Manchester City showed once again this Sunday that they are “light years” ahead of city rivals United with a runaway 3-0 win in the English Football League.
The trend was in favor of City, who, despite defeat last season at Old Trafford, are not coincidentally three-time defending champions under Spaniard Pep Guardiola, also a European champion with the sky. blue emblem.
In Sunday’s matchday 10 Premier League game, Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva started for City, with Matheus Nunez off the bench and internationals Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes also starting for United.
It was a sweep from City to United, with the English champions repeating the trend of recent years with three wins from four visits to their rivals.
In terms of strategy, Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish were a real headache for the Red Devils, although Haaland again took the lead, scoring two of the three goals and providing the assist for Phil Foden.
The Norwegian giants opened the scoring in the 26th minute with a penalty scored in the 49th minute, heading in Bernardo Silva’s cross at Grealish’s request and feeding Phil Foden to make it 3-0 in the 80th minute. .
For Manchester United, who sit in eighth place, 11 points behind leaders Tottenham, it was their fifth league defeat in 10 games, leaving manager Erik ten Hag under increasing pressure after the numerous controversies he has endured with the players.
On the other hand, Manchester City follows Arsenal in second place with the same 24 points and is two behind leaders Tottenham.
In fourth place are Liverpool, who also put Nottingham Forest in third place this Sunday on a difficult day for the absent Luis Diaz, who received news of his parents’ kidnapping, despite his mother being safe.
Next in the top four is Aston Villa, which beat Luton this Sunday (3-1) to remain in fifth place.