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It was a game of two halves for Ralf Rangnick & his side as they travelled to lớn the Etihad. A brace from Kevin De Bruyne, punctuated but a curling strike from Jadon Sancho meant the away side went into half time a goal down, but with reason for optimism.

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Although thành phố were the better side in the first half, with a clear focus on attacking United"s right, the team in red could take some positives, & some hope, into the second half. They were well structured, & they were winning the ball back well in midfield. An equalising goal didn"t seem on the cards, và despite going being early on they were still in the game.

That soon changed, however. Guardiola"s side upped the tempo in the second half, right from the off, và United struggled khổng lồ keep up. When the visitors pressed, it was easy for thành phố to play through them, and the second half quickly settled into a regular rhythm. đô thị passed the ball around in their own half. United came forward to press them, và City played through them.

With David De Gea"s inability lớn pass khổng lồ a teammate only adding to the away side"s woes, it felt like only a matter of time before the hosts would dispatch with their visitors. City"s third came from a corner, with Mahrez finding space on the edge of the area lớn guide the ball home, after his teammate"s crowded the six yard area khổng lồ leave him with space.

His shot deflected off Harry Maguire who, like many of his teammates, had a game he"ll quickly want to lớn forget. Thành phố kept coming, và at no point did they feel lượt thích they weren"t in control. They played at walking pace và the game felt done with twenty minutes lớn go.

Mahrez made it four at the death, firing the ball at David De Gea to add injury lớn insult, as it hit him before landing in the back of the net. In truth, they had plenty of time to lớn score their fourth before then, with multiple chances to lớn really punish their visitors spurned.

It"s a good day for City, who remain six points clear of Liverpool, albeit having played a game more. For Manchester United, the chiến dịch has a bleaker outlook. They have played three games more than Arsenal and Tottenham. Arsenal are a point ahead of them, and have better goal difference, while Tottenham are only five points behind them. West mê mệt have played as many games as United & are only two points off Rangnick"s side, with the Red Devils also having a worse goal difference than the Hammers.

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Man city vs. Man United final score

 1H 2H Final
Man City  244
Man United  111

Goals:

Mahrez (Gundogan) — 90th min.

Mahrez (De Bruyne) — 69th min.

De Bruyne — 28th min.

Sancho (Pogba) — 22nd min.

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De Bruyne (Bernardo) — 5th min.

(All times Eastern)

FINAL Man thành phố 4, Man United 1

FULLTIME

With two minutes of added time over, Michael Oliver blows the final whistle. A painful defeat for Rangnick"s side, who were comprehensively outclassed in the second half.

90th min: GOAL!

De Gea slices his clearance, again, finding a đô thị player. He seems lớn injure himself in the process, và City come forward. Mahrez runs in behind, and it played onside by Telles who tries, and fails, khổng lồ stick with him. One on one with De Gea, who is caught in no man"s land, Mahrez fires the ball at De Gea"s face. It bounces off the goalkeeper, và into the net.

89th min: It should really be four. Thành phố create a couple of gilt edged chances, which are spurned by Mahrez, and then Gundogan.

88th min: Over the last 15 minutes, Manchester United have had 8% of possession. They manage a rare attack, Rashford runs the right channel và teases a cross into the area. Ederson is manage khổng lồ get a hand on it, lifting it over Bruno Fernandes arriving from deep.

86th min: Another đô thị corner ends up falling to Bernardo Silva on the edge of the box. His shot is blocked.

84th min: Every city pass brings an Ole from the home fans and, there are a lot of đô thị passes. When they"re playing lượt thích this, it"s lượt thích they have an extra man.

82nd min: Cancelo tries an acrobatic volley to meet a lofted ball from the right. He gets it on target, but it doesn"t beat De Gea.

80th min: No hattrick for De Bruyne, as he comes off for Ilkay Gundogan.

79th min: Reminiscent of Foden on Wan-Bissaka earlier, this time De Bruyne outmuscles Victor Lindelof with ease.

77. Mahrvellous!