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13 mins: Clichy lucky not to be booked for hauling back Januzaj.
12 mins: Fussy refereeing gives City a free when Navas goes past Luke Shaw. If Shaw youched him, it must have been gossamer-gentle because both players looked surprised.
9 mins: United have a spell of the ball in the CIty half. Clever, patient work from United. RVP chests the ball down and Januzaj volleys wide. United have a three v two advantage in the centre. This is a tactical failing we have seen from Pellegrini in the past.
7 mins: Good skill by Navas allows City to move forward, Aguero finds some room in the box and drills a hard shot at De Gea but it was always going to be hard from that angle. Rojo had played him onside...
6 mins: No space on offer for either midfield, Jovetic dropping back to make up the numbers. Congested.
4 mins: Rooney wasteful with the ball. Navas finds a yard of space down the right but his cross is awful. Kiran Kulkarni writes:
The following is a piece from my mail which I sent on 23rd Oct 2011 to Telegraph MBM (Jonathan Liew) when City thrashed United 6-1..
"United deserved this for over-praising and over-relying on the young brigade like Welbeck, Evans and company," writes Kiran Kulkarni. "There is no creativity in midfield. Against top teams Man U will be exposed. Barca will tear them apart. Scholes will be missed dearly. Need a talisman in the middle."
I don't think anything has changed w.r.t. United apart from Moyes episode & some shopping of few expensive individuals..
The main problem still needs to be resolved. The defense & signing a muscular midfielder of Makalele/Toure type..
Smalling, Valencia in defense says it all. It's shame that club of United's stature couldn't find no-nonsense defenders to re-establish the backline during in last three years.
I fancy the repeat of 2011 scoreline unless Pellegrini decides to take things easy due to his own defensive worries..
2 mins: Decent skill from Fellaini as he spins on the ball away from a tackle and frees RVP down the right... Offside again.
1 mins: Demichelis adjudged to have fouled Robin VP when they go up for a header. Di Maria plays it in but Rojo is well offside.
13.29 And it's the Reds who will kick off.
13.28 And here's Man City. Clichy confirmed as the replacement for Kolarov.
13.26 Here's the Man United line-up...
13.24 Clichy will replace Kolarov.
13.23 Hard for me to check this on the hoof but people are saying that United's team is the most expensive in Premier League history.
13.20 Rafael was injured in training. And talking of full-backs, it looks like Kolarov may be limping in the warm up. Well, he is limping I mean. What I mean is, looks like he may be injured and may need replaced.
13.18 Souey on Fellaini. "I think he should be a centre forward. I don't see him long-term as a centre midfielder for United. I just don't think he's got enough football in him."
13.15 The modern blight of the half-and-half scarf:
13.08 Angel Di Maria has said the Spanish equivalent of "the form-book goes out of the window in derbies" on a pre-match interview. How wonderful to be exposed to cliches in other languages.
13.01 "Will Toure take part in the match today? Milner is the one solid player they've got in there." Graeme Souness thinks that some of City's big names have failed to deliver in big games recently.
12.58 City have another major match coming up. Here's some news on that from Mark Ogden:
Manchester City will play in front a sell-out crowd in Wednesday's Champions League clash against CSKA Moscow after offering fans two seats for the price of one.
Manuel Pellegrini's team must beat the Russian champions at the Etihad Stadium in order to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the knock-out stages.
But having failed to fill the ground for the 1-1 draw against AS Roma in September -- only 37,509 fans attended the game -- City have offered the incentive of supporters being able to buy two tickets for the price of one.
CSKA supporters are banned from attending the game due to a Uega sanction imposed following the 'racist behaviour' of fans in Rome in September.
But with City taking the novel approach to selling tickets for the game, the club are now expecting a full house on Wednesday.
12.57 There's David Silva on crutches, that's not good to see. I love watching that little dude.
12.50 Gary Neville is interviewing Noel Gallagher about the match and Man City in general. Leave some jobs for the rest of us, eh our Gary? Noel himself has turned football interviewer in the past, hasn't he? Didn't he interview Mario once? Anywhere, here he is:
"I don't like the hypocrisy of Man United, having a go at City for spending money. As soon as the big bad wolf's out the door it's raining tenners."
He's also told Gary Neville that the sleeve artwork for his new single will be "a little dartboard with your face on it."
12.47 Has Marouane been worf eeet for Man U? Moyesie says aye. You say?
12.45 Pretty good news for Argentine fans, all this. Plenty of their lads on display. Here's Angel Di Maria on the joys and difficulties of playing against your compatriots.Di Maria: City's Argentines are friends, but not today
12.42 Interesting choice to start Jovetic over Dzeko. Anyone got any insight into the thinking behind that?
12.41 So. Who do you fancy then?
12.38 And no Nasri, which is mildly annoying for us cos we had him as the main picture in our blog. Typical. Perhaps his girlfriend Anara Atanes should do some irate tweeting at Manuel P for leaving her guy out of the XI. What an absolute ledge she was. Mind when he didn't make the French WC squad?
"F*** france and f*** deschamps! What a s*** manager!," she tweeted.
And added: "Incase u didnt read my tweet properly.... Ill repeat myself..... f*** FRANCE!!!!! And f*** deschamps!"
12.32 So Rafael not in the match-day squad. Mata dropped to the bench, no massive surprise there.LVG still obliged to pair Smalling and Rojo in central defence.
12.31 And here they are with the subs.
Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Kolarov, Jesus Navas, Toure, Fernando, Milner, Aguero, Jovetic. Subs: Sagna, Nasri, Dzeko, Caballero, Clichy, Fernandinho, Boyata.
