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Last one, I promise, Houston, we've got a United victory. That was fairly routine from a vastly superior United side as an understandably rusty City outfit failed to keep up with a United side that seems to be gelling well in and off the field.
Pretty fun for an exhibition game this, and one can only hope that the remaining ICC fixtures are just as entertaining
90' Jesus looks to show there's still fight in the blue half and he muscles past two United players before being unceremoniously dumped to the ground by Phil Jones.
87' City pass-pass-pass harmlessly in front of the United defence - before Nasri attempts another of those pretty little jinks, which Fosu Mensah does well to clear.
86' Walker tries to run in behind Darmian, but the Italian did well to prevent the ball from getting around him - if he had, there'd be only one winner in the footrace
83' WOOOOF! NASRI PLAYS THE PASS OF THE MATCH, A SUBLIME OUTSIDE OF THE BOOT LOB THROUGH TO JESUS BUT THE BRAZILIAN CAN'T GET A GOOD ENOUGH TOUCH ON IT and it's a goalkick
79' UFF! Pogba is all athletic power isn't he.... he outpowers and out-tricks Mangala on the left touchline before lifting a smart ball into the box that Fellaini gets absolutely no purchase on with his header
78' GOOOONOOOO! Lukaku has the ball in the net, but it's after the refs had pulled up Jones for being offside... from the corner, a completely, ludicrously, free Fellaini headed into the centre where Jones, completely, ludicrously, free stabbed it at goal (twice) where Ederson pulled off a stunning save (two, actually).... Jones, though, was offside and that saves City's defence their blushes
77' Another sweeping United corner results in a corner as Valencia plays in Pogba and the Frenchman wins it off Mangala. Meanwhile, Mourinho throws on Andreas Perreira and Timothy Fosu-Mensah for Valencia and Lingard
75' Samir Nasri then turns on the afterburners to win a corner off Darmian... the set-piece is played short, and you know the thing about short-corners and Adam Sandler movies - they aren't too good an idea.
73' It's cleared well by Mangala... BUT OOOO CITY!!!! DIAZ ALMOST RUNS ONTO A CLEVER JESUS PASS BUT ROMERO JUMPS OVER HIM TO PUNCH IT AWAY.... IT LANDS STRAIGHT AT PHIL FODEN'S FEET BUT IT'S ON HIS WEAKER RIGHT AND HE SMACKS IT INTO THE HOUSTON NIGHT
71' Stones wafts a nice little ball out to Sane, but once again he's outmuscled by Valencia... Nasri then tries to pick out Sane, but the two are not on the same wavelength just yet - and it's a goal kick.
70' Walker has been impressive today - and he stops Paul Pogba in his tracks as the unusually quiet French superstar tries to force his way into the game.
66' City still stroking the ball around in the middle of the park... till Walker tries to pick out Sane on the left. Valencia almost makes a hash of it, but the Ecuadorian recovers. City come roaring back forward and Walker puts in neat litte cross that Phil Jones does well to slide in ahead of Jesus.
63' City are still the passing the ball around nearly in midfield but as Carrick's tackle on young Diaz just showed they are lacking it that oooomph in the final third
61' City work some neat little triangles down their left flank with Sane, Jesus and Mangala but United muscle them out.... United make a raft of subs as Martial, Fellaini and Carrick come on for Rashford, Mkhitaryan and Herrera
56' OW OW OW! Romero almost makes an absolute clown of himself by passing the ball straight to Gabriel Jesus - but the Brazilian is too close to control the ball and Romero scrambles clear. At the other end Fernandinho has been returned to his natural middle-of-the-park position and he makes a smart tackle to stop a Mkhitaryan gambol forward
55' Leroy Sane tries to dribble his way past Valencia, but the Ecuadorian stands his ground and that's that for the City attack... United move forward and Rashford absolutely out powers Mangala - the powerful Frenchman doesn't like it one bit and hugs him to the ground. Yellow says Mr. Elfath
54' OH MY LUKAKU! THE BIG BELGIAN IS ALSO TURNING IT ON! He turns Stones like the latter is a training cone before absolutely smashing a left-footed curler right onto the junction of the crossbar and the post. THUD!
52' OH MY RASHFORD! THAT LAD CAN BLOODY WELL PLAY! He tries to Beckham-curl-chip a superb effort from far out on the right wing but Ederson ensures he doesn't embarrass himself on debut by diving away to claw the ball away. WOOF, though!
49' Nasri pitter-patters his way through the middle of the field and wins himself a free kick near the centre circle. City proceed to go pass-pass-pass
48' OOO! FULL LIST OF CITY SUBSTITUTIONS - Leroy Sane, Gabriel Jesus, Samir Nasri, Brahim Diaz, Eliaquim Mangala, John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi ON. EVERYONE FROM THE FIRST HALF, OFF!
47' United pass the ball around with Guardiola-esque patience before Jones has enough of the niff-naff and smashes one forward for Lukaku - he's marshaled away well by Otamendi.
46' MULTIPLE SUBSTITUTIONS ALERT! Romero on for de Gea; Darmian on for Blind; Jones on for Smalling, Bailly on for Lindelof... while for city Stones and Nasri are on; will confirm for whom as soon as possible
The utterly fantastic "Seven Nation Army" blares out from the stadium speakers as the two teams jog on....btw, RIP Chester Bennington; in the end it really DOES matter. Hope you've found peace finally, big man.
WHY DOES GUARDIOLA THINK MIDFIELDERS CAN PLAY ANYWHERE? Fernandinho at left-back in a competitive match will get absolutely pulverized... just as he was last season.
45' Patrick Roberts does well to roll around Blind's challenge and win a freekick off the Dutchman. Yellow for Blind and freekick in a dangerous position for City...
44' OOOO ANOTHER CITY CORNER, ANOTHER UNITED COUNTER! Lingard runs down the right before cutting it back for Pogba who in turn tries to chip it into Lukaku, but it's routine for Kompany. Valencia tries his hand at whipping one in, but it's too close to Ederson
42' Kompany saves Fernandinho his blushes as Valencia and Rashford combine with a simple 1-2 to get in behind the Brazilian... Yaya Toure, who looks utterly fed up already it has to be said, smashes into Mkhitaryan and it's a yellow for the Ivorian great
MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0 MANCHESTER CITY
Last one, I promise, Houston, we've got a United victory. That was fairly routine from a vastly superior United side as an understandably rusty City outfit failed to keep up with a United side that seems to be gelling well in and off the field.
Pretty fun for an exhibition game this, and one can only hope that the remaining ICC fixtures are just as entertaining
Anirudh Menon signing out, thanks for reading!
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