This archive report was first published on 7 December 2019.
Manchester United Stuns Manchester City in Thrilling Derby ¶
Manchester United's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer secured a historic win over Pep Guardiola's Manchester City in a Manchester Derby on December 7, 2019, dealing a significant blow to City's title defense.
Manchester City's title hopes were dealt a massive blow courtesy of their bitter city rivals as Guardiola's boys succumbed to a shock 2-1 loss to Manchester United.
Manchester United were largely the better side in the Manchester Derby, with Marcus Rashford scoring another penalty in the 23rd minute and Anthony Martial sneaking a shot past Ederson in the first half to make it 2-0.
Despite City's dominance, they seemed to be lacking the cutting edge which has for years been provided by their all-time goalscorer Sergio Aguero.
City handed themselves a lifeline as a Nicolas Otamendi header from Riyad Mahrez's corner made the scores 2-1 with eight minutes to go, but United held on for a famous derby win.
Following Liverpool's earlier 3-0 win away at Bournemouth, it means Guardiola is 14 points behind the runaway leaders, with second-placed Leicester City in better position to catch Klopp's men.
