Football

Premier League: Manchester City thrash Manchester United to move six points clear

By Aman Shukla

Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez each scored twice as Manchester City grabbed a 4-1 win over cross-town rivals Manchester United in their derby meeting in the Premier League on Sunday. Playing at the Etihad Stadium in front of their home fans, City made a great beginning as they started to lead the pack in the fifth minute, courtesy of a De Bruyne strike. Running into the middle inside United’s box, De Bruyne smoothly finished off a pass from the left flank to put his side ahead. United didn’t take too long score. After a couple of half-chances that United failed to take advantage of, Jadon Sancho cut in from the left during a counter-attack and curled in the ball spectacularly into back of the net to level the scores. Manchester City struck back just six minutes later, with De Bruyne scoring again.

City dominated the second half and Riyad Mahrez scored with a thunderous half-volley that took a deflection on the way in the 68th minute.

Riyad Mahrez then put the icing on the cake for City with a goal in the 90th minute to seal a comfortable 4-1 victory.

 

Aman Shukla

Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication. A media enthusiast who has a stronghold on communication, content writing, and copy writing. Aman is currently working as a subeditor at dailyindianews.com and can be reached at [email protected]