On March 7, Beijing time, the Premier League ushered in the much-anticipated Manchester City derby, but compared with the previous suspense, this game seems to have locked the winner and loser in advance before the start of the match, because Manchester City's record in all competitions is better than Manchester United. In the match, Manchester City won 4-1 against their opponents in the same city with both De Bruyne and Mahrez, and continued to consolidate their position in the standings.
However, this game Manchester City not only won in the score, even in the comparison between the players and the entire Manchester United team, Manchester United did not win, it can be said that it was not only stepped on by the opponents in the same city, but also riding on the face by the opponents in the same city.
In this high-profile match, Manchester United announced before the match that Ronaldo would not be able to play due to injury, but for the 37-year-old Ronaldo, whether he could play or not was difficult to change the final result of this peak showdown, because after the start of the game, the Belgian De Bruyne officially took over the game.
In the 5th minute of the game, De Bruyne received a left-footed push from his teammate in the penalty area, taking the lead in breaking the deadlock and helping the team to make a fantastic start; in the 21st minute of the game, Sancho Neche scored from the far corner to help Manchester United equalize while continuing the suspense of the score; but the time to maintain was only 7 minutes, in the 28 minutes of the game suit, De Bruyne went down to the next city, staged a double and lost the suspense of the game.
In the second half, De Bruyne again delivered a brilliant assist to help teammate Mahrez complete the goal, and then in the last minute of the game, Mahrez received a pass and scored, scoring twice while completely killing United's hopes of scoring points.
It is worth mentioning that in this seemingly humiliating match for Manchester United, both of City's goalscoring heroes reached new milestones, with De Bruyne scoring his 50th goal in the Premier League and Mahrez setting the 101st goal of his Manchester City career.
Compared with the impact of the score, the comparison of other data has made Manchester United lose face. In the second half, the possession ratio between Manchester City and Manchester United reached 98% vs 8%, in other words, United completely lost control of the ball during that period and became a fish on the chopping block.
But what makes Manchester United fans even more incredible is that Manchester United is not only inferior to manchester City's entire team's statistics, but even the personal data of De Bruyne, the core of Manchester City's team.
According to the statistics of the data agency, De Bruyne's offensive data in this game is quite outstanding, even compared to the entire Manchester United team still has a lead. When De Bruyne was substituted, he shot 6 times, shot 4 on target, created 5 chances and scored 2 goals. The United team combined, only 5 shots on goal, 2 shots on target, 2 chances, scored 1 goal. (As of the 79th minute de Bruyne's departure)
Is there any suspense in such a Manchester derby? Perhaps the suspense has long since changed from winning or losing to how many goals Manchester United lose, or what kind of tragedy has been created?