Premier League 2018/19: Manchester City v Manchester United - 5 takeaways from the game

#1 Pogba's absence felt

Pogba missed the game due to an injury

Paul Pogba is one of the quality players that United has got in their ranks. Last season, in this fixture, Manchester City were on the verge of winning the Premier League by beating Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium.

At the halftime, they were up by two goals until a Paul Pogba show in the second half completely changed the game around, and Manchester United walked away with all three points from that game.

However, the Frenchman's absence was deeply felt last night by Jose Mourinho and his players. There was no creativity in the middle of the pitch and Herrera made dreadful mistakes while retaining possession.

Manchester City had all the possession and dominated the entire match. With the lack of creativity, United relied upon set pieces to score, and they did that with Antony Martial scoring from the spot, but that was their only shot on target in the entire match.