Manchester City 6-3 Manchester United: Erling Haaland and Phil Foden hat-tricks seal memorable win on the Etihad Stadium

Erling Haaland and Phil Foden scored hat-tricks as Manchester City dished out a derby day thrashing to Manchester United, halting any speak of rejuvenation from their rivals with a thumping 6-3 win.

Homegrown City star Foden (8, 44, 72) can have revelled within the end result as a lot as anybody contained in the Etihad and this may go down as one of many career-high days for the 22-year-old. He had not scored towards United earlier than however received his aspect up and working then flew to 51 targets for his membership in model as City embarrassed their neighbours.

It was the primary hat-trick of Foden’s profession – however they’re turning into a behavior for his unbelievable team-mate Haaland (34, 37, 64). The Norwegian had hit three in every of his previous two Premier League appearances on the Etihad and made it a treble of trebles with one other great masterclass of ahead play on Sunday.

His first two – sandwiched between Foden’s first-half finishes – got here courtesy of extra sensible mixture play between the striker and Kevin De Bruyne, with the Premier League’s high scorer and high assist-maker producing some breath-taking strikes to assist make it 4-0 on the break.

His conversion from sub Sergio Gomez’s cross within the second half has taken him to 14 Premier League targets in simply eight appearances. They’re astronomical numbers from the summer season signing. De Bruyne’s eight assists places him effectively on the right track for a document in that class too.

While City have a good time, United might be reflecting on one other wretched first half. With Ilkay Gundogan additionally hitting a publish from a free-kick, it may have been worse for the guests on the break – however not a lot. “I can’t believe how bad Man Utd have been,” mentioned Roy Keane on Sky Sports on the interval. By that time, massive numbers of United supporters within the away finish had already left the stadium.

They missed a magnificence from new signing Antony (56), who pulled one again with a stunner from 25 yards, and a few late consolations from sub Anthony Martial (84, 90+1), together with one from the penalty spot after he was tripped by Joao Cancelo, however City’s fourth win on the spin on this fixture was by no means doubtful. It was additionally a actuality verify for any United supporters getting carried away by their four-game profitable run since they had been final 4-0 down after 45 minutes at Brentford.

The end result strikes City again to inside a degree of Premier League leaders Arsenal and searching very very like main gamers within the race for that crown as soon as once more. United stay sixth – and a good distance off.

How City humbled United

City had been dominant from the primary whistle and had the guests scrambling in their very own purpose mouth inside three minutes. Scott McTominay and David de Gea one way or the other stored Bernardo Silva and De Bruyne at bay on that event however there was no stopping Foden a couple of minutes later, when he capitalised on some unfastened marking from Christian Eriksen.

oden’s England colleague Jack Grealish turned in one in all his greatest performances in a City shirt and tormented the United defence. Diogo Dalot was booked contained in the opening moments making an attempt to cease him and Gundogan rattled the woodwork after Grealish received one other free-kick. He teed up De Bruyne to pull broad and noticed his personal effort blocked by Lisandro Martinez.

With the stress on United intense, a second purpose for the hosts appeared inevitable – though United had complaints that Raphael Varane was down injured after blocking a shot when De Bruyne’s effort was tipped over for a nook, and the centre again was off the pitch when the Belgian’s set-piece was swung in for Haaland to go in his twelfth of the marketing campaign.

They may solely blame themselves as City motored away from them, although. De Bruyne and Haaland mixed once more splendidly for the third, with the striker stretching out his lengthy limbs on the again publish to poke in a trademark supply from his team-mate. Haaland then turned supplier himself, pulling off a De Bruyne impression to cross for Foden to faucet in his fiftieth for Man City.

As United supporters flooded out of the Etihad earlier than the half-time whistle had sounded, Sir Alex Ferguson appeared on from the stands unimpressed.

Antony – nameless within the first half – all of the sudden popped up with an excellent purpose to spark a glimmer of hope however his second purpose in two Premier League video games light into insignificance as Haaland after which Foden accomplished their hat-tricks.

Anthony Martial – despatched on for the underwhelming Marcus Rashford forward of Cristiano Ronaldo – made his personal case for extra recreation time within the coming weeks with a late double, heading in Fred’s parried shot earlier than changing a wonderful penalty after Cancelo’s clumsy journey.

But they had been solely transient moments of aid for the travelling supporters nonetheless contained in the Etihad by that time, who had seen their aspect introduced crashing again right down to earth after current type raised hopes of a fast turnaround underneath Erik Ten Hag.

Keane: An enormous step again, United ought to be embarrassed

Sky Sports’ Roy Keane:

“There’s nothing for United to take out from this game. The players should be embarrassed. You can’t go into half-time 4-0 down in a derby game.

“It’s massively embarrassing, as sensible as City had been United had been determined, significantly in midfield. They had been over-ran in midfield and defensively they had been everywhere in the store. Again we take a look at management… there was nothing there from Man Utd.

“If you’re giving players like De Bruyne time and space, you’re looking for trouble. United got punished and rightly so. Top level sport is fantastic but it’s brutal. Today, it was brutal for Manchester United as when you’re not quite at it, you get hammered by your local rivals.

“United have an skilled workforce on the market. City had been lacking gamers, however whoever comes into the workforce is pure high quality. That’s what they’ve whereas Man Utd appeared far and wide.

“At a big club like Manchester United, you wonder what it must be like for the players sat in the dressing room 4-0 down at half-time. It must be bizarre, but then these players are getting used to it as they were 4-0 down at Brentford.

“The supervisor have to be scratching his head together with his employees as there was progress within the final 4 video games, however this can be a large step again.”

What’s subsequent?

Man City host Copenhagen within the Champions League on Wednesday at 8pm, earlier than Man Utd journey to Omonia within the Europa League on Thursday at 5.45pm.

City then host Southampton within the Premier League on Saturday at 3pm, earlier than United journey to Everton on Sunday at 7pm.