In the city duel with Manchester United could Manchester City In the fight for one Champions League-Platz in the English Premier League do not use the mistakes of the competition. On the 31st matchday, the team of coach Pep Guardiola did not get out of 0-0 with the neighbor.
With City, the fifth of the teams from the top five did not make a victory on this matchday. Previously had leaders FC Liverpool (2: 3 at FC Fulham), Pursuer FC arsenal (1-1 at FC Everton), the surprise team of Nottingham Forest (1: 2 at Aston Villa) and the FC Chelsea (0-0 at FC Brentford) Left feathers.
City (52 points) remains in fifth place after the zero number, but could be from Monday from Newcastle United (at Leicester City) can still be overtaken. One remains united with 38 points as the 13th in the no man’s land in the table, but can look forward to a respectable success against the rival.
Purchased chants when the Phil Foden departed
Guardiola was invited after the game. The Spanish star coach got upset about United’s fans and attested the audience “a lack of class”. He added: “You should be ashamed. I don’t understand that you bring the Mother of Phil into play.”
At the replacement of his offensive player Phil Foden, United fans had insulted his mother. Guardiola made it clear: “This is not united, these are the people.”
Early first chance for Manchester United
Manchester United went on Sunday (April 6th, 2025) in the home Old Trafford brave and with energy. With the first advance, the hosts quickly played through to the penalty area, where Alejandro Garnacho could only be broken through a foul. Bruno Fernandes’s free kick got stuck in the wall.
Defensively, the team of coach Ruben Amorim City expected a 5-4-1 arrangement and tried to build pressure early. The actually ball -proof city did not cope well and ran into some swell moments, but united did not always play well.
So the left rail player Patrick Dorgu came to a good shot position on the left in the penalty area, but had the ball on the wrong foot 14 meters in front of the goal and grimaced pitiful (12th).
United’s Garnacho hesitates too long
The Guardiola team, with ex-DFB captain Ilkay Gündogan and winter top transfer Omar Marmoush, but without the injured goal scorer Erling Haaland in the starting eleven, had had his first shot on goal (10th) shortly before. On the other hand, it became more dangerous when a Dalot flank found the Garnacho (21st) five-meter room. However, he took too long for the conclusion and was blocked by Ruben Dias.
After almost half an hour, the game flattened out a little because City found its order better and United no longer left room for counterattack. Halftime two started with a great opportunity for the “Citizens“But Foden (48th) hesitated freely from United goalkeeper Andre Onana too long and was still decisively disturbed.
City-goalkeeper Ederson checks City-goalkeeper
After that, both teams were largely neutralized again. United defended with a lot of passion. City was missing the last punch. Only in the final phase did the two city rivals pick up speed again. Marmoush (67th) checked with a crackle from 22 meters of onana. But above all the “Red Devils“Invested more. Substitute Joshua Zirkzee (78th) failed from a short distance to City goalkeeper Ederson.
Shortly afterwards, the United fans demanded a penalty when Mateo Kovacic was late in the penalty area against Casemiro (79th). But the video assistant had the referee’s decision not to decide on foul. Nothing came from City anymore, United absolutely wanted the decisive goal.
But the “Red Devils” did not get more than much possession of the opposing penalty area and so it remained 0-0.