Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 December 2012

Result

Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 9 December 2012, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United: match report

Manchester City were beaten by Manchester United 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 December 2012. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Yaya Touré (60') and Pablo Zabaleta (86'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (16'), Wayne Rooney (29') and Robin van Persie (90+2').

Discipline: Manchester City received 5 yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 33 points from 15 and Manchester United 1st on 36 points from 15. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Manchester United 1st with 85.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 5 for Manchester United.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Manchester United's W-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-1
  • 29'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-2
  • 54'Yellow card · Samir NasriManchester City
  • 60'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 1-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Rio FerdinandManchester United
  • 73'Yellow card · Wayne RooneyManchester United
  • 75'Yellow card · Yaya TouréManchester City
  • 86'Goal · Pablo ZabaletaManchester City · 2-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Carlos TévezManchester City
  • 89'Yellow card · Carlos TévezManchester City
  • 90+2'Goal · Robin van PersieManchester United · 2-3
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Gareth BarryManchester City
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Phil JonesManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 4, draws 1, Manchester United 5.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Vincent Kompany, Matija Nastasić, Gaël Clichy, David Silva, Yaya Touré, Samir Nasri, Sergio Agüero, Gareth Barry, Mario Balotelli

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Wayne Mark Rooney, Ashley Young, Robin van Persie, Antonio Valencia