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| Used In Squad Rotation Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 382 Thanks: 151 Thanked 50 Times in 39 Posts Nominated 2 Times in 1 Post TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0 |  November Update
The Manchester derby is the name given to football matches between Manchester City and Manchester United. As with any major football rivalry, gloating and banter between the two sets of fans is commonplace. United fans point out that City have gone awhile without winning a major trophy, whereas City fans claim United do not actually come from Manchester. United's Old Trafford ground lies just outside the city boundaries in Trafford Borough. Fireworks expected... its the Manchester Derby! November 2007 Review So as we looked at the fixture list for November one game stood out as it does every season. The 24th of November 2007, Manchester City V Manchester United. Blue versus Red, Friar versus Ferguson, Haaland versus Keane, McManaman versus Neville and Manchester versus Salford. In Manchester you're either City or United. A City divided by passion and expectations! City go in as the under-dogs every year but sometimes come out with a victory. Would the 1st Manchester Derby ,out of a definite three this season, be the best? Could it live up to previous encounters. Full match report below. *NEWS* - City have been drawn with rivals Manchester United in the quarter final of the Carling Cup. The two clubs will meet just 10 days after facing each other in the league. - Andreas Isaksson as picked up his fourth injury of the season and will be out for another month. - Sebastian Viera is also out injured meaning Joe Hart and Kasper Schmiechel will ocupy the No.1 jersey and the position on the bench. This month's games: 3rd Nov PRM - Birmingham (H) Result: W 3-1 Goals: Elano (24,87) Martins (36) Man of the match: Elano 10th Nov PRM - Chelsea (A) Result W 2-1 Goals: Martins (52) Richards (89) Man of the match: Viera 24th Nov PRM - Manchester United (H) Result: W 2-1 Goals: Martins (58,90+3) Man of the match: Martins *Report*: A sensational Manchester derby was played in full spirit at the City of Manchester Stadium with tackles flying in from the 1st few minutes. Andriy Nesmachnyi picked up his 5th booking of the season for a slide tackle on Ronaldo. In the 6th minute Utd broke City's defence and Paul Scholes slid the ball home from Rooney's pass. As the game progressed City created more and more chances and before half time were unlucky not to go in level with a great bit of play from Aaron Lennon and Elano. City came out rallied for the 2nd half and an inspired substitution by manager Friar to replace Petrov for Ireland proved a great sub. Finally in the 58th minute, United's defence cracked. Hamann found Martins with a great ball and the Nigeria international took it past Van Der Sar and slotted it home. Soon after City thought they're hard work would have been rewarded further when Wes Brown was heading for a second yellow card, only to escape with a warning. With 1 minute of the whole game to go City won a corner. Ireland took and the ball was soon cleared back to the Irishman who swung a great cross into the near post. To the delight of 48,000 people it was met by the head of Obafemi Martins who directed it into the top corner of the net. 2-1!!! The final whistle went soon after and City earnt a well deserved win! Manager's comments: A fantastic month for us with two great wins where we were expected to loose. They were both tough games but we have come through them and proved we are no push-overs. We will continue our bid to climb up the table and these 3 results are a great start for our re-newed bid for Europe after a sticky patch in October.  |
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