Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 February 2011
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 12 February 2011, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City: match report
Manchester United defeated Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 February 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Nani opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Manchester United's goals came from Nani (41') and Wayne Rooney (78'). Manchester City scored through David Silva (65').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 54 points from 25 and Manchester City 3rd on 49 points from 26. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 71.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Manchester City's W-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Vincent Kompany
- 41'Goal · Nani
- 42'Yellow card · James Milner
- 65'Goal · David Silva
- 66'Yellow card · Paul Scholes
- 78'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 88'Yellow card · Ryan Giggs
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov
Manchester City expected line-up (4-5-1)
Wayne Bridge, Nigel de Jong, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Gareth Barry, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards