Man United beat Man City 2-0

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Bryan Mbeumo (right) celebrates scoring with Diallo (Source: AFP)

Manchester United beat Manchester City 2-0 on Saturday as the new Michael Carrick era got off to a sensational start at Old Trafford.

In a game which was played to the tempo United set, goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Patrick Dorgu saw United grab a deserved win in the derby.

With every other Premier League game still to kick off, it pulled Manchester United to fourth in the standings. Man City, meanwhile, remain six points behind table toppers Arsenal and now have an anxious wait to see if Arsenal can push that lead to nine points after their match vs. Nottingham Forest.

United scored their opener on the counter – a City freekick cleared by Harry Maguire saw Bruno Fernandes feed Mbeumo on a 4-v-2 counter, and United’s top scorer made no mistake with a lash to the bottom far corner. The second came after a spell of patient possession, and he wriggled past Nico O’Reilly to whip in a cross across the face of the goal, where a lax City defence did not see Dorgu ghost in and smash it in.

After the match, Guardiola said that “the better team won” and that City simply didn’t control the game.