Manchester United against Manchester City

The momentum is with City - who are camped in the United half

Jihai's cross is deflected off O'Shea's back and spoons out to McManaman who tries his luck from range with feirce volley - but Howard saves

Anelka feeds it to Jihai on the right wing

McManaman passes to Wanchope who tries a shot from 30 yards, but he fails to connect sweetly and drags his effort wide

McManaman intercepts a van Nistelrooy pass, shrugs off Keane and oves forward

Change coming for City, Wanchope on for Sinclair

Anelka ought to have done better but he neve quite got the ball under control and scuffed his effort

The cross comes in and poor headers from Ferdinand and Ronaldo allows Anelka to get a shot on target, but Howard saves

City clear and move forward down the right

Giggs takes, but his shot clips the wall and only finds the sidenetting. But no corner says the linesman

Another freekick to United after a foul on Ronaldo - on the right of the penlaty area

A change for United: Klberson is off and replaced by Ronaldo

Kleberson crossed and found Paul Scholes miles away from his marker, Jihai, and he dispatches the ball with a great header past Seaman

Goal for United!!

The loose ball is whacked out for a throw

Scholes feeds the ball to van Nistelrooy who tries to slot it past Seaman, but the keeper manages to turn it onto the post!!

The ball is knocked into a packed penalty area but cleared

Freekick to City after a foul by a backtracking van Nistelrooy on Wright-Phillips

Distin threads the ball into Anelka but he slips and loses his footing and the ball as a result

Keane and McManaman have words after the City player had been wrestling with Phil Neville

Distin takes again at Wright-Phillips tries his luck with a header - he tries to guide it towards Howards far post but his effort is wide

Distin launches a long throw into the United area, but it soon out for another throw

Silvestre sends a ball down the wing to Keane, but the refs says Fowler fouled the defender and play is taken back

Dunne concedes a freekick just inside the City half

Distin clears and Barton gets it wide to Jihai

Keane wins the ball by forcing McManaman and Barton of it - solid determination

Scholes takes it short and pass to Giggs who crosses fro van Nistelrooy but Seaman comes of his line to smother the danger

More pressure from United who have a corner after Barton headed it out

Giggs takes aiming for Ferdinand at the back post but Dunne intervenes

Jihai gets himself a booking and United have a freekick on the left inbetween the penalty area and the byline

Seaman has to race of his line to save a corner

Good invention from Fowler. At the other end Giggs hits a shot on the turn but it is just the wrong side of the post

Fowler chips the ball to Anleka on the quick break and Howard has to charge off his line and out of the area to head the loose ball clear, but Folwer has followed up and heads the ball goalwards from 40 yards out - but it is wide!

Dunne, under pressure from van Nistelrooy, manages to shepherd the ball out

An unmarked van Nistelrooy fails to control the ball in the penalty area and a chance goes begging

And City are back in it, can they build on the goal?

A solo effort from Shaun-Wright, he managed to get past Scholes and then ran at the United defence from the right wing, neither O'Shea or Phil Neville closed him down and Wright-Phillips got deep in the penalty area before unleashing a low drive beyond Howard

Goal for City! Wright-Phillips on target!

McManaman takes and Kleberson clears

Good pressure from City results in a corner

Phil Neville and John O'Shea face off agaisnt Jihai and Wright-Phillips, the City duo manage to get it out to McManaman

A freekick from Giggs comes out to Kleberson on the edge of the penalty area, but he completely missed it, the ball spilled to van Nistelrooy, but he was in an offside position

Dunne tackles O'Shea, who had brought the ball 60 yards up the left wing

Wright-Phillips almost snuck in to latch on to a loose ball but Silvestre covered and ensured Howard 's goal was unthreatened

Calm build up from United who are pressed all the way back to Howard by Anelka

Keane, O'Shea and Phil Neville exchange passes, but the later gets caught by Distin

Immediately Ferdinand looks uncomfortable he surely won't last the game

And we're back undeway - City have not won at Old Trafford since 1974, can they change that today?

