EPL ~ THE MANCHESTER DERBY ~ Nov 9
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~ THE MANCHESTER DERBY ~ 
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Man Utd v Man City
Saturday, 9 December 2006
Ch 23 - 8:45pm -
(Live)
MANCHESTER UNITED go into the 146th Manchester derby and 135th in the League, looking for a victory from this Saturday lunchtime fixture which will give them a nine-point advantage over Chelsea at the top of the table.
The Red Devils, who came from behind to beat Benfica 3-1 and qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday, are vying to extend the longest current unbeaten run in the highest League to 12 games.
United defend an unbeaten home Premiership record against City, but have won only one of the last five League meetings at Old Trafford. They last took three points from a 3-1 victory on 13 December 2003 when Paul Scholes scored two and Ruud van Nistelrooy got the other.
MANCHESTER CITY failed to score for a ninth time in this Premiership season, when held at home by Watford on Monday. They cross the city looking for back-to-back away victories, having defeated Aston Villa 1-3 in their last game on the road.
If United score, it will take the Citizens' all time tally of goals conceded in the Premier League to exactly 500. United, who've spent five more seasons in this League, are three short of shipping 500.
City beat United 3-1 at Eastlands in their most recent clash, and have held the Red Devils in the last two at the Old Trafford. But they've not won a League contest at the United ground since the famous 0-1 triumph on 27 April 1974 when Dennis Law scored.
Manchester United: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, O'Shea, Silvestre, Evra, Heinz, Fletcher, Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Richardson, Saha, Rooney, Park, Solskjaer, Smith.
Manchester City: Weaver, Hart, Isaksson, Richards, Onuoha, Dunne, Distin, Thatcher, Jordan, Trabelsi, Barton, Reyna, Hamann, Beasley, Ireland, Samaras, Corradi, Vassell, Dickov.
REFEREE
Graham Poll (Tring, Hertfordshire)
MANCHESTER UNITED
1st 41 points
Won six, drawn one and lost one at home in the Premiership.
Won nine and drawn two of the last 11 Premiership matches, since Arsenal won 0-1 at Old Trafford on 17 September in United's only League defeat of the season. Lost one of the last 18 Premiership games.
Louis SAHA is United's leading scorer with 11 League and Cup goals.
Saha and Wayne ROONEY are the club's joint top marksmen in the Premiership with seven each.
MANCHESTER CITY
12th 20 points
Won one, drawn one and lost six away from home in the Premiership.
Won alternate League games since 18 November, and need a victory to maintain that sequence.
Joey BARTON is City's top scorer with four goals.
Barton and Richard DUNNE are the only remaining players to have been on the field for every minute of Manchester City's League and Cup matches this season.
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Manchester United 1-1 Manchester City
10 September 2005 - Ref: Steve Bennett
Man United scorer: van Nistelrooy 45
Man City scorers: Barton 76
HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
at Man United only
League: Man United 28 wins, Man City 14, Draws 25
Prem: Man United 5 wins, Man City 0, Draws 4 -
try ManC win..lol
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this derby is gonna be one sided
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Got the month wrong... so fast you all post already...
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man u win for sure. its just how many
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Matt Le Tissier previews this Saturday's Manchester derby. He expects United to recover from their midweek exertions to win City.
I don't think the Benfica game will have bothered Manchester United too much.
They are used to doing things the hard way and although a week off before the derby would have been great, getting through that Champions League group in top spot might actually be a nice little confidence booster. Not that they need it against City.
The formbook, as we always say, does go out of the window in these derbies, but even taking that into account, Stuart Pearce's side don't have enough quality to trouble this United side, particularly at Old Trafford.
It's hard to know how Stuart Pearce approaches this. City have such a bad away record, you could understand them going with one up front here, but how many teams leave Old Trafford with a 0-0 draw? You're better off going for goals.
The fans will demand they give it a go as well.
HOME WIN - I think this will be fairly comfortable for United. City have an awful record at Old Trafford and are struggling for goals away from home, even with that win at Aston Villa. If United get ahead early, I can see them controlling this and putting the pressure right on Chelsea before they play Arsenal. I'll go for 2-0. -
hahaOriginally posted by zocoss:Got the month wrong... so fast you all post already...
now only i notice -
I hope they win but will Joey Barton stand in the way?Originally posted by WiNtEr'SkiLL:man u win for sure. its just how many
He scored quite a wonderful goal over the weekend.
He will be the man to watch , Vidic watch out.
