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How City Humiliated United In Manchester Derby
Manchester City outclassed Manchester United to claim a comfortable Premier League win at Old Trafford.
Eric Bailly’s early own goal set City on their way, with the United defender diverting Joao Cancelo’s cross into his own net.
Slack defending from Luke Shaw allowed Bernardo Silva to prod in the visitors’ second just before the break.
But for series of saves from United goalkeeper David de Gea, City’s winning margin could have been even greater.
The result sees Pep Guardiola’s side move up to second in the table and cut the gap on leaders Chelsea to two points prior to Saturday’s other fixtures.
United’s fourth defeat in six top-flight matches and a second consecutive loss at home to one of their greatest rivals increases the pressure on boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Manchester City’s humiliation of local rivals Manchester United in their local derby now puts unbearable pressure on the continued stay of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Old Trafford.
City’s dominance of the game was reflected in the statistics as City had nine corner kicks to the one that United got at the 90th minute.
Total possession was 68% for City as compared to 32% for United.
Total passes for Manchester City were 818 to the 389 for Manchester United while shots at goal were 5 to 1 in favour of City.
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