Manchester United against Manchester City: Premier League – Live | Premier League
Key events
18 minutes: Patrick Dorgu – another decent January signature, for me – is prevented from crossing Matheus Nunes’ ball, who earns a goal kick.
17 minutes: De Bruyne collects Silva’s passage, turns and hits an optimistic effort from the corner of the penalty area. It is on the target, but Allana is right behind it.
16 minutes: De Bruyne’s corner is low and has tilt into the neighboring mail, where there is a handball appeal held before the United erase it.
15 minutes: A first opening for Marmoush, intelligently chosen by O’Reilly on the run. It touches and formed to shoot, but Maguire is good for crossing and deviating it behind.
14 minutes: Casemiro remains the ball forward in Højlund, who is isolated in front and in the end he has muscular from the ball.
12 minutes: Foden seems likely to continue, but Jeremy Doku and Savinho have been sent to warm up, for any eventuality. Jack Grealish, on the other hand, is in his place.
11 minutes: Some out of place passages insinuate themselves into the United match at the beginning. Maguire presents the ball to Foden, who is faced by Casemiro. The city’s man remains down and needs a minute with Fisio.
9 minutes: Foden cuts inside, shakes Dorgu and shoots at the bottom in the lateral network near 20 IARDE. Alba seemed to have covered him.
“I am not a fan of the city in any stretch, but the acquisition of Marmush in the January window could be the best move of any team in the championship,” writes Joe Pearson. “It really looks like a player. And if combined with Haaland, whoa!” It is a frightening perspective.
8 minutes: Ugarte’s control drops him and the counterfeit city, but the sliding ball of Foden in De Bruyne on the right is delayed by a hamlet and the Belgian has moved offside.
6 minutes: Marmoush finds De Bruyne in a space pocket, but his side passage is behind O’Reilly. The imposing left back in the end wins a free kick while Dalot makes him down.
5 minutes: We will probably see some rotation in the front of City today: Foden started alongside Marmoush in front, with De Bruyne behind and Bernardo in a deeper role.
4 minutes: City enjoys their first spell of possession, with the United that pressed throughout the midfield.
2 minutes: Fernandes looks for a space in the city wall while Casemiro moves aside, but bounces from a blue shirt for a corner. O’reilly does our head, and the city escapes that important early fright!
1 min: Garnacho enters space, accuses towards the goal and is shot down by Ruben Dias – United Appeal for a penalty, but it is As soon as out of the box. Dias is booked and Fernandes will take the free kick …
Peek!
We are in progress and the United is straight with the attack …
Forecast? I can imagine a 1-1 draw that does not favor a team, but also limits the emotional damage. We will find out very soon.
Funny done: at least one manchester club ended among the first three in each Premier League With season except an one-2013-16, when Leicester, Arsenal and Tottenham were on the podium. City has a job to do to keep that record alive this season.
Here is Pep Guardiola On Kevin de Bruyne: “Of course there is emotion, a decade here, but I’m quite sure that he will focus on what he has to do.” On Omar Marmoush: “He did well, his numbers, the movement outside the ball and put behind”. And on Nico O’reilly: “Nico is young, he has to improve but has a great physicality and is strong in the set pieces”.
AND Ruben Amorim On Rasmus Højlund: “He is more explosive (by Zirkzee) and can use his rhythm to trap the opposition.” On Luke Shaw: “He can play a few minutes, we are happy to get him back because he is an expert player”.
Today he also scores the last Manchester derby of Kevin de Bruyne. Could it be the greatest player in the city ever? It is certainly inside the conversationhow do you say.
Southampton are relegated: It has been in the mail for many months now, but the 3-1 defeat of Southampton a Spurs means that they are officially returning to the championship. Their only goal remained is to take another couple of points and avoid derby unwanted record.
It’s over Fulham 3-2 Liverpool – The first defeat of the League leaders throughout the season. There are still 11 clear points, let’s be understood. It is also finished Brentford 0-0 ChelseaA decent result for the city while chasing the first five.
For United, neither Matthijs de Ligt nor Kobbie Maineo are quite fit to present in Ruben Amorim’s team. Harry Maguire arrives at the back three, while the only other change from the XI who has lost in the Nottingham forest is in front – Rasmus Højlund will replace Joshua Zirkzee.
City saw Leicester mid -week with one side mixed, but returned to the configuration that delivered to the second half of Bournemouth in FA Cup, with Phil Foden and Kevin de Bruyne among those who have returned. Jack Grealish has returned to the bench, but the young Nico O’reilly continues to the left back.
Team news
Manchester United (3-4-2-1): Alna; Yoro, Maguire, Mazraoui; Dalot, Ugarte, Casemiro, Dorgu; Fernandes, Garnacho; Højlund.
Subtitles: Bayindr, Lindulatof, Mount, The Zirtzen, Erizen, Shass, Hass, Obin, Kubki.
Manchester City (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Nunes, Days, Gvardiolo, O’reilly; Gündogan, Kovacic; Bernardo Silva, from Bruyne, Foden; Marmat.
Subtitles: Ortega, Grealish, Doku, Nico González, Vitor Reis, Savio, Khusanov,
Lewis, Mcatee.
In the matches of 14:00 on Sunday, the elected champions are having a shocking in Craven Cottage. Elsewhere, it is Brentford 0-0 Chelsea AND Tottenham 2-0 Southampton – Unless the saints can evoke a return, they will be officially relegated.
Pre-match reading
Preamble
Welcome to a day of the derby for fear, reaching the end of the seasons for both sides that have been the best the existential crises in the worst case. Of the many shocking defeats that Manchester City suffered when their imperial armor has fallen dramatically, the loss of the derby in December was classified among the most brutal, while breastfeeding a fragile advantage before imploding to grant twice to death.
If this seemed like a gift for a generally bad team, it was one of a distance three, continuing to lose the next three championship matches such as Ruben Amorim He spoke openly of a relegation battle. Both teams, relatively speaking, have improved by the depths of Midwinter, but their fragile reconstruction efforts risk being restored today.
Apart from the Cup of England, the remaining target of the city is to drive from a first goal; Their defense of the title has long been over, but the defeat here would officially end their kingdom. Uncertainty awaits us with the resistance of Pep Guardiola, a team halfway overhaul e Premier League Still charged in the air. However, their crossed city could happily make places.
Manchester United is currently 14th in the table; So far they have won a third of their championship games and have yet to win two consecutive in this season. These are statistics that would seem impossible even when the sun set on the era of Alex Ferguson, yet they barely begin to tell the story. With more protests expected today and fear of irreversible decline, real football feels secondary.
Old Trafford is a deeply broken place in these days, but it is still the ground where fans of the city want to see their team win over. The victory for both sides today can be a patch for the wounds to celebrate, but it is still a victory in the derby. Kick-off: 16.30 bst.
