The City manager Enzo Maresca says \u201cit could be a red card\u201d for Phil Foden but that it \u201ccould also be a red card\u201d for Bruno Fernandes.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a>Lisandro Martinez’s reaction<\/p>\n double quotation markHe was offside. I went to [Enzo Fernandez] because he was there in front of me, and that\u2019s why Haaland was free [to score]. I want to be calm, I want to control myself but it\u2019s so hard. Every season they come to our club, they explain the rules for an hour and a half, and they look so confident.<\/p>\n And then you have five or six people making this mistake. It\u2019s unacceptable because this is the best league in the world. And now we have to go home with this injustice.<\/p>\n [If Enzo isn\u2019t there, you go to Haaland?] Exactly. Simple as that. Let\u2019s see what they say now \u2013 I want to hear them [justify] the decision.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The Premier League<\/a> Match Centre have tweeted that Enzo Fernandez wasn\u2019t offside because he didn\u2019t play the ball. The law is a bit more complicated than that \u2013 there is a reference to impacting an opponent \u2013 but I\u2019m sure Howard Webb and friends will clear it up in the next 24 hours.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Man City reaction<\/p>\n Erling Haaland<\/p>\n double quotation markIt\u2019s kind of a new experience to win with 10 men \u2013 and it\u2019s amazing! We had to lay low at times, which is not ideal, but to keep the ball and win with 10 men at Old Trafford\u2026 that\u2019s personality.<\/p>\n We need fighters in the team and we have plenty of those. Look at our midfield! If there\u2019s one thing they like to do, it\u2019s to fight. I\u2019m so, so proud of everyone. I think we became even sharper when we went down to 10 men.<\/p>\n I normally don\u2019t go offside so I thought there might have been a flick. I said to Michael Oliver, I kind of take it personally because I don\u2019t run offside!<\/p>\n It\u2019s always nice to win football games, don\u2019t get me wrong, but to win at Old Trafford with 10 men\u2026 it\u2019s so nice.<\/p>\n [On Donnarumma\u2019s late intervention] What a save! He\u2019s like a wolf back there.<\/p>\n Elliot Anderson<\/p>\n double quotation mark[You did say City were the kings of Manchester\u2026] Yeah, we are now. What happened with Phil wasn\u2019t great but we said at half-time that it would make it even better if we win. We had to run more, fight more, and to a man I thought we were brilliant.<\/p>\n It was my first Manchester derby so to start like that is brilliant. It\u2019s a new era so to start like in the derby is great. We\u2019re all really happy.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.51 EDT<\/p>\n Match report: Man Utd 0-1 Man City<\/p>\n \u201cEnzo, Enzo, Enzo, in your head\u201d was how delirious Manchester City<\/a> fans regaled Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez who after a star role in a memorable victory surely has instant cult hero status.<\/p>\n This 199th derby was won by Erling Haaland\u2019s ninth strike in the fixture but the visitors\u2019 totem was their new No 17. He was the key nuisance in a goal initially ruled out for offside and which VAR overturned when ruling Fern\u00e1ndez was not distracting Lisandro Mart\u00ednez when Josko Gvardiol\u2019s ball came over. The Argentinian, too, was an emblem of the fight Enzo Maresca\u2019s team carried to Manchester United<\/a> after Phil Foden appeared to turn the game the hosts\u2019 way on 22 minutes.<\/p>\n As he and Bruno Fernandes challenged along City\u2019s right the forward kicked United\u2019s captain around the midriff and Michael Oliver showed a red card, VAR backing the referee\u2019s instantaneous decision.<\/p>\n Except, down to 10 men, Maresca refused to go for the draw, by shutting the back door with a defender for attacker, until late on, after Haaland\u2019s finish \u2013 when Nico O\u2019Reilly replaced Fern\u00e1ndez to help see it out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n On Sky Sports, Micah Richards and Roy Keane agree that Enzo Fernandez distracted Lisandro Martinez and that Erling Haaland\u2019s goal should therefore have been disallowed. But we should stress, and Keane does, that Haaland\u2019s finish was majestic.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Erling Haaland beats the turf and growls with delight. Enzo Maresca skips down the touchline and clenches his both fists in the direction of the away end. That\u2019s a mighty victory for City, who made light of Phil Foden\u2019s early red card to give United a bit of a lesson in composure, authority and patience.<\/p>\n Erling Haaland\u2019s winning goal will be debated to within an inch of its life, but that shouldn\u2019t obscure how well City played \u2013 or how underwhelming United were for most of the match. They\u2019ve had a nightmare start to the season; City are flying.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.44 EDT<\/p>\n Full time: Man Utd 0-1 Man City<\/p>\n City are the kings of Manchester \u2013 for this weekend, and at least until the return fixture in March.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>90+5 min: Great save by Donnarumma!<\/p>\n World-class goalkeeping. Fernandes knifes City open with a through pass to Mbeumo, who whacks a right-foot shot that is pawed over by the diving Donnarumma. Mbeumo could have done better \u2013 he should have driven it low rather than high \u2013 but Donnarumma\u2019s reactions were outrageous.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.09 EDT<\/p>\n 90+2 min Gary Neville gives the player of the match award to Elliot Anderson, who has walked the talk in midfield<\/a>. He was a bit frantic early on but has played with control, authority and fierce determination since Foden\u2019s red card.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+1 min Cunha\u2019s cross is headed away with authority by the flying Guehi. He and Dias have been superb at centre-back.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.19 EDT<\/p>\n 90 miun Five minutes addedd time. That feels light because the check for the goal took three minutes on its own.