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
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.
Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
50 mins
The cameras show Amorim on the touchline with his head in his hands, almost bemused. It looks like reality is setting in for the Portuguese, if it hadn’t last week (or in the weeks before).
Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
48 mins
Mazraoui gets into space and has the right idea in threading a through ball in for Hojlund, but City deal with it well.
Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
46 mins
United’s first foray forwards ends with Mazraoui being flagged for offside despite some nice work from Mainoo in the box.
KICK-OFF! Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
United get the second half started at the Etihad.
HALF-TIME! Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
Both sides are emerging from the tunnel again, so we’ll be back underway soon.
HALF-TIME! Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
A curious half in Manchester, with both sides looking nervous and some very disjointed play in attack.
Even City’s goal prompted an irritate reaction from Guardiola, who was maybe annoyed at the short corner routine. The goal was fortuitous, but they’ve been the better of the two sides and will be fully aware of the lack of United threat if they can keep the game like this in the second half.
For United, it’s a remarkably similar situation – they’ve played okay at times but have lacked anything in attack. 42 per cent of their conceded goals this season have come from corners, apparently.
HALF-TIME! Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
HALF-TIME! Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
50 mins
HALF-TIME!
De Bruyne could arguably shoot from here, but the angle is tight...
He opts to clip a cross to Foden, but it runs to Ugarte and the half ends.
Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
48 mins
Another ridiculous moment from Dalot as he fires a diagonal pass right near the United area, and Foden narrowly misses out on taking it under control.
City attack again and Foden wriggles in between two challenges before his shot deflects off Maguire and forces Onana into making a save.
From the corner, Martinez brings down De Bruyne for a free-kick right on the left-hand edge of the area.
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