Manchester derby reaction: How City beat United, Donnarumma and Haaland dazzle, more

MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester City cruised to triumph successful the 197th Manchester derby, with 2 goals from Erling Haaland helped Pep Guardiola's broadside to a broad 3-0 triumph implicit Manchester United astatine the Etihad Stadium connected Sunday.

United regrouped good aft Haaland astir enactment City up wrong 20 seconds. After a choky opening period, determination was a infinitesimal of brilliance from Jérémy Doku to assistance interruption the deadlock arsenic helium nipped into the punishment country and crossed from Phil Foden to unfastened the scoring with a header aft 18 minutes. Foden and Doku were besides progressive erstwhile Haaland doubled City's pb aft half-time.

Gianluigi Donnarumma, making his debut from his deadline time accomplishment from Paris Saint-Germain, pulled disconnected a terrific prevention to halt a Bryan Mbeumo volley. Then things went from atrocious to worse for United arsenic Harry Maguire gave the shot distant to Bernardo Silva, who sent Haaland cleanable done to marque it 3-0 connected 69 minutes.

Here's what you request to cognize astir Sunday's crippled from Rob Dawson and Mark Ogden.

Man City request this resurgence from Foden if they're going to contend

Most of City's problems past play were enactment down to Rodri's absence, but Foden's dip successful signifier was besides a large factor. He was the champion subordinate successful the Premier League erstwhile they won the rubric successful 2023-24, notching 19 league goals and 27 successful each competitions. Last play it was down to 7 successful the league and 13 successful total.

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It was telling that Foden chose not to play for England successful the June internationals, citing his request for a rest. Speaking successful the U.S. astatine the Club World Cup, helium said that the interruption had done him bully and it was a lawsuit of "new season, caller me."

It's taken him a portion to get going, but his show successful the derby could beryllium a launchpad for the remainder of the campaign. He ghosted into the container to people City's archetypal with a delicate header, and helium was captious successful the lead-up to the second, with a clever interaction to Doku to acceptable up Haaland.

The magnitude of changes astatine the Etihad implicit the past twelvemonth gives the squad a transitional feel. Foden is 1 of the constants, however, and if helium tin get backmost to his signifier from 2 years ago, City volition beryllium an wholly antithetic prospect. -- Dawson

Donnarumma shows that prime counts

The pre-match statement up of the derby centred connected the goalkeepers and the large decisions made by some clubs connected deadline time astir their fig ones. United stepped backmost from a determination for Aston Villa's Emiliano Martínez and alternatively signed Belgian youngster Senne Lammens from Royal Antwerp earlier shipping André Onana retired connected indebtedness to Trabzonspor. City, meanwhile, sealed a woody for Paris Saint-Germain's Gianluigi Donnarumma --...