Phil Foden, team player, scored Manchester City The Englishman scored the first goal against Manchester United, in the 56th minute of the match currently being held at the Etihad Stadium, City’s stronghold, in the twenty-seventh round of the English Premier League, making the result a 1-1 draw after… Rashford advances to United In the first half.
Man City vs Man United
🏴 Goal: Foden | Manchester City 1-1 Manchester United pic.twitter.com/UgXd8JqjJB
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English league standings
Manchester City enters tonight’s match in second place in the English Premier League table, with 59 points, behind Liverpool, the leaders, while Manchester United occupies sixth place with 44 points.
City had succeeded in achieving victory during the first round match of the current season in the Premier League, against United’s stronghold, “Old Trafford”, by three clean goals, in the tenth round of the competition.
The companions of Norwegian star Erling Haaland will play tonight’s match in high spirits after the crushing victory he achieved over Luton Town with six goals to two, in the fifth round of the FA Cup, of which the Norwegian striker scored 5 goals, and United also succeeded in overcoming Nottingham Forest in the same round. With difficulty, with a clean goal.
City coach Pep Guardiola is armed with a large group of his stars ready for tonight’s match, led by duo Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne, while winger Jack Grealish will be absent. On the other hand, United is suffering from a long list of injuries, most notably Danish top scorer Rasmus Hoylund, Luke Shaw, Wan-Bissaka and Lisandro Martinez.
Manchester United has historically excelled in its confrontations against Manchester City, with the Red Devils winning 61 times compared to City’s 49 wins, and 36 matches being tied. United scored 210 goals compared to 213 goals for the Citizens.
Manchester City succeeded in achieving victory over United in 4 of the last 5 matches between the two teams in various competitions, compared to one victory for the Red Devils.