City pile forward again, attempting more crosses into the box, but good headers and desperate blocks see the ball bobble into the gloves of De Gea, in what could well be the final actions of a glorious victory for the hosts!
90' +4
Grealish steps inside and whips a cross to the back post with Haaland advancing. It's Shaw who wins the header though, and the ball is subsequently hooked clear by Martinez as United hang on once more.
90' +3
Lisandro Martínez enters the game and replaces T. Malacia.
S. McTominay enters the game and replaces Casemiro.
Malacia is withdrawn also for United, who bring on another centre-back in Lisandro Martinez, with Shaw moving wide to his more natural left-back position.
90' +2
H. Maguire enters the game and replaces M. Rashford.
Casemiro, on a yellow card, also comes off, and is replaced at the base of midfield by Scott McTominay.
Potentially winning goalscorer Rashford comes off to one hell of an ovation from the United faithful, and club captain Harry Maguire will replace the forward as Ten Hag's men look to keep City at bay in the final moments.
90' +1
We'll play five extra minutes of added time, and strap in for them, because the 'noisy neighbours' will throw everything at the home side now.
90'
City fire cross after cross into the United box, but they are each headed well clear with Haaland unable to get a lucky break.
89'
Casemiro gets yellow.
Casemiro, down receiving treatment since beating beaten by Grealish, is also shown a yellow card, presumably for dissent or timewasting as the clock ticks over into the red.
88'
Fred gets yellow.
Fred sets off on another mazy run through the middle and beats Casemiro in the process, but he's shunted to ground by Fred before he can advance any further, with the United midfielder being shown a yellow card.
82'
M. Rashford has scored a goal for Manchester United! Assist by A. Garnacho.
GOOOOOOOOAAAALLL!!!! What a turnaround!!! United break at speed and Fernandes finds Garnacho searing down the left. He's in space and has a cross blocked, but turns the other way, beats Ake and squares into the middle, where Rashford is on hand to stab home the ball from close range! There's a question of offside again, but he's certainly not this time, and from 1-0 down, the Red Devils go 2-1 up in the blink of an eye!
The work there from Garnacho was sublime to say the least. Having his first cross blocked didn't deter him from turning Ake, and the ball inside to Rashford made it easier for the United frontman to score than miss!
Minute
Description
78'
Bruno Fernandes has scored a goal for Manchester United! Assist by Casemiro.
Hang on, it IS a goal! Both sets of players surround the referee and the linesman, who had flagged for Rashford. The England forward was certainly involved in that move, but didn't actually touch the ball, and so the referee decides that Fernandes' finish will stand, locking us back up at 1-1!
The ball forward from Casemiro was a beauty, looking to be aimed for an offside Rashford, but latched onto and finished off by Fernandes instead!
77'
United counter as Garnacho is given plenty of space to run into by Fred's pass, but Walker and Akanji get back quickly and the latter wins possession inside his own box.
75'
United look to the left for space to exploit, as Garnacho takes on Walker in the box. City are equal to the pressure though, with successive crosses from both Malacia and Shaw headed well clear by the leaders.
72'
A. Garnacho enters the game and replaces C. Eriksen.
The booked Eriksen comes off in United's latest change, with young winger Alejandro Garnacho looking to provide some spark in the final quarter of the match.
69'
Grealish sets off on another run down the left and beats two in the process, but runs out of room as Casemiro forces him wider still and over the touchline.
66'
Mahrez and Malacia clash in mid-air, leaving City's Algerian winger on the deck. He does eventually get to his feet though, meaning play can continue.
64'
C. Eriksen gets yellow.
Grealish jinks his way inside from the left flank and is followed all the way by Eriksen, who fouls the goalscorer with a needless challenge and is booked accordingly.
60'
J. Grealish has scored a goal for Manchester City! Assist by K. De Bruyne.
GOOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! First blood to the visitors!!! Mahrez cuts inside before finding De Bruyne in the box with a peach of a pass. He evades his marker before floating a fantastic cross into the goalmouth, which Grealish heads home to give City the lead! It's their first real sight of goal in this game, and with one of his first touches, Grealish gives the Citizens a 1-0 lead!
The first touch, dribble and cross from De Bruyne there were all absolutely wonderful, and the Belgian set up Grealish for the easiest of finishes to break the deadlock at Old Trafford. We can certainly hear the away end a bit more clearly now!
59'
Grealish cuts inside from the left but finds himself sandwiched between Fernandes and Casemiro, who bring down the substitute for a City free-kick.
57'
J. Grealish enters the game and replaces P. Foden.
There'll be no repeat of his October hat-trick for Foden, who is brought off in City's first change for England teammate Jack Grealish.
56'
Mahrez races through the middle before finding Walker in support, whose cross to the front post is put behind for a corner by Shaw!
55'
De Bruyne's throughball looks to release Mahrez in the United box, but Malacia slides across to knock the ball out over the touchline, which is met by rapturous applause from the home crowd.
51'
Antony and Ake fiercely contest a long ball forward from United, and the Brazilian looks to have got the upper hand before being fouled, winning a free-kick for the hosts in a good crossing position.
46'
Antony enters the game and replaces A. Martial.
Haaland resumes proceedings for City, and we're back underway at Old Trafford.
Rashford is able to continue following that injury, with Antony coming on to take the place of Martial instead.
45' +2
HALF-TIME: MANCHESTER UNITED 0-0 MANCHESTER CITY.
45' +1
We're into a minute of added time to close out this evenly-matched first half.
