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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24998143" data-attributes="member: 158020"><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/love.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":love:" title="Love    :love:" data-shortname=":love:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/love.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":love:" title="Love    :love:" data-shortname=":love:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/love.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":love:" title="Love    :love:" data-shortname=":love:" />Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United: Rashford and Martial land big win for Solskjaer<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/12/07/20/21950310-7767311-Rashford_and_de_Gea_embraced_after_full_time_as_United_withstood-a-1_1575751624672.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tasted sweet victory in the derby as his Manchester  United side stunned Manchester City with a 2-1 victory at the Etihad  Stadium.United  were brilliant in the first half, as impressive as they have  been in  the 12 months of their Norwegian manager's tenure, and a  penalty from  Marcus Rashford followed by Anthony Martial's sharp finish  made it their  day. A late Nicolas Otamendi header could not save the  hosts.City now sit 14 points behind leaders Liverpool  in the Premier League,  hopes of defending their title surely all but  extinguished by this  result. Questions will be asked of Pep Guardiola's  leadership, and how  he has allowed their defence to become such a  weakness.But for Solskjaer, months of speculation about his job security can be  swept aside for now. After beating Jose Mourinho's Tottenham  on  Wednesday and following up with a terrific performance against their   'noisy neighbours', United suddenly look a team to be reckoned with.United's first three attempts all forced Ederson to make sharp saves,   the goalkeeper denying Daniel James from the edge of the penalty area,   then a lively Jesse Lingard and the marauding Martial.And with  City in  disarray at the back, the fast-breaking visitors were handed a  penalty  after a VAR review when Rashford went down following a mazy run,   sideswiped by a clumsy Bernardo Silva challenge.Rashford slotted low and into the right corner for the 23rd-minute  opener, and the England  striker went close twice in the next four  minutes: firstly, when  stroking a shot just wide after City's defence  was unpicked by a  high-pace counter-attack, and then with a 20-yard  curling shot that hit  the crossbar.Martial gave United the two-goal lead they richly deserved in the  29th  minute when he swivelled and cracked a low, left-footed shot in off  the  base of the right post, after working the chance patiently with  James.City striker Gabriel Jesus might have narrowed the lead  before  half-time but headed wastefully wide from Kevin De Bruyne's  cross,  before the hosts were aggrieved to be denied a spot-kick by  referee  Anthony Taylor when Fred appeared to handle a cross.Guardiola made his  annoyance known in a passionate appeal to fourth official Mike Dean  before the second half began.United  centre-back Victor Lindelof made a superb intervention to thwart  De  Bruyne soon after the restart, deflecting the Belgian's thumping   shot over the crossbar.Fred was struck by an object thrown from home  supporters and appeared to suffer racist abuse from the same section.Otamendi  headed in an 85th-minute City consolation and fellow  substitute Riyad  Mahrez went close to a leveller moments later, denied  by a fine save by  David de Gea, but this was emphatically United's day.</blockquote>

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