{"id":846791,"date":"2026-09-13T21:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T21:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/846791\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T21:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T21:50:10","slug":"manchester-united-vs-manchester-city-player-ratings-as-haaland-steps-up-while-bruno-falters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/846791\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United vs Manchester City player ratings as Haaland steps up while Bruno falters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Manchester derby was chock full of fun, and the intensity didn\u2019t relent until the final whistle of Manchester City\u2019s 1-0 win over 10-man Manchester United at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>MORE \u2014 <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/soccer\/live\/manchester-united-vs-man-city-live-updates-score-goals-highlights-stats-2026-september-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Manchester derby updates, highlights, analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United\u2019s best player was way off his game while Man City\u2019s best man struggled until he found his form in the most important moment of the game.<\/p>\n<p>MORE \u2014 <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/soccer\/news\/manchester-united-vs-manchester-city-player-ratings-as-haaland-steps-up-while-bruno-falters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Player ratings<\/a> | <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/soccer\/news\/michael-carrick-reaction-after-manchester-uniteds-loss-to-10-man-man-city-in-derby-at-old-trafford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Michael Carrick lashes out at refs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who starred and who struggled? Read on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United vs Manchester City player ratings <\/p>\n<p>Senne Lammens: 6 \u2014 Solid save on Enzo Fernandez to keep it 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>Diogo Dalot: 6 \u2014 Arrived for a fight and rarely relented.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Maguire: 6 \u2014 Saw yellow and competed hard but did not influence the game going forward as he did in his heyday.<\/p>\n<p>Lisandro Martinez: 5.5 \u2014 Lost Haaland on the goal and did not have help on his left.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Dorgu: 5 \u2014 Worked hard but switched off as Dalot marked Semenyo, failing to account for Josko Gvardiol who crossed in for Haaland\u2019s goal. His five tackles did lead the game.<\/p>\n<p>Kobbie Mainoo: 7.5 \u2014 He was exceptional, one of two United players to hit a post. Set up teammates for numerous opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Youri Tielemans (Off 68&#8242;): 7 \u2014 His 12 line-breaking passes were leading the game deep into the 90.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Rashford (Off 83&#8242;): 7 \u2014 Hit woodwork with solid free kick deep in first-half stoppage time. Could he have recovered to find Haaland on the goal? Let the game in shots (3) and touches in the opposition box (9) at time of his exit.<\/p>\n<p>Bruno Fernandes: 5 \u2014 Very fortunate to dodge discipline for kicking Foden, which turned out to be worth it since the Man City man was sent off for his retribution. Created one chance in the game, albeit a brilliant stoppage-time ball to Mbeumo that could\u2019ve been an equalizer. Unacceptable for his standing in the game and team.<\/p>\n<p>Matheus Cunha: 6 \u2014 Ripped off three shot attempts, the most of any player.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Mbeumo: 5.5 \u2014 Very quiet, he could\u2019ve tied it deep in stoppage but saw his point-blank shot denied by Donnarumma.<\/p>\n<p>Subs<br \/>Benjamin Sesko (On for Tielemans, 68&#8242;): 6<br \/>Joshua Zirkzee (On for Rashford, 83&#8242;): N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City player ratings at Manchester United<\/p>\n<p>Gianluigi Donnarumma: 8 \u2014 Until late, he didn\u2019t have much to do with two saves and two high claims but he did it. Sent forward 11 line-breaking passes including a long ball that led to Haaland\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n<p>Josko Gvardiol: 8.5 \u2014 Sent in the cross for Haaland\u2019s goal, and made some key denials of United. Is he the best left back in the world? Most tackle of any Man City player with four and won 8-of-10 duels.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Guehi: 7 \u2014 Six clearances in a composed performance.<\/p>\n<p>Ruben Dias: 7 \u2014 Similar day to Guehi as he kept the alleys clear.<\/p>\n<p>Matheus Nunes: 8.5 \u2014 Eleven defensive contributions plus a 5-for-5 record in the duel. The right call from Maresca.<\/p>\n<p>Elliot Anderson: 8 \u2014 All over the pitch, covering the ground of two men. Helped shut down Fernandes.<\/p>\n<p>Enzo Fernandez (Off 82&#8242;): 8 \u2014 Terrific tackle to deny Youri Tielemans a high-danger chance in the first half in what was a penalty shout. A marvelous introduction to the derby, he almost scored and had covered the joint-most ground of any player (Anderson) when he subbed out of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Foden: 2.5 \u2014 It\u2019s a red card and it\u2019s almost always going to be a red card. Foden is not a shrinking violet but he\u2019s been in a lot of these derbies. Fernandes deserved punishment, too, but that doesn\u2019t change a kick to the midsection from a prone position.<\/p>\n<p>Rayan Cherki (Off 46&#8242;): 6 \u2014 The red card affected his game in a big way, as he was withdrawn at the break. Did plenty of ground-covering before that, though.<\/p>\n<p>Antoine Semenyo: 6.5 \u2014 Terrific ball control before giving the ball to Gvardiol on Haaland\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n<p>Erling Haaland: 8 \u2014 After some loose passes early in the second half, he made amends with an outstanding finish for his fourth goals in four PL games this season.<\/p>\n<p>Subs<br \/>Iliman Ndiaye (On for Cherki, 46&#8242;): 7 \u2014 His chasing down of a loose ball informed the Haaland goal.<br \/>Nico O\u2019Reilly (On for Fernandez, 82&#8242;): N\/A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Manchester derby was chock full of fun, and the intensity didn\u2019t relent until the final whistle of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-846791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}