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 88 min A brainless challenge from Dorgu gives City another free-kick. United have lost the head a bit. They\u2019re facing a second defeat in four Premier League<\/a> games; last season they lost two in 17 under Michael Carrick.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.18 EDT<\/p>\n 86 min Cunha\u2019s shot spins behind off Guehi. Mbeumo\u2019s corner is headed just wide by Maguire \u2013 an excellent effort, because he was moving away from goal to meet the ball, but one Donnarumma had covered.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.14 EDT<\/p>\n 85 min United need to get the ball before they can do anything with it. Right now, City are keeping it with an ease that shouldn\u2019t be possible when it\u2019s 10 v 11.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.13 EDT<\/p>\n 82 min: Man Utd substitution Joshua Zirkzee replaces Marcus Rashford, which means Matheus Cunha will move to the left. United need more subtlety in the final third because they don\u2019t really look like scoring, though I\u2019m slightly surprised Michael Carrick has gone for Zirkzee rather than Mason Mount.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.11 EDT<\/p>\n 81 min: City substitution Nico O\u2019Reilly replaces Enzo Fernandez, who is booed off. He\u2019s not a popular chap in this country but he played superbly, particularly after half-time.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 80 min: VAR check for a City penalty Enzo Fernandez went over after a clash of legs with Maguire, who thought it was a dive and got a bit handsy. Hmm, Maguire did dangle a trailing leg, but Fernandez was probably looking for it too.<\/p>\n Either way, both players have been booked and there\u2019s no penalty for City.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 80 min \u201cMarcus Rashford\u2019s attitude has been absolutely fascinating since he came back to us,\u201d writes Christopher Faherty. \u201cClearly didn\u2019t want to return, knows he has to perform to get away, so he\u2019s this mix of fed-up, grimly determined and resigned. He looks 17, 28 and 2,000 years-old all at once, each emotional stage washing in and blending with the other. It\u2019s captivating to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 79 min Gvardiol is booked for delaying the restart.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 79 min September is way too early for an as-it-stands league table, so here it is.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 78 min Enzo Fernandez buys City a bit of time by drawing a foul from Dorgu. Whatever his part in the goal, he\u2019s had an outstanding second half.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 76 min Apart from a 10-minute period at the start of the second half, City have probably been the better team since Foden was sent off. And they should be 2-0 up because Haaland has just missed a terrific chance. Enzo Fernandez curled a low free-kick from the right that was poked wide by the stretching Haaland, eight yards out. Guehi was also in there but I think the touch came from Haaland.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 73 min Dalot\u2019s deflected cross is headed across goal and wide by the leaping Mbeumo. A chance, but not an easy one because he was at full stretch.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 72 min There\u2019s another argument against the award of the City goal, which is that Enzo Fernandez put off Lisandro Martinez, thus allowing the ball to reach Haaland. I have no opinion either way.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 71 min Sesko\u2019s long-range shot hits Dias and spins behind for a United corner. It\u2019s swung deep, headed back by Maguire and claimed by Donnarumma.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.59 EDT<\/p>\n 70 min A dipping long-range shot from Fernandes is pushed away by the sprawling Donnarumma. Apparently that\u2019s United\u2019s first shot on target since the Foden red card.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>68 min: Enzo Fernandez hits the post!<\/p>\n Haaland finds Enzo Fernandez in space 25 yards from goal. He shapes a trademark curler that is shovelled against the right-hand post by the diving Lammens!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 68 min: Man Utd substitution Benjamin Sesko for Youri Tielemans. No time to dwell on that, because\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 68 min The official verdict is that Dorgu\u2019s outstretched foot played Haaland onside. The reason for the delay was that the VAR team needed to check whether Enzo Fernandez, who was palpably offside, made any contact as he dived towards the ball.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 67 min United started the second half excellently but they look shell-shocked at the moment.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 65 min That\u2019s already Haaland\u2019s ninth goal for City against United, one short of the record held by Franny Lee and Joe Hayes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 64 min The angle of TV replays can somehow make players appear to be offside when they\u2019re not. That must be what happened here with Haaland.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Gvardiol\u2019s cross from the left side of the area ricocheted off a Man Utd defender, Dorgu I think, and flew towards the far post. Enzo Fernandez, who was definitely offside, missed an attempted diving header and Haaland adjusted his body to cushion a half-volley over Lammens. That\u2019s a quietly brilliant finish.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.54 EDT<\/p>\n GOAL! Man Utd 0-1 Man City (Haaland 60)<\/p>\n The goal stands! Haaland looked offside to the naked eye, but VAR have given the goal! It was a fantastic finish, half-volleyed over Lammens from a very tight angle.<\/p>\n Referee Michael Oliver awards the first goal following a VAR review. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.59 EDT<\/p>\n VAR check ongoing Maybe he wasn\u2019t offside\u2026<\/p>\n![\"Jamie](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789324819_667_Jamie-Jackson,-L.png\")
Jamie Jackson<\/p>\n