I hope saha will start finding his form in EPL and score from other then the penalty spot ok...!!!!Saha forever
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If he don't score... Will he show his bum again.Originally posted by hobochua:I hope they win but will Joey Barton stand in the way?
He scored quite a wonderful goal over the weekend.
He will be the man to watch , Vidic watch out. -
oh man i tink rmb Matt Le Tissier goal against MU when Tatibi was e GK(tat lousy italian)..the score ended 3-3 i tink..
his shot was a weak 1 but somehw e GK prone n failed to catch it..n its outside e PK box sia..hahaha -
Yeah i remember, dunno Youtube got that or not... cos that time no youtube yet...
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The famous lobang ah?Originally posted by a-Lost-9uY:oh man i tink rmb Matt Le Tissier goal against MU when Tatibi was e GK(tat lousy italian)..the score ended 3-3 i tink..
his shot was a weak 1 but somehw e GK prone n failed to catch it..n its outside e PK box sia..hahaha -
Evra a doubt for Manchester derby
Patrice Evra is a major doubt for Manchester United's derby clash against Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday lunchtime. The French full-back picked up a calf injury in Wednesday's Champions League win over Benfica and was only able to do some light jogging in training on Friday.
If Evra does not make it, Gabriel Heinze will almost certainly earn a recall as United look to maintain a 32-year unbeaten home record against the Blues.
Kick-off is at 8:45pm. -
Man Utd win.
Man Utd 4-1 Man City -
go against e odds..
DRAW ar -
manu to win and open a nine point gap to put pressure on chelsea
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Manchester United vs Manchester City
Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has tipped Ryan Giggs to have a big impact in the derby with Manchester City - and for a long time to come. Ferguson said: "I can always sense when Ryan is coming to the boil. When he gets into those pockets of form we know he is capable of, he is devastating."
And Ferguson feels Giggs can go on to challenge Sir Bobby Charlton's all-time appearance record for United. "Ryan is 71 games behind, it is a realistic target," added Ferguson.
As for the present, Ferguson is delighted with the form of his Premiership leaders going into the match against their neighbours. He said: "The football we have been playing recently is as good as anything that we have seen over the past few years.
"To win the league playing like that must be a great motivation for them all." However, opposing number Stuart Pearce remains optimistic that his team can knock Ferguson's men out of their stride and give City fans a boost.
He said: "It would be nice to give our fans something else to celebrate. "I know exactly how much they would love it if we could win tomorrow.
"In the past there has been a lot of talk about United's big games nowadays being against Liverpool and Chelsea. "But I am sure some of their fans live in this city too and they won't want to go into work knowing our supporters are the ones who have the bragging rights."
But Pearce is also aware that he sends his team out to face a side who are at the top of their game. "At the start of the season I would have said Arsenal were the best passing team in the league," he added. "At the moment, it is United." -
39' Manchester U. [1 - 0] Manchester C.
6' [1 - 0] W. Rooney -
HT Manchester U. [2 - 0] Manchester C.
6' [1 - 0] W. Rooney
45' [2 - 0] L. Saha -
76' Manchester U. [2 - 1] Manchester C.
6' [1 - 0] W. Rooney
45' [2 - 0] L. Saha
72' [2 - 1] H. Trabelsi -
86' Manchester U. [3 - 1] Manchester C.
6' [1 - 0] W. Rooney
45' [2 - 0] L. Saha
72' [2 - 1] H. Trabelsi
84' [3 - 1] C. Ronaldo -
congrats to MU
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Man Utd 3 - 1 Man City
Full Time Result
5mins GOAL - Wayne Rooney
44mins GOAL - Louis Saha
71mins GOAL - Hatem Trabelsi
83mins GOAL -Ronaldo -
UNITED MOVE NINE POINTS CLEAR
Manchester United survived a nervy late spell to claim the derby-day spoils against City and move nine points clear of Chelsea at the Premiership summit.
United looked set to cruise home after Wayne Rooney (6) and Louis Saha (45) had fired them into a comfortable first-half lead.
But Hatem Trabelsi's inspired effort breathed new life into the contest 18 minutes from time, only for Cristiano Ronaldo to snuff out any hope of a comeback late on.
City striker Bernardo Corradi ensured the recent diving debate would continue when he was deemed to have gone to ground deliberately in injury time, earning himself a second yellow card to be sent off.
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dam haha i thought its gona be a 4-1 haha!!Originally posted by sand king:Man Utd win.
Man Utd 4-1 Man City