The Manchester Derby ended in victory for City

Manchester continue to be “blue”. The city won United in the middle match of the 10th round of the English Premier League. Even the walls of the home of Old Trafford did not help the “red devils”. Josep Guardiola’s team defeated the opponent with a score of 3:0. And the main hero of the meeting was the Norwegian Erging Holan, who scored a double and made an assist.

OPL. 10th round 29th October

Manchester United – City of Manchester – 0:3

The objectives: Haalan 26 (pen), 49, Foden 80.

Warnings: Onana, Amrabat, Anthony, Fernandes – Foden.

Manchester United: Onana – Lindelof (Reguilón, 74), Maguire, Evans, Dalot – Amrabat (Mount, 46), McTominay, Eriksen (Anthony, 86) – Fernandes, Goylund (Garnacho, 74), Rashford (Mash).

City of Manchester: Ederson – Walker, Dias, Stones, Guardiol – Rodri, Silva, Foden, Alvarez (Kovacic 87), Grealish (Doku 87) – Haaland.

Expected goals (xG): 0.94 – 3.90

Possession of the ball: 39% – 61%

Beats: 7 – 21

Flat strikes: 3 – 10

Fouls: 9 – 6

Let’s remember that Haaland’s excellent performance in the Manchester derby allowed the Norwegian to set another victory in the Premier League. The goals against the Red Devils were his 19th and 20th, respectively, in Premier League away games. And he reached this mark before anyone else in history. To achieve this, he needed only 23 matches and 5 matches to the initial success of ex-England national team forward Kevin Phillips.

About Manchester United, then they established another anti-achievement. According to The Athletic, Ferguson has since retired Manchester United suffered as many home defeats in the Premier League as in the great Scot’s 21 years at Old Trafford.

Under Ferguson, Manchester United lost 34 times in 405 matches between 1992 and 2013. From 2013 to now United lost at Old Trafford 34 times in 196 matches.