MADRID, 2 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Manchester City destroyed Manchester United (6-3) this Sunday in the city derby, with a ‘hat-trick’ and two assists from the Norwegian Erling Haaland and another triplet from the Englishman Phil Foden to lead the ‘citizen’ cyclone over the ‘Red Devils’, always in tow and who made up the blushing result with two goals in the final stretch.
Pep Guardiola’s men did not fail in the demanding Manchester derby, in which they faced each other with a United on a roll and with confidence through the roof. But the ‘citizen’ roller had no compassion at the Etihad to win with authority and follow in the wake of Arsenal, leader with 21 points, one above City, which is second.
It didn’t take long for the locals to demonstrate the abysmal distance between the two teams today, unearthing the nightmares of the ‘Red Devils’, blurred from the start. The 1-0 came in the 8th minute, after a good combination by Guardiola’s pupils that Foden finished off.
From there, the City monograph began, with De Bruyne in assistant mode who demolished Ten Hag’s defense with extremely dangerous passes. The 2-0, Haaland’s first, was a header, finishing off a corner kick taken by the Belgian, who would then send a good ball into the area for the Norwegian to catch it and make it 3-0 in the 37th minute. Foden would put the finishing touch to a colossal first half for City and to forget about United with a 4-0 lead, four minutes before the break.
Already in the second half, Antony closed the gap, but the game was already lost, with a somewhat slower City, temporizing, but Haaland and Foden wanted to put the finishing touch to their big night by completing their hat-tricks. In minute 64 the Norwegian, who reached 14 goals in eight games, made it 5-1, to later assist the Englishman and complete the win. Martial covered up the disaster with a double in the final stretch for a United that comes out of the European places.
In the other match of the day, Leeds faced Aston Villa in a mid-table match that ended in a goalless draw, which seems more valuable for the locals, who played with one less since the 48th minute, due to the expulsion of Sinisterra . Aston Villa, who shot 19 times during the match, tried in every possible way without reward. This result leaves the Elland Road twelfth and the ‘Villains’ fourteenth.