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(Manchester United 0-0 Manchester City) A “canceled” penalty was the closest thing to a decision at Old Trafford.
Marcus Rashford received a play and a foul from compatriot Kyle Walker, who was saved by VAR by breaking in and refereeing offside.
It was a strangely tame and poor Manchester derby in which the teams seemed to neutralize each other entirely.
– Defensively we were fantastic. I am very happy with the defensive form. With the ball, we don’t create as much as we want, Ole Gunnar Solskjær tells Sky Sports.
That nearly 80 minutes passed before Harry Maguire signed up for the game’s first yellow card says more about the lack of temperature and intensity.
– Worst Manchester derby in modern history, believe Independentthe writer Miguel Delaney.
He is not the only one who is bored.
– What a bad game this, said former player Don Hutchison in Twitter.
– Without words, without life and with a desperate longing of spectators, writes Henry Winter in The times.
– It will be a different environment without the fans. Neither of us created many opportunities. It’s probably a clean cage, but it was frustrating for us not to have come from here with more, Manchester City stopper John Stones tells Sky Sports.
The genius of Bruyne
Both teams created a couple of dangerous mediums on set pieces, but it took more than half an hour before some of the teams managed to finish on goal.
Three minutes after Paul Pogba had missed a great opportunity to drop the ball to an open Mason Greenwood, Kevin de Bruyne showed his crazy vision.
The Belgian blasted the ball off Riyad Mahrez, but David de Gea characteristically saved with his legs.
DUEL: Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Pep Guardiola. Photo: PAUL ELLIS / X01348
Right after the break, Manchester United thought they had a penalty. Chris Kavanagh pointed to the penalty spot when Marcus Rashford was fouled, but VAR intervened when the United striker was half a meter offside.
A little later, Rashford tried a shot with his left foot, but the ball went to the side a few meters for goal.
Kevin de Bruyne had a good chance midway through the second half. Victor Lindelöf, who was a prominent figure with several important implications, blocked the Belgian’s attempt.
Pep de Solskjær’s impressive stats
Thus, the match ended goalless. It is the third time in a row that Manchester City has left the field goalless against Manchester United.
That represents a solid part of the 23 times Manchester City have left the field without scoring with Pep Guardiola (in a total of 252 games).
Manchester City and Manchester United have met six times under the leadership of Ole Gunnar Solskjær.
– I know we beat them a couple of times last season, but they were different games. “We were more in the game and we had more of the ball,” Solskjær tells Sky Sports.
The red jerseys won both league games last season (2-1 away and 2-0 at home). Manchester City drew the longest glass in the league cup, winning 3-1 at Old Trafford and losing 0-1 at Etihad.
Manchester United are now four points behind league leaders Tottenham with the same number of games played. The city is one point behind.
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