The Manchester Derby was not short of action and incidents as earlier anticipated and it was red-hot Marcus Rashford goal in the 82nd minute that gave Manchester United the bragging rights after 90 minutes.
Manchester City however bossed the possession stat but could only score a goal with their solitary shot on target when Jack Grealish nodded home from close range after being picked out by a De Bruyne cross in 60th minute to put the visitors ahead. Erik Ten Hag took a huge gamble by taking out Christian Eriksen for Alejandro Garnacho and this brought more impetus to the attack on the Red Devils. On the stroke of the 78th Bruno Fernandes equalized for United in controversial form because of the apparent placement of Marcus Rashfordin an offside position. Rashford himself would later score the winning goal eight minutes from regulation time.
The 2-1 victory of Manchester United has seen them climb to 3rd and one point behind their city rivals.
The loss suffered by Manchester City has further derailed the plans of catching up Arsenal who extend their lead on the top of the table if they can win in North London Derby on Sunday.
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