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Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United (April 30, 2012)

Manchester City v Manchester United - Premier League

Having won the FA Cup the year before, Manchester City sought to build on that and recruited the highly-rated Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid to aid their cause.

During the season, the two Manchester clubs were engaged in a fierce race for the title and Manchester City had the early advantage until some slip-ups at the midway point of the campaign handed the initiative back to their city rivals.

With six matches to go, Manchester United had an eight-point advantage and judging by their precedent, anyone would have been forgiven for thinking the race was over.

However, they uncharacteristically dropped points in consecutive matches to Everton and Wigan Athletic which saw their lead at the top cut to just three points.

It was with this premise that they arrived at the City of Manchester Stadium on matchday 36 of the 2011/2012 season, setting up a winner-takes-all clash, although a draw would have been favourable for the Red Devils.

As it happened, a Vincent Kompany header 10 minutes into the second half was enough to settle the heated contest and move City level on points with United, although their superior goal difference saw them win the title on the last day.