After the win over Villarreal, United did not stay overnight in Spain and flew back to Manchester non-stop as a heavyweight match awaits them at the weekend. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Back in Manchester, after a day of rest, the United players returned to Carrington to start their preparations.

Also at Manchester City's training base, their players are also preparing for the game in earnest.

However, the form of the players on the training pitch did not seem to satisfy their manager, and Mark Hughes, who was standing on the sidelines, still frowned.

It stands to reason that they beat Arsenal 3-0 at home in the last round, so they should be happy.

With all three points from the win over Arsenal, Mark Hughes was indeed happy.

But looking at the team's standings, he couldn't be happier.

After 14 rounds of the league, they have only five wins and two draws, and are in 12th place in the standings. In the past, Manchester City's management would have been happy, but not now.

With Thaksin Shinawatra in charge last season, City led the league in the first half of the season. However, after Thaksin's corruption crisis, Manchester City's results plummeted, and finally at the end of the season, they only fell into the middle of the table, missing out on European competition. Thaksin, who was embezzled in corruption cases, had no choice but to sell Manchester City at the end of the season. However, Manchester City was not affected financially by this, and Thaksin's departure allowed the wealthier Abu Dhabi consortium to take over, and Manchester City became even richer. Manchester City, who received an abundant injection of funds, became a rare trench in the world overnight.

In the same way as after Abramou took over Chelsea, the cheque-wielding Manchester City team intercepted Chelsea's Hu as soon as they received sufficient funds, spending £32.5 million to bring in Brazilian cyclist Robinho from Real Madrid. Robinho, who joined at the whistle, became the Premier League's summer transfer king.

Manchester City, which itself has received an injection of funds from Thaksin, has made frequent moves in the summer.

Before bringing in Robinho, they spent £14 million to bring in Wright Phillips and Ben Haim from Chelsea. Then another £6.5 million was spent to bring in Argentine Olympic captain full-back Zabaleta from Espanyol. Brazilian centre-forward Jo was brought in from CSKA Moscow for £18 million and Belgian centre-back Vincent Kompany from Hamburg for £6.7 million. After bringing in the players, Manchester City also spent £5 million in liquidated damages to poach Blackburn manager Mark Hughes.

High investment, of course, hope to have a high return.

But not every team is Chelsea, and not every manager is Jose Mourinho.

After Mark Hughes took charge, City's results have fluctuated greatly.

They were able to beat 6-0 at home and lose 0-2, 2-4 away.

The ups and downs of form are the main reason for their poor results at the moment.

Of course, in the final analysis, the reason is that more than half of the team's main team has changed, and the team has a run-in problem.

That's where Mark Hughes has the most headache, and what makes him even more troublesome is the team's record.

Manchester City's big move in the summer has made fans expect a lot from the team, and now the team's record is so bad, fans understand but are unhappy with Mark Hughes.

If City had not invested heavily to achieve such a result, they would probably have been thankful that they did not fall deep into the relegation zone.

But City is no longer what it used to be.

The club's hierarchy, who have high expectations for the team, are also starting to put pressure on Mark Hughes at this moment.

Mark Hughes, burdened with pressure, certainly couldn't laugh.

But for now, he has a good chance to redeem his reputation.

That's the Manchester derby.

Their double win over Manchester United last season has earned Kevin Keegan a great reputation among fans. Although he was eventually replaced, there are still many fans who are still obsessed with Keegan at this moment.

So as long as he can take out Manchester United, then he Mark Hughes can win back the support of the fans. At the same time, it can also relieve the pressure from the club's top management.

But how can this Manchester City team beat Manchester United now?

A frowning Mark Hughes shook his head.

Maybe with the players' potential to explode in the derby, they can beat Manchester United.

The derby is very meaningful, and in a game of great significance like this, the players will bring out their potential.

But when the game started, Mark Hughes realized how naïve he was.

Yes, the players did have a strong desire to win, and they were very positive in the game. Robinho's breakthrough was even more coquettish, but Robinho's coquettish breakthrough did not bring the slightest improvement to City's attack. Wright Phillips, who returned to Manchester City, looked quicker, but his speed did little to help the team's attack other than to win the cheers of the fans.

The whole team looked like a plate of loose sand, and although the players showed more than enough bravery, the strength was a little weak. There was not a single decent shot on goal throughout the first half that threatened United's goal.

Manchester United is different.

Under Yu Liang's scheduling and combing, Manchester United's attack proceeded in an orderly manner, constantly putting pressure on Manchester City's defense.

In the 27th minute of the first half, under the continuous pressure of Manchester United, the door of Manchester City was lost.

It was Rooney who scored the goal, and it was Yu Liang who gave him the assist.

"It's beautiful!"

After scoring the goal, Rooney came to Yu Liang's side for the first time to express his gratitude.

"How did you do that, I thought you were going to shoot!"

Recently, Berbatov also ran over to join in the celebrations.

expressed surprise at Yu Liang's exquisite assist.

After the attack advanced to the front of the Manchester City penalty area, Yu Liang was assigned to the left side, Evra's cross was not cleared by Manchester City, and the Manchester United players could not form an attack after scrambling for the football, so the ball head was ferried to the edge of the penalty area.

At the moment, Manchester City are crowded in the box, and it is very difficult to find a way to pass the ball through the dense crowd. In such a situation, perhaps a powerful shot would have been more effective.

Yu Liang thought the same thing, but at the moment when he got up to shoot, he found that he was in a passing channel. On the other side of the passing channel was Rooney, who was actively inserting forward, and Yu Liang decisively gave up the shot and chose to pass. The ball came out of the crack and went straight to Rooney's feet. Rooney, who was in front of him, was stunned for a moment, and then quickly adjusted to complete the shot. Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, who had been focusing on Yu Liang, couldn't make a save and watched the football fly into the goal behind him.

A lagging Manchester City team tried to counter-attack, but some chaotic attacks did not threaten the United goal, but instead gave United a chance.

In the 42nd minute of the first half, Manchester United took advantage of Manchester City's opportunity to press the emptiness at the back and counterattacked with a long pass. After Berbatov unloaded the football in front, Rooney scored twice to make it 2-0.

In the second half, Manchester United's offensive momentum did not stop.

In the 55th minute, Rooney reciprocated, broke into the penalty area and did it back, Yu Liang inserted a push shot to score, 3-0.

Manchester United's frenzied attack silenced Manchester Municipal Stadium, and only a handful of Manchester United fans continued to cheer in the stadium.

The Manchester City players were also clearly blinded by Manchester United's attack, and after Yu Liang rewrote the score to 3-0, they struggled to organise an effective attack.

United missed a chance to extend their lead in the 62nd minute when Beba's shot was denied by a City defender.

In the end, in this Manchester derby, Manchester United won 3-0 against Manchester City.

The result of this game also made many people understand the doubts, there is a big difference between the trench and the giant! (To be continued.) )