5 Greatest Manchester Derbies of the Premier League Era

The City-United affair has always been an exhilarating one
The City-United affair has always been an exhilarating one

#3 Manchester City 4-1 Manchester United (22 September 2013)

Manchester City celebrates a goal against Manchester United
Manchester City celebrates a goal against Manchester United

Everyone in the footballing fraternity had projected Manchester United to undergo a tough campaign after Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down as the manager and David Moyes took charge. And, a rather early clash against their noisy neighbours was enough to prove just that.

In what was Moyes' first Manchester derby, Manuel Pellegrini's men mercilessly humiliated their cross-town rivals with a 4-1 scoreline.

Sergio Aguero opened the scoring for Man City in the 16th minute, volleying an Aleksander Kolarov cross in the back of the net.

An unmarked Yaya Toure then stepped up to aggravate the pain with a simple finish following an Alvaro Negredo touch from a Samir Nasri corner in the stoppage time of the first half.

City poured more water on United's hopes of making a trademark comeback as Aguero netted for the second time, making the score 3-0. Samir Nasri put a Jesus Navas cross to justice three minutes later and completed the humiliation. All United bagged from the clash was a consolation free-kick goal from Wayne Rooney.

The clash sits just next beside another famous and ignominious loss United suffered at the hands of their rivals.

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