Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez each scored a brace as Manchester City smashed Manchester United 4-1 in the Premier League.
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De Bruyne’s early opener was superbly cancelled out by former City prospect Jadon Sancho, only for the Belgium star to strike his second and Mahrez to grab a second-half brace in a deserved win against Ralf Rangnick’s wretched Red Devils.
The interim boss decided to play Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes as a front two against City, who all too easily bypassed United’s front six in the fifth minute.
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Bernardo Silva ended up with the ball and linked up with Jack Grealish down the left, before cutting back from the byline for De Bruyne to score from close range. United had somehow failed to track him.
United however looked well placed to counter and did so superbly in the 22nd minute.
The visitors attacked at pace and Pogba put Sancho through. The 21-year-old had a lot to do given he was up against Kyle Walker, but he cut past him and Rodri before bending a strike into the far corner from the edge of the box.
Sancho celebrated in front of City fans but that joy was short-lived.
Phil Foden sent a looping header onto the woodwork and produced a moment of magic in the 28th minute, when he superbly flicked the ball over Victor Lindelof and fired at De Gea.
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The United goalkeeper stopped that effort and Silva’s follow-up shot was blocked by Maguire, only for Alex Telles to inadvertently poke into the path of De Bruyne to score his second.
Any hope of a comeback was extinguished in the 68th minute. De Bruyne fired over a corner from the left and Mahrez met it with a superb half volley that flew in via a slight touch off Maguire.
The Algeria winger had another attempt and Cancelo tried an audacious acrobatic effort that would have gone down in derby folklore had it found the net.
City fans were in party mode. Mahrez and substitute Ilkay Gundogan had attempts, before the offside flag denied the former his second of the day.
But the video assistant referee intervened to overturn the initial decision and complete a 4-1 win.
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