Quite deservedly Manchester City footballers beat city rivals United 1-0 in the final match of 36th Premier league rounds and return to the first place two rounds before the end.
Defender and captain of the home team, the Belgian midfielder Vincent Kompany, scored in the first minute of penalty time of the first half’s only goal in the match after hitting with his head on David Silva’s cross from the right corner kick .It was Silva´s 14th Premier League assists this season and he is the first assistant to league, while for the City it was 14 season goal from the corner, which is the best performance among Premier League clubs.
Roberto Mancini players were in every way better team than the of Sir Alex Ferguson, who has not sent a single shot to the goal post of Joe Hart. United players shot 4 times towards City goal.
On the other hand, the City sent on goal by David De Gea 15 shots, of which three in the post.
During the entire 90 minutes of Ferguson’s team has been worrying unworthy rival superior domestic composition, and therefore spilled eight points surplus ahead as far as United had in relation to the City, in the last four rounds do not surprised.
Still this surprised the visiting team’s Scottish manager, who in the 76th minute of the game verbally clashed violently with a colleague Mancini halfway between the coaching bench. Their colleagues managed to calm them, and Ferguson shook hands after the match opposing coach.
Two rounds before the end Man City is on the top , aligned with United. Since the score is equal,and if it remains the same at the end of the season, the title will belong to “citizens”.
In the last two rounds City first guest at Newcastle, and then host QPR. United first welcomes Swansea , then will play away match against Sunderland.
Highlights : Manchester City – Manchester United 1-0 (Kompany
45+1)
Manchester City: Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy; Yaya Toure, Barry; Silva, Nasri; Tevez, Aguero.
Manchester United: De Gea; Jones, Smalling, Ferdinand, Evra; Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Park; Rooney
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