{"id":243255,"date":"2026-01-17T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/243255\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T15:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:23:07","slug":"man-united-2-0-man-city-jan-17-2026-game-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/243255\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United 2-0 Man City (Jan 17, 2026) Game Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Carrick enjoyed a dream start to life in the Manchester United<\/a> hot seat as Bryan Mbeumo<\/a> and Patrick Dorgu<\/a> secured a morale-boosting 2-0 derby victory against title-chasing Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 198th competitive meeting of the crosstown rivals saw the side that started the day seventh in the Premier League<\/a> host second-place City, and the Red Devils’ former midfielder, captain and coach take charge for the first time since his return.<\/p>\n

Carrick was this week named head coach until the end of the season and oversaw an immediate improvement, with second-half goals from Mbeumo and Dorgu securing United a deserved win against City at a reinvigorated Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

It was an impressive all-round display from the hosts, who put a fraught fortnight following Ruben Amorim’s acrimonious exit behind them in style on their way to their first victory since Boxing Day.<\/p>\n

Pep Guardiola’s side rarely threatened Carrick’s men, who would have won by more was it not for some impressive Gianluigi Donnarumma<\/a> saves, the woodwork, and three goals being ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n

City might well be aggrieved that Diogo Dalot<\/a> was not sent off for an early challenge on J\u00e9r\u00e9my Doku<\/a>, but the red side of Manchester will not care a jot.<\/p>\n

Carrick’s delight was clear after Saturday lunchtime’s win, which followed his unbeaten three-game stint as caretaker after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked in November 2021.<\/p>\n

\"\"Michael Carrick masterminded a memorable Manchester derby triumph in his first game as Manchester United’s head coach.<\/p>\n

Harry Maguire<\/a> was one of the five changes made by the new boss and he went so close to scoring a third-minute opener as he met a corner with a crashing header off the crossbar.<\/p>\n

United’s intense approach was unsettling City but was nearly undone by an early red card after Dalot’s late challenge left Doku writhing in pain.<\/p>\n

Referee Anthony Taylor handed him a yellow card that VAR Craig Pawson confirmed having decided it was only glancing contact without excessive force.<\/p>\n

City were dominating possession but United looked most threatening.<\/p>\n

Dorgu forced a save out of Donnarumma and Amad Diallo found the net after rounding Donnarumma, only for it to be ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n

Bruno Fernandes<\/a> would also see a goal of his own chalked off as United bounced back after a shaky spell that included Senne Lammens<\/a> saving his side, and his own blushes, when stopping Max Alleyne<\/a> heading home at a corner he needlessly gave away.<\/p>\n

Phil Foden<\/a>, goaded by the United fans from the outset, and Alleyne were replaced at the break, but City continued on the backfoot.<\/p>\n

Diallo cut away from shaky half-time introduction Nico O’Reilly<\/a> and forced Donnarumma into a save, with the goalkeeper then brilliantly stopping Casemiro<\/a> scoring the follow-up.<\/p>\n

City’s No. 1 denied Mbeumo as United pushed for a goal that would arrive in the 65th minute at the end of a fine break.<\/p>\n

Maguire headed away a free kick and Mbeumo nicked the ball away from a City player, with the hosts charging forward as Fernandes took the ball up the middle.<\/p>\n

United outnumbered the visitors and the skipper coolly slipped in Mbeumo, back from the Africa Cup of Nations<\/a>, to hit a fine strike across Donnarumma. Carrick jumped in delight in the technical area.<\/p>\n

Diallo lasered a shot across the face of goal before Mbeumo left to a standing ovation. Replacement Matheus Cunha<\/a> soon made a telling impact, sending in a cross from the right that Dorgu nipped ahead of Rico Lewis<\/a> to direct home in the 76th minute.<\/p>\n

Erling Haaland<\/a>‘s substitution was cheered by the Old Trafford faithful, who then saw Diallo hit an upright, while Mason Mount<\/a>‘s goal was ruled out for another offside in stoppage time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Carrick enjoyed a dream start to life in the Manchester United hot seat as Bryan Mbeumo and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-243255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}