The hosts prevailed in a hard-fought game and remained on the heels of leaders Liverpool. The game begins with a shock – through a stroke of genius from United.
A very important victory for Manchester City in the fight for the English championship – and then also in the derby against their arch-rivals: Coach Pep Guardiola’s team won the duel with Manchester United 3-1 (0-1) on Sunday and remains so Leaders Liverpool FC are on.
In a hard-fought game, Marcus Rashford gave the visitors the lead with a dream goal in the middle of an early City pressure phase (8th), Phil Foden turned the game around with a brace (56th, 80th) for the team, who were overwhelmingly superior for long stretches , but the home team was hapless in attack and made the “Sky Blues” fans cheer. Erling Haaland (90+1) ensured the final score in stoppage time after a serious defensive mistake by the “Red Devils”.
With a win in the direct duel with Liverpool next Sunday (from 4:45 p.m. in the live ticker on t-online), City could now take over the top position in the Premier League.
United used their first shot at the opponent’s goal to take an early lead, Rashford’s attempt from around 25 meters could not be saved by keeper Ederson. The same applied to Foden’s well-deserved and beautiful equalizer from a similar distance. In the final phase, the Englishman scored his second goal and turned the game around, star striker Haaland made everything clear in stoppage time.
The Citizens haven’t exactly shone in the past few games. After the 1-1 draw against Chelsea, with which coach Pep Guardiola’s team lost its lead in the table, there were two simple 1-0 wins against teams from the bottom half of the table.