Manchester United vs Manchester City: Key Talking Points

#5 Romelu Lukaku is more a cub right now than a full-grown leopard

Romelu Lukaku smacks the ball into Ederson under pressure from Fernandinho

No one feels Pogba's absence more than Romelu Lukaku. The striker, who after breaking Belgium's all-time goal-scoring record said "I don’t think many strikers of my generation have as many goals as me. I am like a leopard in the box.” looked toothless and a bit fragile out there in the heat of the derby.

While borrowing Zlatan Ibrahimovic's turn of phrase is alright, he still doesn't have the overwhelming personality and the consistency in performance that the Swede has - his hurried right-footed shot off Lingard's smart through reeked of a lack of self-confidence that no amount of bluster can hide while he really ought to have found something other than Ederson's face/neck from three yards out when Martial gifted it to him on a plate - the more chances he bottle in big games, the more his detractors will be... and even though I for one fully believe that it's just a matter of time before he comes good, the mad world of twitter-fed claustrophobic pressure may not be so kind on him.

Ederson Saves better than David de Gea pic.twitter.com/inmQnYYAiI

— Kunda Mwewa (@mwewa_kunda) December 10, 2017

Oh, and the less we speak about his defending the better