Foden Inspires City’s Comeback To Claim Manchester Derby Victory Over United

Phil Foden scored twice in the second half for Manchester City to inspire a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium.

Marcus Rashford’s thumping long shot had given Erik ten Hag’s team an unlikely lead in the Manchester derby and Erling Haaland’s shocking miss from much closer range allowed United to retain the lead until the interval. But they could not hold on.

Foden found a fantastic strike of his own before putting City ahead with a low finish. Haaland finally found his goal in stoppage time to reflect his side’s dominance and end United’s run of 143 Premier League games without losing when leading at the break.

Ten Hag could point to a plan that worked for almost an hour and marginal decisions that went against his side but City were worthy winners. The victory extends their unbeaten run to 19 games and moves Pep Guardiola’s side back within one point of leaders Liverpool – who they play next Sunday, live on Sky Sports at 3.45pm.

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Ten Hag had claimed that Rashford could be unstoppable when at his best and that was the only way to describe his strike to stun City early on. Andre Onana’s long ball was held up by Bruno Fernandes, who was played onside by Nathan Ake, and Rashford did the rest.

It was a blistering riposte to those who had criticised his performances and gave United something to cling to – which they did for the rest of the first half as wave after wave of City attacks bore down on Onana’s goal. Guardiola’s side had 18 shots in the first half.