Manchester United

The season's first Manchester derby is set to take place at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

He has yet to find his feet at City following his move from Aston Villa and his spot in the England team is under threat. The pressure, however, is on Pep Guardiola. Interestingly, it was their first win over the Reds at the Etihad since 2018. In the last 10 league meetings, City narrowly held the edge with five wins compared with United’s four. The wholesale changes Ten Hag has made to the Manchester United backline are evidenced by the fact that none of the four who started in their last visit to the Etihad are expected to make it to the playing-XI this time. The season’s first Manchester derby is set to take place at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Erling Haaland and Phil Foden fired hat-tricks as Manchester City put together an astonishing 6-3 derby day demolition of Manchester United.

Silva hangs up a cross for Haaland, his header is blocked, De Gea thwarts De Bruyne from the rebound and Silva has his own strike blocked in the goalmouth. He has the luxury of being able to field a winning team once again with the minimum of fuss. 30th minute: A rare period of controlled possession in City territory for United. A combination of Eriksen (!) and McTominay certainly didn't and his near-post header was over the line before Malacia intervened. Varane, who left the pitch and returned to the eye of a hurricane can do nothing as Haaland slides in behind him to extend City's lead. 80th minute: To the surprise of absolutely no one, Bruno Fernandes is in a mood and has been booked for dissent. De Bruyne storms through midfield threads it down the left for Haaland, who arrows a ball back across goal for Foden to finish. He's sort of in that right channel he likes but it's still a pass he has no right to make. Foden has departed to a heroes' reception, with Alvarez and Palmer on and keen to play their part in extending the mayhem. Silva slides a pass for Haaland, who thumps into the side-netting at the near post. Half a warning and there's the hat-trick. Nevertheless, it was a day for uninhibited celebration on the blue side of Manchester.

The highest-scoring Manchester derby in history was also the harshest for United, who learned just how far they are from Man City's class.

Then, Man United return to Premier League action at Everton on Oct. Manchester United: The Red Devils switch gears to the Europa League and travel to face Omonia Nicosia at 12:45 p.m. Manchester City: The Citizens switch gears to the UEFA Champions League when they host FC Copenhagen at 3 p.m. There are a lot of things we need to change and a lot of things we need to do better. In the end, it's amazing. We missed a bit of courage to play out from the back and we let them be at their strength. [Upcoming fixtures](/soccer/fixtures?league=eng.1) It was a day when City put their derby rivals back in their box. [Highlights and notable moments](#highlights) [Best/worst performers](#bestworst) MANCHESTER, England -- If Sunday brought a memorable rendition of the Manchester derby, then it was memorable not just for the goals, but how lopsided and noncompetitive it was. [Report: Man United-Arsenal](/soccer/match/_/gameId/637903)

Dis na di first time two players dey score three each for Manchester City for di same Premier League match. 72 mins: GOAL! Man City 6-1 Man Utd. Phil ...

Man City 0-0 Man Utd. 2 mins: Erling Haaland win di first afta e hold up play for middle. Phil Foden put Man city ahead for di Etihad stadium. 28 mins: Man City still dey in control of di ball. But City still dey in control. E later find Kevin de Bruyne and Lisandro Martinez bring am down. E just dey throw passes hear and there. Dem dey play like team wey dey vex. Dem no give any chance to United to settle down through out di first half. Man City 4-0 Man Utd Jack Grealish slip pass into di of Erling Haaland. Phil Foden don im own hat-trick too!

Cristiano Ronaldo could make a fifth consecutive league appearance from the substitutes' bench today which would mark the first time he has done so since ...

[Liverpool](https://theathletic.com/football/team/liverpool/), [Southampton](https://theathletic.com/football/team/southampton/), [Leicester](https://theathletic.com/football/team/leicester-city/) and [Arsenal](https://theathletic.com/football/team/arsenal/). Before that, it was for Sporting Lisbon in 2002-03 when he made seven consecutive substitute appearances. [Marcus Rashford](https://theathletic.com/football/player/marcus-rashford-xgQlXcNj79jwXiD4/) alongside [Jadon Sancho](https://theathletic.com/football/player/jadon-sancho-WxHzrPhDPwJUmjki/) and [Antony](https://theathletic.com/football/player/antony-wnm4X5Bgf4PfC0PP/) in United’s attack.

Manchester United were once again on the end of a one-sided derby scoreline against Manchester City. Erik ten Hag has some problems to fix — and quickly.

Ten Hag must get his attack functioning as a unit and fix the disconnect between the different areas of the pitch. Amid the howls of derision at United's latest derby capitulation, Ten Hag would do well to keep his focus on how he will turn United into a team capable of matching City stride-for-stride in the future rather than chasing smash-and-grab results now. The result is largely the same, too: United's attack is passive and incoherent, with and without the ball, offering little sustained threat to the opposition goal and leaving the back six exposed. Antony scored an absolute stunner to make it 4-1, rifling beyond Ederson from outside the box right in front of those travelling fans who had stayed in the ground for the second half. Brentford targeted passes into Eriksen from the United back line to brilliant effect in their 4-0 win in August. Yet his role alongside Scott McTominay at the base of United's midfield has felt ill-suited to his strengths and never more so than against City.