Man City vs Manchester United LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Amad Diallo turns dramatic derby
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
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 1-0 Manchester United
64 mins
United fans want a penalty as there’s a coming together in the box between Dias and Hojlund. It looks like the Portuguese’s leg has taken him down, but the referee isn’t interested.
Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
63 mins
SAVE! Ederson’s first real save of the game as Dalot cuts back to Fernandes, who clips a diagonal cross into the box. Amad glances a header goalwards, forcing Ederson to get across and parry out for a corner.
Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
Rather pedestrian fare from two uninspired teams in an error-riddled game. City at least have a lot of people in midfield, which Guardiola prefers. United were arguably the better side for the period around the goal, but still find themselves one down and, some Amad runs aside, not looking likely to equalise in a side that now seems overloaded with defenders. The attackers on the bench are, er, Zirkzee and Antony.
Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
61 mins
Finally some innovation from United as Diallo runs at the City defence, but his promising run is ended as he gets into the box. Once again, the hosts are happy to sit back when United do have the ball.
Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
59 mins
City, and in particular Foden, are finding more space between the lines at the moment, with the England man going close to slipping a through ball to Haaland a couple of minutes ago.
Moments later, Nunes’ clipped ball over the top just outruns the Norwegian.
Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
57 mins
United are enjoying a bit of possession but City look happy to let them have it. It ends with Fernandes playing another poor pass that’s intercepted near halfway.
Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
55 mins
Another poor United attack comes to nothing as there’s no space for Mazraoui and Amad, before Fernandes fires a speculative cross straight out of play. So poor from the visitors.
Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
52 mins
The corner goes short but De Bruyne’s cross is easily cleared. Perhaps strange that City aren’t just firing it into the box considering United’s recent corner woes.
Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
51 mins
A real lack of quality on show in the last few minutes, with two United attacks breaking down after a poor pass from Doku, before Fernandes fires a free-kick straight to a City man and Doku wins a corner.
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