The Manchester derby on Sunday turned out to be a thriller and was stuffed with targets. It was Manchester City, who got here out on prime in a 3-1 win on the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, placing extra strain on under-fire Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag.
Erling Haaland missed a sitter throughout Manchester City’s win vs Manchester United.
United began the match on a optimistic notice as Marcus Rashford gave the guests an early lead within the eighth-minute. City had been trailing 0-1 at half-time however started the second-half strongly as Phil Foden got here to their rescue. The midfielder levelled proceedings within the 56th-minute, earlier than giving his aspect the lead within the Eightieth-minute. Then, Erling Haaland settled the match in stoppage time as City managed to get three factors.
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Before half-time, Haaland had an opportunity to degree the rating earlier than half-time, however a evident miss left everybody surprised. A header from Foden noticed Haaland obtain the ball lower than a yard from aim, however he by some means volleyed it over the bar which left everybody in silence. It angered his teammates, who could possibly be seen expressing their frustration. Meanwhile, Guardiola was left shell-shocked in anger.
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This is the primary time that City have ever come from behind to beat United in a Premier League match, within the twenty ninth event of them falling behind on this fixture within the competitors (drawn 3, misplaced 25). They had misplaced the earlier 15 instances in a row that they’d trailed towards United within the league earlier than at this time.
Meanwhile, Ten Hag’s United misplaced a Premier League recreation through which they led at half-time for the primary time since September 2014, after they misplaced to Leicester City 305. This was additionally the twelfth time that City fell behind in a Premier League match this season, solely in 2019-20 (13) have they performed extra in a single marketing campaign underneath Pep Guardiola. Despite this, they’ve recovered 21 factors from dropping positions within the competitors this season, their most-ever in a Premier League season (beforehand 20 in 1993-94).
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