45'
Cancelo splits the defence with a pass into the box for De Bruyne. He hits a cross from the left byline looking for Haaland, but a strong defensive header from Varane knocks the ball away!
41'
Rashford chases a long ball but can't get there ahead of Akanji, and the Red Devils forward appears to have picked up an injury in the process, as he's down on the far touchline.
39'
Walker passes behind Malacia for De Bruyne to chase, and the Belgian hooks the ball back from the byline. It's a poor cross though, and De Gea snatches it before the ball can even reach a sky blue shirt.
37'
City spread the ball wide again and Cancelo crosses for Haaland, but the ball finds only Malacia who chests it back into his goalkeeper's gloves.
36'
De Bruyne whips a teasing ball to the back post, which Foden and Wan-Bissaka compete for. Pressure from the right-back forces a poor header from Foden, allowing De Gea to catch the ball with ease!
33'
Walker and Malacia collided as the City full-back cleared his lines, and the hosts' left-back is still down on the deck as he receives treatment from the club's medical staff.
31'
United break and Martial switches the ball left. Fernandes latches onto it and looks to feed Malacia, but his throughball is a poor one which Akanji easily cuts out!
30'
Rashford drops deep to collect Varane's pass, but he's followed and fouled by Cancelo, who concedes the free-kick.
27'
City come forward in numbers and De Bruyne is found in space on the edge of the box. He threads it wide to Walker, who crosses, but his ball in is cut out and cleared by United's defence before De Bruyne can pull the trigger!
22'
Cancelo chips a ball in behind the Red Devils' defence, which Foden chases and latches onto, but the offside flag is raised against the England playmaker just as he cuts it back into the six-yard box.
20'
Mahrez is bundled over by Malacia as he looks to turn the United defender on halfway, but play continues and Malacia blocks De Bruyne's cross behind for City's first corner of the match.
16'
City advance up the other end and De Bruyne looks to cross, but Fred tracks him well and pulls off a block, which ricochets back off De Bruyne and rolls behind for a goal kick.
15'
A cross-field ball from Fernandes gives Martial acres of space to run into. He races down the left and crosses to the front post, but neither Eriksen nor Rashford can get there before City scythe the ball away!
13'
It's certainly a different story so far to the reverse fixture, in which City were already ahead after just eight minutes. This one has the feel of a much more evenly-matched contest, with United looking highly unlikely to be trailing 6-1 at any point.
9'
A classy touch from Martial allows Fred to put Rashford into space. He cuts inside to find Martial, who has Malacia in support. The left-back has options in the box and crosses, but it's deflected behind for a corner before the offside flag is raised!
7'
City build pressure and Cancelo crosses from the left. Malacia gets there first but can't get the ball away with his header, before Rashford retreats into his own box and hooks the ball clear.
4'
Malacia does well to beat Mahrez on his way out of trouble and looks to release Rashford on the break, but the forward is beaten to the ball by Walker, who ushers it out over the sideline.
3'
A slight tweak in formation from United has seen Eriksen drop back into a midfield three and Rashford join Martial in the attack, with Fernandes occupying space in the hole between them.
2'
Rodri looks to advance through midfield, but has his ankles clipped by Eriksen on the way through as the Dane concedes an early free-kick.
1'
Eriksen kicks off for the home side, and the second Manchester derby of the 2022-23 season is off and running!
Hello, and welcome to live coverage of this much-anticipated fixture in the Premier League, as neighbours United and City face off in the Manchester derby.
A hat-trick each for Erling Haaland and Phil Foden saw City claim victory in the reverse fixture, and the reigning champions have won six of their last nine games, but sit five points behind leaders Arsenal. They’ll need a big performance against their rivals if they’re to keep pace with the Gunners, having beaten Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in their last league fixture.
Since being thumped in a 6-3 drubbing at the Etihad in October, Erik Ten Hag’s Manchester United have hit a rich vein of form, losing only once and winning seven of their 10 games since to climb to fourth in the table.
MANCHESTER CITY SUBS: Stefan Ortega, Kalvin Phillips, Ilkay Gundogan, Jack Grealish, Aymeric Laporte, Julian Alvarez, Sergio Gomez, Cole Palmer, Rico Lewis.
MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; Kyle Walker, Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake, Joao Cancelo; Kevin de Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo Silva; Riyad Mahrez, Erling Haaland, Phil Foden.
MANCHESTER UNITED SUBS: Tom Heaton, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez, Antony, Anthony Elanga, Scott McTominay, Alejandro Garnacho, Kobbie Mainoo.
MANCHESTER UNITED (4-2-3-1): David de Gea; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Raphael Varane, Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malacia; Casemiro, Fred; Bruno Fernandes, Christian Eriksen, Marcus Rashford; Anthony Martial.
The teams head out of the tunnel ready to do battle, and that battle is just moments away at Old Trafford!
The teams return for the second half, and can either of them find that quality in the final third to make a dent in the scoreline here?
Those three valuable points see United close the gap on their City rivals to just one, leapfrogging Newcastle into third place. That leaves the two Manchester clubs five and six respective points behind leaders Arsenal, who have a game in hand, with defeat for City giving the Gunners a chance to stretch that gap to eight, should they win their corresponding fixture.
That's all from us, we hope you enjoyed that fantastic match. There's plenty more where that came from, even if 2022-23 won't see another Manchester derby, in the league at least, and we'll see you for the next game. Goodbye!
Commentary
More…