We returned to the top of the Premier League as goals from David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan earned us three points at the Etihad Stadium.
On top of the delight of beating our neighbours, managed at the time by Jose Mourinho, a memorable moment saw us score following a 44-pass move.
That was the decisive third and was finished by Gundogan, who was the man on the end of the remarkable passage of play, collecting Bernardo Silva’s cross and firing past David De Gea after City had kept the ball for just under two minutes.
It was a goal which ended United’s hopes of salvaging a point in a derby Pep Guardiola’s side had dominated, with our boss stressing after the victory: “We deserved the win. We made a good performance.”
David Silva opened the scoring, bundling home an early goal to give us a narrow interval advantage.
Aguero fired in an unstoppable, rising drive to double our lead, following an exchange of passes with Riyad Mahrez.
United responded when Anthony Martial converted a penalty.
But Gundogan’s wonderful team-inspired goal ensured it was City enjoying derby joy.
Check out the best of the action from the game in the video above.
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