The players are back out and Ferdinand is amongst them so he must have had treatment and be feeling OK.

And that's it for the first half. United dominated the half and looked the stronger side, but City had their moments and could yet grab a goal to change the context of the game. Second half coming up!

Fowler delivers and Keane clears

Silvstre gives away a freekick on the right corner of the penlaty area

Anelka takes it and spreads it Sinclair who hits a decent cross into the box. Wright-Phillips connects with a good volley but it is straight at Howard

Jihai and Wright-Phillips link up well on the right wing

Another offside decision against van Nistelrooy

An over-hit pass from Jihai wastes a good city move

Dunne uses his pace to evade Giggs and passes to Anelka who turns deflty and loses his marker before spreading play to Sinclair

McManaman touches it to Anelka who tries a shot but it's charged down and United break

Ferdinand appears to be carrying an injury. Meanwhile, City have a freekick 25 yards out in a central position

Kleberson on the floor again - not fouled and not diving, he jsut seems to be off the pace

A half chance for van Nistelrooy who fires wide from an acute angle

Barton whacks Phil Neville and gets a booking. But there was no need for the United's players to clamour around Barton and the ref. Good refereeing to calm the situation

Great technique from Scholes with a reverse pass to Giggs with a neat back heel

Cruel for City who where just getting their game together

United broke at lightening speed from midfield with Scholes finding Giggs on the left, he clipped in a fantastic first time ball to the penalty box where Ruud van Nistelrooy met it with his head to double United's advantage

Spoke too soon: Goal for van Nistelrooy!

Good spell from City - nice pass and move football almost lets in Fowler

Sinclair gathers the ball and spreads it wide to Wright-Phillips who fires in a great cross from the right but it evades Fowler, Anelka dn Sinclair

Keane takes the ball down with one touch from a long pass and feeds it to Kleberson, but he promptly loses it

Terrible from City: A freekick taken quickly finds touch and was never going to find City player. Wasteful.

Distin leaves his mark on Kleberson, clattering into the Brazilian and leaving him on the deck as the tackles start to get more aggressive

Giggs clips in the freekick, but once again the City defence stands firm and Dunne heads clear

Freekick to United on the left flank

The ball is cleared from the corner, but not far enough to end the danger

Corner for United

The corner flies in and drops in the box and is finally hacked clear from in amongst a gaggle of players

Great save from Howard after a careless Phil Neville backpass let Fowler in. He shot from range but the ball spooned up off a United defender and threatened to beat Howard, but he tipped over his bar for a corner

The linesman rules van Nistelrooy offside, fair decision

A great move from City, one touch passing from Fowler and Anelka almost let Wright-Phillips in but the final ball was covered by Ferdinand

Halfway through the half and United are on top, but must not be complacent

An overhit pass from Anleka is too much for Shaun Wright-Phillips - City need to covett possession a little more, risky passes just hand control back to the homeside

Giggs tries his luck from the kick, but Seaman gathers with ease - the pony-tailed keeper looks disparagingly at the turf after an odd bounce which almost caught him out

Foul given against Sommeil for a minor clash with Kleberson - it is 35 yards outside the box on the right hand side

Keane is causing all sorts of problems for City, hussling and forcing errors

Oh Dear! Giggs lashes his shot high over the bar - it was from a tight angle, but he ought to have made Seaman work. A let of for Kevin Keegan's men

Kleberson robs Barton and drives forward the move stalls, but possession is still with United

City are playing too deep - McManaman and Sinclair exchange passes in their own half and are forced to try and dribble out of dange

Sinclair manages to half-clear a cross from van Nistelrooy aimed for Keane. Gary Neville whips in a cross and there are calls for a penalty - but the ball hit Jihai's stomach, not his hand

Howard clears his lines after the City move breaks down

Sommeil with a great chipped pass finds Jihai, who switches it and finds Anelka

O'Shea heads clear a cross from the right as City try to get back into things

McManaman gets his fair share of boos from the United fans - the Liverpool and City connection not a good one at OT

United move it across to Neville, but his pass to Keane is over-hit

Sommeil under some pressure from van Nistelrooy concedes a throw in a dangerous position

City give it away cheaply and United press forward, exchanging passes ominously on the cusp of the City half

Steve McManaman gets the ball and sprays it wide to the right. It is then worked towards Fowler, but he is muscled off the ball anf United have it back

Not the start the Blue half of Manchester wanted - Old Trafford is rocking!

