Centre-back: Vincent Kompany

The bold Belgian joined City in 2008 and was made club captain at the start of 2011-12. The club has won three Premier League titles under his leadership.
A hard tackling, no nonsense defender, Vincent Kompany uses his high octane marking to keep attackers at bay.
He scored the winner in an April 2012 Manchester derby, heading in from a corner.
Left0ack: Patrice Evra
Signed from Monaco in the winter transfer window of 2005-06, Evra had a rocky start at Old Trafford but soon started challenging Ashley Cole for the crown of the best left-back in the league.
A full back with high energy and work-rate, coupled with the ability to bombard down the flanks and also track back, Patrice Evra an indispensable member of multiple trophy-winning squads.
Central midfield: Roy Keane
A 'hard-man’ by nature, brimming with passion and inherent leadership, the Irishman has led the team out of the tunnel more than anyone else.
A winner of seven league titles and a treble, Keane made his biggest impact on this fixture and cemented his notorious disciplinary record, when he scythed down City player Alf-Inge Håland in an April 2001 derby, as payback for a tackle by the Norwegian at Elland Road in 1997, when Keane suffered a cruciate ligament injury.