Man Utd: De Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Rojo, Shaw, Blind, Fellaini, Januzaj, Di Maria, van Persie, Rooney. Subs: Mata, Lindegaard, Carrick, Ander Herrera, Fletcher, McNair, Wilson.
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
12.30 Here are the teams.
City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kolarov, Demichelis, Kompany, Fernando, Yaya Toure, Navas, Milner, Jovetic, Aguero.
United: De Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Rojo, Shaw, Blind, Fellaini, Januzaj, Rooney, Di Maria, van Persie
12.27 Brave wee Moyesie has popped up to claim that Marouane Fellaini is actually doing great for United and he told you so ner ner ner. Well, that's what one half decent performance will earn you, I guess. Read all about it.
Ahead of today's Manchester derby, Moyes wrote in the Mail: "I’ve watched him in the last two games and he has been first class. He’s had an influence on the games, which is what you look to your bigger players to do. And I think he’s played an important part in helping United gain some momentum going into today’s Manchester derby.
"There were times last season, when things were tough, when we spoke. But I told him then that he would become a top United player if he continued to work hard.
"I’m delighted he’s settled down now and he’s beginning to be appreciated for what he is - a fine footballer who was definitely worth the effort as well as the money."
12.26 Manchester United played Mancehster City - what happened next will shock and amaze you CLICKHERE
12.25 Sorry, that read like one of those weird "One weird trick to get rid of bdy fat..." clickbait come-ons, didn't it?
12.24 Where do you reckon the Manchester derby stands in the pantheon of English football rivalries? Our findings may surprise you...
12.20 Have you had a butcher's at Jonathan Liew's Van Gaal Dossier? It's VG.
12.16 Our Northern Football Correspondent, Mark Ogden, meanwhile says that United are on a hiding to nothing at the Etihad. Agree?
It was once the game that Manchester United never lost, but it has now become the fixture that they cannot win.
When Louis van Gaal’s United travel to Manchester City on Sunday for the 168th Manchester derby, they will make the five-mile journey across town as underdogs - outsiders in a two-horse race that had become an insignificance for the red half of the city.
Despite United’s dramatic late fightback against Chelsea last Sunday and the signs that Van Gaal is beginning to banish the gloom of David Moyes’ disastrous 10-month reign as manager, Sunday offers the true test of United’s progress and the harsh reality is that they are still not ready for the examination they face at the Etihad Stadium.
12.12 Really interesting on the technical side of things, that Neville piece.
With England, I worked under a great coach in Don Howe, who was Terry Venables's defensive expert. He talked to me specifically about my feet and head movements. He would employ physios to lift up different coloured bibs on the opposite side to where the attack was coming. You could see the four defenders synchronizing their head movements. We had to shout the colour of the bib. If you failed, Don would yell: "You're ball watching!"
Don had a strong voice. I remember us conceding a goal against Japan in the Umbro Cup in my first game for England. Terry Venables was telling us how well we youngsters had done when Don cut him off and said: "Whoa, you may be happy, but I'm not. We conceded a goal from a set piece and that's ridiculous. We worked on that in training."
In youth team football I had problems one-on-one with moving my hips. I was quite stiff. United sent me to a mobility coach who worked on my feet movements: how close they needed to be to the ground to increase traction. We were taken into Eric Harrison's office to study the defending of Maldini and Costacurta in the great AC Milan team.
12.06 To my inexpert eye, the problems with Man Utd seem to stem from inadequate personnel at the back. Here though is a very expert eye indeed, Gary Neville, to talk you through the state of modern defending. This is a really excellent piece, well worth a look.
The death of an ex-playing TV pundit is when he continually says: "In my day it was like this - and it was better". I find myself feeling that the Premier League is a far superior place than when I set out in 1992 - but one area of slippage is defending, as Sunday's Manchester derby may illustrate.
Both clubs have amassed a vast array of firepower. Yet each is currently struggling to balance defence with attack at a time of huge change in the way the game is played.
12.04 Manchester United, for their part, could also badly do with at least a point here. They nicked a draw at home to Chelsea last week, celebrating like they'd won the European Cup.
12.00 Hello everyone, and welcome to live blog coverage of this hugely exciting Manc derby. Both teams are in a pickle and both of them desperately need a result today. City haven't won in four matches, held to a draw in Europe that makes them most unlikely to qualify for the next round of the Champions League, well beaten by West Ham in the Prem and then dumped out of the League Cup by Newcastle, who had previously been their bunnies for many a long season. All things considered, Manuel Pellegrini just cannot afford not to win this match.
Hello and welcome to our minute-by-minute coverage of Manchester City v Manchester United. It's a huge game, with neither team having picked up nearly as many points as they would have liked this season - City are now nine points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea, and United 13 points behind.
A few years ago Sir Alex Ferguson made headlines (when didn't he?) by calling City the "noisy neighbours", but this year it seems United have taken on that mantle. Louis van Gaal has been reminding everyone on the eve of this contest that "United are the much bigger club", having spent about £150m in the summer transfer window, but whether they have the better team remains very much in doubt.
In the meantime, here are some more details on the match in our match preview.
Here is an excellent piece by Jim White on how Van Gaal's words mask worries.
And here is what we think the line-ups will be...
Manchester City (Possible, 4-2-3-1): Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy; Touré, Fernando; Navas, Agüero, Nasri; Dzeko.
Man Utd (Possible, 4-2-3-1): De Gea; Rafael, Smalling, Rojo, Shaw; Blind,Carrick; Herrera, Rooney, Di María; Van Persie.
Referee: Michael Oliver
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