Manchester City have claimed bragging rights in the Manchester derby after a 2-1 win at Old Trafford.
The visitors took the lead through a clinical finish from Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho doubled the lead when he reacted quickly to a shot from De Bruyne which struck the post for a simple close range tap in.
Manchester United were thrown a lifeline when Zlatan Ibrahimović capitalised on a horrible error from City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo moments before half-time.
In an end-to-end affair in the second half both teams had clear-cut opportunities, but neither were able to find the back of the net as Pep Guardiola enjoyed a priceless victory against his opposite number Jose Mourinho.
Here are some of the best reactions from Twitter:
Great entertaining game. Couldn’t ask for better contest. #ManchesterDerby #MUNMCI 1-2
— Elia Santoro (@Elia_Santoro) September 10, 2016
Has someone gone over to console Martin Tyler?? #MUNMCI
— Jay (@Jay82_LFC) September 10, 2016
Weird choice from Mourinho to not play Pogba in United’s biggest game of the season. #MUNMCI
— Cristian Filippo (@C_Filippo23) September 10, 2016
What a game! Great stuff. De Bruyne out of this world. Big mistake by Mourinho playing a rusty Lingard & of the pace Miki. #MUFC #MUNMCI
— Basel Arti (@Aritonian) September 10, 2016
Frustratingly, Great game of football to watch, second half showed a lot of spirit, @MarcusRashford just gets better and better #MUNMCI #EPL
— Nathan Briggs (@Racinghound) September 10, 2016
Better team won, Ottamendi and KDB with next level performances, simple as. #MUNMCI
— Alex Dixon (@AlexDixon93) September 10, 2016
If not for those idiotic mistakes in the first half.. this would’ve had been united’s match. Feeling awful. but yeah. good match! #MUNMCI
— Shubh Pahwa (@pahwa_shubh) September 10, 2016
Difference today was first 40 mins. City dominated and that cost United the game. Will be hard but need to move on from this. #MUNMCI #MUFC
— Aqib Mohammad (@aqibmohammad94) September 10, 2016
Thought City defended really well in the second half. Pep changed it up when he had to. Good win for them #MUNMCI
— George Thorpe (@gthorpesport) September 10, 2016
United had chances but we didn’t finish it off. Again this is going to be an interesting season #MUNMCI
— Gobind Vijay (@GobindVijay) September 10, 2016
Very good display on the second half but too bad it didn’t win us the match. Heads up, lads! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #MUNMCI #GGMU
— Jonathan End (@jonathanend) September 10, 2016
United and City rightly applauded off. Fantastic match. Rarely seen players look so exhausted at the end. Gave everything. #MUNMCI
— Chris Parrott (@chrisdparrott) September 10, 2016
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