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Away from the top of the standings, beating Etihad and driving Manchester City away from the title can become Manchester United's greatest achievement this season in the Premier League . The red devils took the derby from the city on Saturday afternoon with a spectacular deployment to the counterattack, taking advantage of the casualties and weakness of the Guardiola in defense and surpassing Ederson , first Rashford of penalty after VAR review and then Martial with a great left-footed shot stuck to the left post of the Brazilian goal.
The 'citizens', led in attack by David Silva, Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne , hit each other again and again against the defensive wall and showed one more week certain defects in their offensive structure. Too much possession, too much horizontality in the passes and too slow in their attempts.
The United, crouched back and hoping to go against it with Lingard, James, Rashford and Martial , saw the door in the first 45 minutes and only had to wait for the City to fail to run back to Ederson.
Otamendi put the 1-2 head on 84 and De Gea saved with a great hand and good hit from Mahrez attached to the discount. And Guardiola, angry during the first half by the decisions of the VAR, ended up shaking hands with the members and retiring to the locker room with his eyes lost on the floor of the stadium.
The defeat Manchester City , the second of the last five games after falling in Liverpool (3-1), added to the draw achieved in Newcastle and the continuous victories of Jurgen Klopp , the last 3-0 against Bournemouth , leave the Guardiola to fourteen points of the 'red' leadership with Leicester in between, eleven of the leader.
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