Man City vs Man Utd: Haaland stars in derby to punish Amorim's hapless Red Devils

Man City vs Man Utd: Haaland stars in derby to punish Amorim's hapless Red Devils

Ifeanyi Ufomadu 18:33 - 14.09.2025

Erling Haaland was the star of the show as Manchester City ran out 3-0 winners over city rivals Manchester United at the Etihad.

Manchester City were ruthless as they heaped the pressure on Ruben Amorim and his poor Manchester United side to win the derby comfortably.

Both sides were dealing with injury concerns going into this, with City boss Pep Guardiola forced into several changes from the side that lost 2-1 to Brighton before the international break.

There was plenty of intent showed by both sides in the early stages with Erling Haaland coming agonisingly close to opening the scoring, before Benjamin Šeško forced Gianluigi Donnarumma into his first save as Pep Guardiola’s goalkeeper. 

Altay Bayındır then survived one scare but was beaten in the 18th minute, as Jeremy Doku danced his way to the byline and crossed at the second attempt for Foden to head home his seventh career goal against United.

The second half started the same way, and City doubled their lead as Haaland finished brilliantly from a Doku through pass.

A mistake from Luke Shaw allowed Bernardo Silva to slip Haaland through 1v1 and the Norwegian finished with aplomb.

United threatened late on but City held on to secure all three points and provided the perfect response to their previous back-to-back defeats. They also inflicted yet more misery on a Man United side who have so far recorded one win in five matches this season.