Manchester City 3-1 Manchester United: Player Ratings from the Manchester Derby

The world came to a halt once again as the bitter rivals of Manchester went head to head in the highly contested Manchester derby. The blue side of Manchester emerged out as the ultimate victors in an entertaining ninety minutes of footballing action.

The result secured Manchester City the top slot of the table while the defeat has left Manchester United in the 8th spot of the table. Let's rate players from both sides of Manchester based on their performance in the game.

Manchester City

Ederson - 5.5/10

The Brazilian shot stopper's distribution throughout the match was inch perfect. However, a sudden rush of blood caused him to give away a penalty. The same way he conceded against Southampton last week.

Kyle Walker - 7.5/10

The pacey right back shows no signs of slowing down. He kept Martial relatively quiet and guarded the entire right flank pretty much on his own.

John Stones - 7/10

Audacious as ever. Threw his body in front of Martial's shot to take the full blow but still got up to defend till the ball was out of play. That was his highlight from the game.

Aymeric Laporte - 7/10

Defensively rigid and composed throughout the game. Didn't have much trouble in the entirety of the match. His unbeaten run with City has stretched to an incredible 21 games now.

Benjamin Mendy - 6.5/10

Wasn't as belligerent as his normal self, going forward in the first half. Produced some decent crosses in the second half but looked defensively suspect at times.

Bernardo Silva set up two goals on the night

Bernardo Silva - 8.5/10

He played a couple of sloppy passes at the beginning but finished very strongly. He set up the first goal and made an exquisite pass to assist Gundogan for City's third.

Fernandinho - 8/10

Won the ball from United multiple times, amongst which was the one that led to the second goal. He guarded the centre of the City lineup like a true soldier.

David Silva - 9/10

Man of the Match today, the Spaniard was the best player on the field without a doubt. David Silva never stopped moving and kept getting himself into really good positions. He poached the first goal for City.

Riyad Mahrez - 6.5/10

Still seems to lack the telepathic understanding that other City players posses between them. His link-up play wasn't great and he failed to produce anything lethal from the right flank.

Aguero was on the scoresheet again for City

Sergio Aguero - 7.5/10

He managed to get a goal even on a night when he wasn't as prolific as his usual self. The Argentine absolutely blasted the ball past De Gea from a tight angle.

Raheem Sterling - 7.5/10

The diminutive Englishman was causing inconvenience in the United defence due to his movement. He played a major role in the build-up to the first goal. One sector where he needs to work on is his decision-making ability.

Substitutes

Leroy Sane - 6/10

Could have made a deeper impact but didn't.

Ilkay Gundogan - 7/10

Scored the third goal for City to put the game to bed.

Phil Foden - N/A

Hardly got any minutes.

Manchester United

David de Gea - 5.5/10

The first and third goals were close-range shots so we can give the Spaniard benefit of the doubt. But getting beaten at the near post is not acceptable from a goalkeeper of his stature.

Ashley Young - 6/10

Not playing in his natural position he was finding it really difficult to cope up with the likes of Mendy and Sterling operating down his channel.

Chris Smalling - 5/10

Very casual defending by him. You can't defend like that against an attack rich side like Manchester City. Very sloppy at times, he was lucky not to give away a penalty.

Victor Lindelof - 6/10

Compared to his other defending colleagues, he had a relatively peaceful first half. However, he got outwitted by Aguero as soon as the second half began.

Luke Shaw - 6/10

With Mahrez and Walker barraging forward he had plenty to deal with on his flank. He got cautioned by the ref while trying to contain Mahrez.

Nemanja Matic - 5.5/10

Another disappointing night for the Serbian. He hasn't really got going with United this season. His lack of agility made his life very tough against the City press.

Ander Herrera - 4.5/10

Right in the pole position for the worst performance of the night. The Spaniard failed to recreate his showing in Turin the other night. Often losing possession, he was another victim of the brilliant City press.

Marouane Fellaini - 5/10

He was brought into the side to relish the aerial opportunities but the big Belgian failed to do so. He did play his part of the defensive duties fairly well though.

Jesse Lingard - 4.5/10

If Herrera wasn't the worst performer of the night then Jesse Lingard definitely was. He seemed to have vanished for most of the game and he reappeared to gift the ball to City that led to the second goal. He was subbed off moments later.

Martial scored United's only goal on the night

Anthony Martial - 6.5/10

He converted the penalty from the spot to momentarily give United the hopes. But apart from that, he didn't produce anything significant due to the constant presence of Kyle Walker.

Marcus Rashford - 5.5/10

The only highlight from his game was the clever pass he made to Martial just before the halftime whistle. He looked isolated from the rest of the squad, occasionally running down the channels without any purpose.

Substitutes

Romelu Lukaku - 6/10

Made his mark as soon as he was subbed on by winning the penalty.

Juan Mata - 4/10

Failed to provide the much-needed energy to the team.

Alexis Sanchez - 4/10

His poor form continues as he failed to make an impact coming off the bench.

Edited by Raunak J