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Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United: A turgid derby had a dramatic twist as Amad Diallo stole the show and increased the misery on Pep Guardiola

Chris Wilson,Richard Jolly,Jamie Braidwood
Sunday 15 December 2024 21:37 GMT
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Amad Diallo scored a stunning winner for Manchester United to turn a dramatic derby as Manchester City collapsed again to continue their miserable run under Pep Guardiola.

Josko Gvardiol’s first-half header looked to have settled a clash that was low on quality, until Diallo punished a weak backpass from Matheus Nunes to win Ruben Amorim’s side a late penalty.

Bruno Fernandes stepped up to equalise as the clock ticked over to 90 minutes - before Diallo struck again to reach a through pass, flick the ball over Ederson, and squeeze a finish in to spark wild scenes in the away end.

The result means City have now lost eight of their last 11 games, while Amorim enjoyed his best moment yet in charge of United after starting the day by dropping both Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho.

But up stepped Diallo, who inspired an unthinkable comeback. Follow all of the latest from the Manchester derby in our live blog below:

Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United

93 mins

Plenty of nerves around the Etihad, from both sets of fans. It’s City with all the possession.

Chris Wilson15 December 2024 18:27

Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United

91 mins

There’ll be five minutes of added time here. Amad has been replaced by Victor Lindelof.

Chris Wilson15 December 2024 18:26

GOAL! Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United

90 mins

GOAL! And United have turned it around!

Martinez finds himself in space on the left and he looks up and picks out Amad, who has made the run in-between the centre-backs. His first touch knocks it over Ederson, and he then cushions in a finish at an angle!

Chris Wilson15 December 2024 18:25

Manchester City 1-1 Manchester United

89 mins

City have brought on Savinho for Gundogan as we approach 90 minutes.

Chris Wilson15 December 2024 18:23

GOAL! Manchester City 1-1 Manchester United

88 mins

Fernandes steps up to take the penalty after a little delay. He takes a slow run-up and fires a low effort into the right-hand corner, sending Ederson the wrong way.

Chris Wilson15 December 2024 18:22

PENALTY TO UNITED! Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United

86 mins

Penalty! They had it under control but Nunes sells Ederson short with the pass and Amad latches onto it. He’s in the box but rather than shoot, he waits and falls under the challenge from Nunes for a penalty.

Chris Wilson15 December 2024 18:20

Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United

84 mins

City win a cheap corner but United manage to get it away. The home side are in control as it stands.

Chris Wilson15 December 2024 18:19

Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United

82 mins

Martinez tries to play in an early cross and Mainoo reaches it, but he can only direct a header well over. City are happy to let United have the ball in those areas.

Chris Wilson15 December 2024 18:18

Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United

80 mins

More good work from Amad to skip past Nunes in the box, but Fernandes can’t get the ball under control and it goes out for a goal kick.

Chris Wilson15 December 2024 18:15

Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United

78 mins

Subs from United this time as Hojlund, Mazraoui and de Ligt come off for Joshua Zirkzee, Antony and Leny Yoro. Questionable changes, I’d say.

Chris Wilson15 December 2024 18:12

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