Manchester United are the boss of Manchester with a legendary reversal against the… corpse of City!

In one of the worst Manchester derbies of recent years, with very few phases and a low tempo, the United he turned the game around in the last minutes thanks to his goal Bruno Fernandes (88′) and Dialo (90′) and beat City 2-1.

How much worse things could go for Pep’s team, who managed to lose this match as well, while leading until the 87th minute thanks to a goal by Guardiol in 38′.

Out of zone Champions League now the Manchester City which is after 16 matches in Premier League in 5th place with 27 points, while United moved up to 12th place with 22 points.

The match:

From the start of the game it was reflected on the pitch that both Manchester teams are going through a period of intense self-doubt but also trying to find an identity.

Both o Guardiola as well as Amorim they had planned their tactical plan without it containing a dose of risk. Fairly parallel play, close lines and generally no inclination to give a high tempo to their actions. The the first shot even came in the 21st minute from Fodenwhich was out of bounds and ended up being an out.

City were fortunate to open the scoring through a set piece when o De Bruyne found after a corner kick the… usual suspect Guardiolwho made it 1-0 with a header in the 38th minute. That was it 8th goal of the Croatian defender in the Premier League in 2024!

United failed to threaten, finishing it off first half without a final!

In the second part not much changed and the same pattern continued. THE Diallo and the Fernandes they were the most dynamic for United, with the Ivorian taking the header in the 65th minute and forcing Ederson into an impressive save.

City were powerless to create anything of value and United, sensing their opponent’s insecurity, brought out more intensity and believed they could get a result.

The warning shot came in the 78th minute when o Bruno Fernandes he left alone across from him Anderson after his nice slash Hoywoodbut squared out.

In 1987 came the moment that changed everything. In an unsuspected phase, Mateus Nunes mis-turned backwards, Diallo stole the ball, but he was too late and initially the phase looked lost. However, City’s Portuguese midfielder inexplicably came with too much force to mark the Ivorian and brought him down, with Taylor awarding a penalty.

Fernandes took advantage of the opportunity and equalized! But who would have expected it to have a sequel…

THE Martins with an amazing ball he found him Diallo at the back of the defence, he chipped the ball past Anderson and slotted home to make it 2-1, plunging City further into contention.

Manchester City (Pep Guardiola): Ederson, Walker, Ruben Diaz, Guardiol, Bernardo Silva, Gundogan, Mateus Nunes, Doku (77′ Grealish), Foden, De Bruyne (68′ Kovacic), Haaland

Manchester United (Ruben Amorim): Onana, De Ligt (78′ Gioro), Maguire, Martinez, Mazraoui (78′ Anthony), Dalot, Ugarte, Bruno Fernandes, Mount (12′ Mainu), Diallo, Hoylund (78′ Zirkzy)

Detailed schedule of the 16th matchday:

Arsenal-Everton 0-0

Liverpool-Fulham 2-2

(47′ Hakpo, 86′ Zota – 11′ Pereira, 76′ Muniz)

Newcastle-Leicester 4-0

(30′, 60′ Murphy, 47′ Bruno Guimaraes, 50′ Isaac)

Wolves-Ipswich 1-2

(72′ Swing – 15′ Doherty auto., 90’+4′ Taylor)

Nottingham Forest-Aston Villa 2-1

(87′ Milenkovic, 90’+3′ Elanga – 63′ Duran)

Sunday 15/12

Brighton-Crystal Palace 1-3

(87′ auto. Gehi – 27′ Tsaloba, 33′, 82′ Sarr)

Manchester City-Manchester United 1-2

(38′ Guardiol – 88′ Fernandes, 90′ Diallo)

Chelsea-Bradford 2-1

Southampton-Tottenham 0-5

Monday 16/12

Bournemouth-West Ham (22:00)

The next (17th) matchday:

Saturday 21/12

Aston Villa-Manchester City (14:30)

Brentford-Nottingham Forest (17:00)

Ipswich-Newcastle (17:00)

West Ham-Brighton (17:00)

Crystal Palace-Arsenal (19:30)

Sunday 22/12

Everton-Chelsea (16:00)

Fulham-Southampton (16:00)

Leicester-Wolves (16:00)

Manchester United-Bournemouth (16:00)

Tottenham-Liverpool (18:30)