The highly anticipated Manchester Derby lived up to expectations as Manchester United and Manchester City played out a cracker of a game at Old Trafford to kickstart Gameweek 4 in the Premier League. In the end, it was Manchester City who came out on top with a 2-1 win.
The match has been billed as the biggest match of the season since the two sides had invested the most in the summer transfer window in what was a massive rebuilding effort in Manchester. Jose Mourinho had spent £150m while Pep Guardiola had invested £174m before the transfer window slammed shut.
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It was Guardiola’s side that took the lead after dominating for the majority of the first half. Two goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho put them ahead in enemy territory before Zlatan Ibrahimovic capitalized on a Claudio Bravo clanger to reduce the deficit. The second half saw a mini-United resurgence but City held on for all three points.
The result sees the Sky Blues move to the top of the table while Mourinho suffered his first loss with the Red Devils. Here are the key numbers from the game.
565 – The combined cost of both starting XIs amounted to £565m, which is a new record for any football match in the world ever.
8 – Guardiola has now extended his record with Mourinho to 8 wins.
50 – This was the 50th win in the derby for Manchester City.
19 – Kelechi Iheanacho became Manchester City's youngest goal scorer in the Manchester Derby in the Premier League (19 years and 243 days). He also became the youngest visiting player to score at Old Trafford since Jermain Defoe for West Ham United in 2001.
3 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic became only the third player to score 4 goals in his first four Premier League appearances for Manchester United. The other players who did were Louis Saha (2003/04 – against Southampton, Everton and Fulham) and Robin van Persie (Fulham and Southampton).
3 – Ibrahimovic has also scored in three different derbies now. He had previously scored in the Milan derby and the Barcelona derby.
4 – Guardiola became only the fourth manager in to win his first four Premier League games. The others were Jose Mourinho, Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotti (all Chelsea).
6 – Guardiola also became the first ever Manchester City manager to win the first six games after taking charge.
32 – The last eight Manchester derbies at Old Trafford have seen a total of 32 goals.
2013 – The last time Manchester United came back from 2-0 down to win a game was on Boxing Day in 2013 when they beat Hull City 3-2.
10 – Claudio Bravo and Leroy Sane became the ninth and tenth player to make their Premier League debut in the Manchester Derby.
| Club | Player | Debut |
|---|---|---|
Manchester United | Phil Neville | February 1995 |
| Patrice Evra | January 2006 | |
| Fraizer Campbell | August 2007 | |
| Owen Hargreaves | August 2007 | |
Manchester City | Mikheil Kavelashvili | April 1996 |
| Albert Riera | January 2006 | |
| Andreas Isaksson | December 2006 | |
| Felipe Caicedo | February 2008 | |
| Claudio Bravo | September 2016 | |
| Leroy Sane | September 2016 |
Stats from OptaJoe, WhoScored, Sky and Mister Chiping