A great spell of passing and possession from United lead to Gary Neville setting himself and sending in a perfect cross which Paul Scholes met with an emphatic header after losing his marker

Goal for Scholes!!

Anelka and Rio Ferdinand get acquaninted in the left hand corner of the pitch. The Frenchman looses control and its a goal kick

Sinclair backtracks and tidies up troubling moment in which United couldn't quite get a shot on target, Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Keane all involved in the move

Kleberson and Scholes link up as United probe for an opening

Roy Keane gets his foot on the ball and weighs up his options before sliding a cute pass towards O'Shea

Great noise from the Old Trafford faithful! Terrific atmosphere.

Nicolas Anelka goes on a mazy run but is tackled by John O'Shea on the right flank

Fowler gets derision from the crowd after his attempted cross-field ball spoons woefully wide of it mark

Sinclair takes the ball forward but the move breaks down and Howard clears long

No one yet to control the ball, headers and lobs failing to find their man

Referee Mark Halsey gets the 129th Manchester league derby underway

The players have taken the pitch and we are almost ready to go, can City confound the critics and get a result or will an in form United be too much? Keep it here, the game is seconds away!

And for Man City: Seaman, Jihai, Dunne, Sommeil, Distin, Wright-Phillips, McManaman, Barton, Sinclair, Fowler, Anelka. Subs: Stuhr-Ellegaard, Reyna, Sibierski, Wanchope, Berkovic.

The Man Utd team: Howard, Gary Neville, Ferdinand, Silvestre, O'Shea, Kleberson, Phil Neville, Keane, Giggs, Scholes, van Nistelrooy. Subs: Carroll, Ronaldo, Butt, Forlan, Fortune.

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Scholes feeds the ball to van Nistelrooy who tries to slot it past Seaman, but the keeper manages to turn it onto the post!!

The ball is knocked into a packed penalty area but cleared

Freekick to City after a foul by a backtracking van Nistelrooy on Wright-Phillips

Distin threads the ball into Anelka but he slips and loses his footing and the ball as a result

Keane and McManaman have words after the City player had been wrestling with Phil Neville

Distin takes again at Wright-Phillips tries his luck with a header - he tries to guide it towards Howards far post but his effort is wide

Distin launches a long throw into the United area, but it soon out for another throw

Silvestre sends a ball down the wing to Keane, but the refs says Fowler fouled the defender and play is taken back

Dunne concedes a freekick just inside the City half

Distin clears and Barton gets it wide to Jihai

Keane wins the ball by forcing McManaman and Barton of it - solid determination

Scholes takes it short and pass to Giggs who crosses fro van Nistelrooy but Seaman comes of his line to smother the danger

More pressure from United who have a corner after Barton headed it out

Giggs takes aiming for Ferdinand at the back post but Dunne intervenes

Jihai gets himself a booking and United have a freekick on the left inbetween the penalty area and the byline

Seaman has to race of his line to save a corner

Good invention from Fowler. At the other end Giggs hits a shot on the turn but it is just the wrong side of the post

Fowler chips the ball to Anleka on the quick break and Howard has to charge off his line and out of the area to head the loose ball clear, but Folwer has followed up and heads the ball goalwards from 40 yards out - but it is wide!

Dunne, under pressure from van Nistelrooy, manages to shepherd the ball out

An unmarked van Nistelrooy fails to control the ball in the penalty area and a chance goes begging

And City are back in it, can they build on the goal?

