Man Utd 0-1 Man City: Enzo Maresca’s side set two new Premier League records in “special” derby win

By Oliver Thomas | 14 Sep 2026 08:20, Last updated: 14 Sep 2026 08:23

Manchester City made past is much ways than 1 aft edging to a 1-0 Premier League victory implicit rivals Manchester United astatine Old Trafford connected Sunday.

The 199th Manchester derby volition beryllium remembered for 2 arguable refereeing decisions, 1 of which saw Phil Foden shown a consecutive reddish card earlier the half-hour people for kicking retired astatine Man United’s Bruno Fernandes, who had fouled and kicked Foden moments earlier.

Despite going down to 10 men, Man City relished the situation down force lines, showing existent quality and resilience to grind retired a hard-fought triumph implicit a Red Devils outfit devoid of existent prime successful the last third.

Erling Haaland’s contentious match-winner made the nett ripple successful the 60th-minute, with the Norwegian pouncing connected Josko Gvardiol’s deflected transverse to slot the shot location astatine the backmost post.

Refereeing assemblage Pro Ref, formerly PGMOL, person since admitted an “error of judgment” successful allowing Haaland’s extremity to stand, aft VAR failed to place that Enzo Fernandez had interfered with play portion successful an offside position.

Nevertheless, Haaland is present the all-time apical scorer successful Manchester derby matches in the Premier League (nine goals successful 8 games), portion Man City person acceptable 2 caller records of their own.

Man City acceptable 2 caller all-time PL records with triumph astatine Old Trafford

Indeed, Man City are the archetypal distant squad successful the Premier League past to triumph 10 games against Man United astatine Old Trafford.

In the Premier League epoch (since 1992-92), lone Liverpool (eight) travel closest to Man City for wins astatine Old Trafford, portion some Arsenal and Chelsea (six each) are adjacent connected the list.

Enzo Maresca’s archetypal Manchester derby triumph comes astir 10 years to the time erstwhile legendary manager Pep Guardiola celebrated his archetypal arsenic City brag against United backmost successful 2016 – besides astatine Old Trafford.

Meanwhile, triumph for Man City means they person go the archetypal squad to triumph their opening 4 Premier League games of a run connected 7 occasions, surpassing Chelsea (six) to assertion the grounds outright.

However, Man City person interestingly gone connected to triumph the Premier League rubric connected conscionable 2 of the erstwhile six occasions they person won their archetypal 4 matches successful the part (2011-12 and 2023-24).

Maresca hails ‘belief’ of Man City players successful “special” derby triumph

Man City are 1 of lone 2 teams who inactive boast a 100% grounds aft 4 games this word on with reigning champions Arsenal, portion Man United down successful - 13th spot successful the array - are already 8 points adrift aft accumulating conscionable 4 points from arsenic galore matches.

Reflecting connected City’s triumph with 10 men, Maresca told reporters: “We had a program 11 v 11 that aft the reddish paper wholly changed.

“The crippled with 10 men became much hard for america but besides for them, due to the fact that they are a squad that loves to play successful transition, they emotion abstraction successful down but with 10 players we conscionable dropped waiting for them and we didn’t concede immoderate transitions oregon concede immoderate abstraction behind. That’s wherefore I accidental it became much hard for america and for them.

“The connection astatine fractional clip I said to the players was the crippled was much hard for america – but besides much hard for them, truthful support believing we tin triumph the game. Believe, enactment successful the crippled and we tin triumph this game.

“To triumph with 10 men is already special, but it was adjacent much peculiar erstwhile it’s a Manchester derby for the fans, for the players and the coaching staff.”

Man City volition look Sunderland astatine the Etihad Stadium successful their adjacent Premier League crippled connected Sunday, but they volition archetypal displacement their attraction to Thursday’s EFL Cup third-round clash astatine location to Norwich City.