#2 Manchester City show great character to diffuse a United resurgence
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Manchester City v Manchester United - Premier League
Ultimately, Manchester City proved that they have learnt from their mistakes by coming up with a mature performance in the second half. Manchester United's goal was down to an individual mistake by Ederson. A miscalculation, to put it lightly.
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The recent trend would suggest that United were going to throw everything at City to see what sticks but as opposed to the other teams that the Red Devils have come up against so far this season, Pep's side had the ability and the tactical acumen to keep the proceedings under control at all times.
Since their goal, United hardly ever ventured into the City box. Fernandinho was solid in the centre once again and his reading of the game will be sorely missed whenever he chooses to retire no. 25 jersey.
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This piece of stat is perhaps a better indicator of the kind of control that City had over the proceedings even in the dying embers of the game.
44 - There were 44 passes in the build-up for Ilkay Gündogan's goal v Manchester United - the most before a goal in the Premier League since Juan Mata scored for Man Utd against QPR in September 2015 (45). Fluid. #MUNMCIpic.twitter.com/V97KwDwNxk
Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.
For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.
Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.
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