TBS
Manchester City’s goal-scoring machine Erling Haaland struck twice in a 3-0 Premier League thrashing of Manchester United on Sunday, giving Pep Guardiola’s side bragging rights in the latest edition of the derby.
Phil Foden also scored for City in his first start of the season, heading in Jeremy Doku’s cross in the 18th minute. Doku squeezed brilliantly through United’s defence and had his first cross blocked but dug out a second that Foden leapt to guide in.
Haaland, who has a remarkable seven goals this week for club and country, scored his first of the afternoon in the 53rd minute when Doku muscled past Lenny Yoro before sliding a pass to the big Norwegian who chipped the ball over goalkeeper Altay Bayindir.
The 25-year-old, who ran at United’s defence like a bulldozer all day, completed his double in the 68th when the visitors lost the ball. Haaland, lining up at the centre circle, easily outsprinted Harry Maguire to Bernardo Silva’s ball forward for another one-on-one with Bayindir.
“You could feel it from the fans, we needed this,” Haaland said. “You always want to win the derby but you could feel it extra today. I’m so relieved, so happy we managed to do it all together. We have to keep going. Today we’re super happy.”
The match lacked the intrigue of derbies past with both teams going into the game mid-table after sputtering starts.
City climbed to eighth with their second win from four, while United are 14th with just one victory.
