Anticipation for 2009-10 English Premier League derby match between Manchester United and Manchester City is at an all time high in the Manchester City made a short trip to Old Trafford to face 18 times English champions Manchester United.
game was significant for two reasons. For a long time, the city is in the shadow of his more illustrious colleagues, but citizens are now the richest team in the world, and manager Mark Hughes has put together a team good enough to be the best in the world. Before the game, the city was unbeaten and winning the champions of the cave caused a psychological blow in the early stages of the competition.
match could also see the return of Carlos Tevez at Old Trafford. Tevez has successfully recovered from injury and was keen to prove a point after the unwillingness of the Red Devils manager Alex Ferguson to sign him on a permanent deal last season.
match started well for the home team, with Wayne Rooney dance history of defending and scoring in the 2nd minute. But Carlos Tevez, forced yet another mistake from the goalkeeper Ben Foster and squared the ball Gareth Barry equalized. 1-1 is the result at half time with Manchester City looking threatening.
If the first Half had been fun, the other was a beautiful and Darren Fletcher capitalized on some poor City defending to achieve two headed goals. Craig Bellamy tied both times, the second to hit a full-time. The city simply would not lie down and credible draw was imminent. But with virtually the last kick of the game, Michael Owen popped up to score the winner for the Red Devils after a whopping seven minutes of injury time played in what is probably the best Manchester derby match in a long time.
Manchester United is still the best team in Manchester? Red Devils fans have bragging rights until the return to the City of Manchester stadium, but with Emmanuel Adebayor back from suspension, the city will certainly be looking for revenge.
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