Good evening fellas, welcome to our live stream channel of the classic derby match between Manchester United ands Manchester City.
Jose Mourinho has made two changes to the squad that trumped Arsenal last week.Paul Pogba makes way for Ander Herrera in midfield, while Victor Lindelof drops out for Marcus Rashford. Jesse Lingard, will be working hand in hand with Romelu Lukaku upfront.
Pep Guardiola paid a heavy price after resting quite a number of his stars in midweek, as the Cityzens suffered their first defeat of the season across all competitions.Sergio Aguero, sits on the bench, while Gabriel Jesus leads the fleet. Vincent Kompany and Fernandinho sat out against West Ham in City’s previous league outing, but both return this afternoon.
Manchester United (4-2-3-1): De Gea – Valencia, Smalling, Rojo, Young – Herrera, Matic; Martial, Lingard, Rashford – Lukaku.
Manchester United substitutes: Lindelof, Jones, Mata, Ibrahimovic, Romero, Shaw, McTominay.
Manchester City (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Otamendi, Kompany, Delph; De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Silva; Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Sane.
Manchester City substitutes: Bravo, Danilo, Gundogan, Aguero, Mangala, Bernardo Silva, Zinchenko.
It’s quite a tensed atmosphere today. This match will go a long way in settling the superiority rift between Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho.
and we are off. United gets things underway
4″ YELLOW CARD! Walker is the first booked man today for his challenge on Hererra
9″ City have enjoyed 90% of the possession so far. It seems Mourinho is employing his counter attack approach for this derby
10″ CLOSE CALL! Sterling swirls his way into the box from the left flank before making a neat pass to Gabriel, but the striker can’t quite trap the ball and Smalling clears the ball.
11″ United might need a whole lot more than a massive defense today. City are domination possession and shot on target so far. Going by their history, it might not take too long before one of their lethal attackers find United’s net
15″ De Bruyne’s delivers the ball into United’s corner, Sane puts in towards the six-yard box. But Matic gets there first, and the ball hit him before going towards goal. Fortunately, De Gea was on hand to make an easy stop.
17″ CLOSE CALL!Fernandinho’s neat pass sends Jesus clear. The Brazilian cuts back onto his weaker left foot, but his effort lacks the power to beat United’s goalkeeper.
20″ This is definitely a massive defense. Lukaku has been isolated upfront after Lingard, Martial and Rashford teamed up with United’s defense.
22″ PENALTY APPEAL! The visitors were nearly rewarded with a penalty for their impressive start after Gabriel went down from a tackle by Hererra, But Referee Oliver turns down their request.
24″ It does appear that Jesus made the most of Smalling’s challenge, and went down easily. United’s players, meanwhile, are left infuriated after Company dives in on Matic, but the City skipper clearly won the ball.
26″ LIVE STAT! United have lost seven of their last 12 league games against their Manchester City.
30″ City again! A smooth pass from Fernandinho puts Sterling into space, but his shot is charged down. City quickly regain possession – Otamendi driving forward and trying his luck from range, but the ball sails over.
32″ Man City have strolled into United’s 18-yard with ease so far, with the host, yet to record their first shot on target
35″ Injury Scare!Rojo seem to be shaking off an injury after he collided with Silva. He needed medic treatment before returning to the pitch.
36″ Rojo receives united’s first booking of the day after his treatment.
37″ Martial was on the verge of launching a counter but Gabriel launched a nasty tackle on him
38″ Siva dribbles his way through United’s mid-field, but his cross is not accurate enough to find Sterling in the box
40″ After scoring in both games against City last season, while he was at Everton, Lukaku is yet to get his first chance of the day. The Belgian need to find a way to make himself relevant today.
42″ GOAL! Siva open the scoring for Man City
44″ Lukaku goes to clear Sane’s cross, but he can only slide the ball to create a clear chance for Silva, who hooks home with an acrobatic finish.
45+ Two minutes extra time. The atmosphere here is insane and electric. United are on the verge of a first half defeat again
45+” GOAL! Super super Rashford
45+” The Red Devils are level once again. One mistake from City, and Rashford is on hand to punish them. Delph failed to clear on the edge of City’s area, and United’s young striker took full advantage as he kept his cool to slot in past the advancing Ederson.
HALF TIME! Manchester United 1-1 Manchester City
First-half Statistics: Possession: Man United 25% – 75% Manchester City, Shot on Target Man United 2- 4 Man City
Statistics: Total passes: Man United 121 – 379 Man City
46″ SUBSTITUTION! Gundogoan replace Kompany for the visitors
46″ Lindelof replace Rojo for United.
49″ Lukaku finds his feet for the first time. The Belgian spins away from Fernandinho down the left, but just as it looks like he’ll have some space to run into, his prods the ball for the Cityzens to recover
51″ Fernandinho weaves an attack at the host again. But Lingard is on hand to tackle him to get the better of him. The Brazilian, recovers the ball again to block the cross.
53″ United have turned the table on their visitors, as City seat back to defend a series of attack by the host
54″ GOAL! Otamendi scores for the Cityzens
54″ Once again, Lukaku makes the path for the visitors to find the net
59″ Substitution for City. Gabriel Jesus comes off for Mangala
60″ City’s substitution means Sterling, Sane and Silva will now lead their attack fleet.
63″ YELLOW CARD! Rashford is booked after his clumsy tackle on Mangala
65″ Silva slips a perfect pass into Gundogan. The Germany international cuts it back past De Gea, but no City player was on hand to slot it in.
67″ Horrible miss by Lukaku. The Belgian cornered Mangala on the edge of City’s box, but he blasted the ball to the fans
69″ Sterling is forced to bring down Martial around 25 yards out. Free kick for United
70′ WASTEFUL! Rashford tries to strike from afar, but his attempt is too low to make an impact
71″ YELLOW CARD! Silva is the third City player to be booked in this derby
73″ United are trying out all they can come up with to score an equalizer here, but the Cityzens seemed to have sealed a new league record here
76″ Ederson if forced to make an impressive save after Rashford capitalized on a defensive error by Delph
77″ SUBSTITUTION! Zlatan Ibrahimovic comes on as Lingard makes way
80″ We are down to the last 10 minutes. Can the Cityzens hold on? This will be a classic record breaking match if they win today. They will equal Arsenal’s record for the highest wins in a row
82″ United make their last substitution as Hererra makes way for Mata
85″ An incredible save from Ederson denies Lukaku a chance to right his wrongs. Mata pounced on the ball for a rebound but the impressive city keeper is on hand to deny United an equalizer.
Can United pull off a lat minute thriller? We are down to extra time
90+ YELLOW CARD! Young is booked for a clumsy tackle on Sterling
90+2″ Bernado Silva comes on for City as Sane makes way
FULL TIME! Manchester United 1 – 2 Manchester City
Mourinho’s tactic blew up in his face as Lukaku dramatically laid the path for United’s defeat. The Cityzens are elated here tonight after setting a new invincible record in the English premier League.
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