goal making the United keeper David de Gea move the wrong way within the first 15 minutes.  Pep Guardiola was happy coming into the game as Man City had a 100% start to the season, he was even happier when City went 2-0 up with 9 minutes remaining before the first half ended. Iheanacho put the second goal in by replacing the suspended Sergio Aguero for the game.

 

Kevin de Bruyne bagged his first goal of the season against arch rivals Manchester United

Man United were given a free kick just before half time, captain Wayne Rooney stepped up to take it, he aimed for goal his weak effort was punched away by the keeper who only managed to place it at Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s feet who slotted the ball home from 18 yards on the half-volley. Man United were quickly back on the attack in the second half.

 

Marcus Rashford made a big impact in the second half with some good dribbles and an assist for Ibrahimovich who smacked it straight over the bar. With 20 minutes remaining Rashford took a touch off Ibrahimovic and took on City keeper Claudio Bravo but it led to nothing as he was judged to be offside. After that the performance started to fall from both sides as Fernandinho’s header from de Bruyne’s corner was saved by de Gea.

 

Leroy Sane got the ball from de Bruyne who knocked into the path of the Belgian player who missed narrowly hitting the post and watching the ball roll across the line. David Silva then curled the ball just inches over the bar leading to a goal kick. With de Bruyne’s effort in the game and his great goal he was comfortably the man of the match against their rivals. Manchester City’s win put them at the top of the league by 2 points ahead of Chelsea with a game in hand.

 

 

by Claire Cummings