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Manchester United 1-6 Manchester City (October 23, 2011)
Despite the gains made by Manchester City at the start of the decade, Manchester United fans refused to accept the club's rising profile, with Sir Alex Ferguson disparagingly referring to them as the 'noisy neighbours' and swore that it would be 'over his dead body' that the Cityzens would win the Premier League.
The first step to changing this narrative came when the blue half of Manchester visited Old Trafford in October 2011.
At that point, the two clubs occupied the top two positions on the table and this match was seen as an opportunity for Manchester United to put their ambitious neighbours in check.
It, however, turned out differently than expected, with Manchester City thumping the hosts in a 6-1 defeat which happened to be their worst home loss since 1955 (when City themselves beat them 5-0).
The half-time ended 1-0 in favour of the Cityzens but few would have predicted the decimation to follow, with Mario Balotelli adding to his first-half strike (proceeding to unveil the iconic 'Why Always Me' tee-shirt), while Sergio Aguero and David Silva also got in on the act with Edin Dzeko wrapping things up with a brace.
Darren Fletcher had earlier scored for the hosts to make it 3-1 and their efforts were undoubtedly compounded by a red card issued to Johnny Evans.
This win was worth more than just three points to Manchester City and the margin of victory played a major role in not only deciding the title race but also gave them bragging rights against their more illustrious neighbours.
