Man United vs Man City live score, updates, highlights and lineups from Premier League derby
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Manchester United face an acid test of their progress under manager Erik ten Hag when they host Premier League champions Manchester City at Old Trafford.
When the sides met in last October’s Manchester derby, City stormed to a 6-3 victory, with a couple of late Anthony Martial goals adding undeserved gloss to United’s efforts.
But Ten Hag’s men are on a run of eight consecutive wins in all competitions and would close to within a point of Pep Guardiola’s side if they can end a run of three straight derby defeats.
City are smarting from a shock 2-0 loss to Southampton in the Carabao Cup quarterfinals and will not want to lose ground on Premier League leaders Arsenal, who face Tottenham in their own derby showdown on Sunday.
Sporting News is following the match live and providing live score updates, and commentary.
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1hr 30 mins from kickoff: Pep Guardiola conceded he has laid out some home truths for his players since the Southampton debacle. “All I can do is to tell my players the reality in good and bad moments. I have more experience than them. Not at playing football but at analysing what happens, I’m better than them,” he said. “I’m the only person to tell them the truth. After, I will insist until the last day I’m here what they have to do, if we are 10 points behind our situation or 10 points in front.
“That is my job. Put everyone in the team individually in front of their own mirrors to look at themselves. This is all I can do. I’ve done it in the past, recently, I will do it. Every day. I did it this week. Sometimes not saying anything, they see my face, they know exactly the situation. This is my job. Maybe they are not used to it because they are surrounded by people telling them how good they are. I am the only person in their own lives who can tell them exactly what the situation is.”
1hr 45 mins from kickoff: There is a mood of growing optimism around United, but Erik ten Hag is under no illusions over the task at hand today. “Manchester City are a team who will punish mistakes, so there is zero room for complacency or relaxing our standards in any way,” he said in his programme notes. “Today’s game is an examination of the progress we have made but, at the same time, City will know they are facing a strong opponent.”
2hrs from kickoff: The previous time these sides met, City absolutely ransacked United. They were 4-0 up at half-time, 6-1 up during the second half and Erling Haaland and Phil Foden each hit hat-tricks. Anthony Martial netted a couple of late goals to salvage a little pride as the game ended 6-3. It was arguably City’s best performance of the season but they come into this match on the back of indisputably their worst. Southampton, bottom of the Premier League, beat them 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday as Pep Guardiola’s side failed to muster a shot on target.
2hrs 15 mins from kickoff: The stakes going into this one are high for City, who will want to trim Arsenal’s lead at the top of the Premier League to two points ahead of the Gunners’ own derby assignment at Tottenham on Sunday. Such demands are par for the course for a team that have won four of the past five league titles on offer. From a United point of view, this is probably the most meaningful derby for about five years. If Erik ten Hag’s in-form side can snap a three-game losing streak against their neighbours and extend their ongoing winning run to nine matches across all competitions, they will be just one point behind City in the table with a trip to Arsenal on the horizon next weekend.
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2 hrs 30 mins from kickoff: Hello and welcome to the Sporting News’ coverage of the 189th Manchester derby from Old Trafford.
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Diogo Dalot was substituted during the first half of United’s midweek League Cup win over Charlton Athletic and misses out, meaning Aaron Wan-Bissaka is expected to step in at right-back.
In midfield, Ten Hag must decide whether to bring in Fred to add extra solidity to an area City have dominated over recent meetings. Christian Eriksen would be the most likely man to make way.
Forward Wout Weghorst is closing in on completing his surprise move to United, but Ten Hag confirmed his Dutch compatriot will not be available for the derby, lending added importance to Anthony Martial‘s late fitness test in relation to a minor leg injury.
Man United projected XI (4-3-3): De Gea (GK) — Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Martinez, Shaw — Fernandes, Casemiro, Fred — Antony, Martial, Rashford
Kevin De Bruyne is set to return to the City lineup having rested up on the bench for the recent cup encounters with Chelsea and Southampton.
John Stones sat out the 2-0 defeat at St Mary’s with a knock and Guardiola said the England defender is still “not ready.” Manuel Akanji is the favourite to start in the England defender’s absence and reprise his partnership with Nathan Ake from the derby earlier in the season.
Phil Foden appears to be in direct competition with Jack Grealish for a place in the City front three alongside Erling Haaland and the in-form Riyad Mahrez.
Man City projected XI (4-3-3): Ederson (GK) — Walker, Akanji, Ake, Cancelo — Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne — Mahrez, Haaland, Foden
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The match will be streamed or televised by the following outlets around the world:
UK: BT Sport will carry the match on its TV and streaming platform.
USA: This match will be televised on USA Network (English) and Telemundo (Spanish) with both streams available on fuboTV.
Canada: Every Premier League game this season is live streaming exclusively via fuboTV in Canada.
Australia: Fans in Australia can stream every match live and on demand on Optus Sport.
India: Star Sports network has the rights to show Premier League matches in India. As well as an English broadcast on Star Sports Select, select matches will be available via regional feeds on Star Sports 3 (in Bengali, English, Kannada, Malayalam), Star Sports 1 (Bangla) and Star Sports 1 (Tamil).
