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On Sunday, the long-awaited Manchester derby between "Manchester United" and "Manchester City" teams was played at the "Etihad" stadium.
Just before the match, "the Red Devils" received unpleasant news - striker Robin van Persie was also unavailable for this match.
This was the first city derby for the new team managers, David Moyes and Manuel Pellegrini.
From the start of the match, the hosts took the initiative and created one attack after another.
One of them ended with a goal - in the 16th minute after a pass from Aleksandar Kolarov, Sergio Aguero sent the ball into the net with a great shot.
After the goal, the course of the game did not change much and the "Man City" players had control of the match.
Manuel Pellegrini's team delighted the coach and the fans gathered in the stadium just before the end of the first half. Yaya Toure doubled the score.
In the second half, the "citizens" started to dominate their opponents - in the 47th minute, Sergio Aguero scored his second goal, and soon after, Samir Nasri also scored.
After the fourth goal, the "Man City" team gave the initiative to the opponents, but did not let the victory slip away from their hands.
However, in the 87th minute, Wayne Rooney scored a consolation goal with a great penalty, but it did not please the "Red Devils" fans too much.
After this victory, the "Man City" players moved up to third place in the table.
In the next match, "Tottenham" team snatched a victory away from the "Cardiff City" team in the last moments of the match. The hero of the match was Paulinho, who scored in the 93rd minute.
Results / Table / Video:
Manchester City 4 - 1 Manchester United
Cardiff City 0 - 1 Tottenham