A solo effort from Shaun-Wright, he managed to get past Scholes and then ran at the United defence from the right wing, neither O'Shea or Phil Neville closed him down and Wright-Phillips got deep in the penalty area before unleashing a low drive beyond Howard

Goal for City! Wright-Phillips on target!

McManaman takes and Kleberson clears

Good pressure from City results in a corner

Phil Neville and John O'Shea face off agaisnt Jihai and Wright-Phillips, the City duo manage to get it out to McManaman

A freekick from Giggs comes out to Kleberson on the edge of the penalty area, but he completely missed it, the ball spilled to van Nistelrooy, but he was in an offside position

Dunne tackles O'Shea, who had brought the ball 60 yards up the left wing

Wright-Phillips almost snuck in to latch on to a loose ball but Silvestre covered and ensured Howard 's goal was unthreatened

Calm build up from United who are pressed all the way back to Howard by Anelka

Keane, O'Shea and Phil Neville exchange passes, but the later gets caught by Distin

Immediately Ferdinand looks uncomfortable he surely won't last the game

And we're back undeway - City have not won at Old Trafford since 1974, can they change that today?

The players are back out and Ferdinand is amongst them so he must have had treatment and be feeling OK.

And that's it for the first half. United dominated the half and looked the stronger side, but City had their moments and could yet grab a goal to change the context of the game. Second half coming up!

Fowler delivers and Keane clears

Silvstre gives away a freekick on the right corner of the penlaty area

Anelka takes it and spreads it Sinclair who hits a decent cross into the box. Wright-Phillips connects with a good volley but it is straight at Howard

Jihai and Wright-Phillips link up well on the right wing

Another offside decision against van Nistelrooy

An over-hit pass from Jihai wastes a good city move

Dunne uses his pace to evade Giggs and passes to Anelka who turns deflty and loses his marker before spreading play to Sinclair

McManaman touches it to Anelka who tries a shot but it's charged down and United break

Ferdinand appears to be carrying an injury. Meanwhile, City have a freekick 25 yards out in a central position

Kleberson on the floor again - not fouled and not diving, he jsut seems to be off the pace

A half chance for van Nistelrooy who fires wide from an acute angle

Barton whacks Phil Neville and gets a booking. But there was no need for the United's players to clamour around Barton and the ref. Good refereeing to calm the situation

Great technique from Scholes with a reverse pass to Giggs with a neat back heel

Cruel for City who where just getting their game together

United broke at lightening speed from midfield with Scholes finding Giggs on the left, he clipped in a fantastic first time ball to the penalty box where Ruud van Nistelrooy met it with his head to double United's advantage

Spoke too soon: Goal for van Nistelrooy!

Good spell from City - nice pass and move football almost lets in Fowler

Sinclair gathers the ball and spreads it wide to Wright-Phillips who fires in a great cross from the right but it evades Fowler, Anelka dn Sinclair

Keane takes the ball down with one touch from a long pass and feeds it to Kleberson, but he promptly loses it

Terrible from City: A freekick taken quickly finds touch and was never going to find City player. Wasteful.

Distin leaves his mark on Kleberson, clattering into the Brazilian and leaving him on the deck as the tackles start to get more aggressive

Giggs clips in the freekick, but once again the City defence stands firm and Dunne heads clear

Freekick to United on the left flank

The ball is cleared from the corner, but not far enough to end the danger

Corner for United

The corner flies in and drops in the box and is finally hacked clear from in amongst a gaggle of players

Great save from Howard after a careless Phil Neville backpass let Fowler in. He shot from range but the ball spooned up off a United defender and threatened to beat Howard, but he tipped over his bar for a corner

The linesman rules van Nistelrooy offside, fair decision

A great move from City, one touch passing from Fowler and Anelka almost let Wright-Phillips in but the final ball was covered by Ferdinand

Halfway through the half and United are on top, but must not be complacent

An overhit pass from Anleka is too much for Shaun Wright-Phillips - City need to covett possession a little more, risky passes just hand control back to the homeside

Giggs tries his luck from the kick, but Seaman gathers with ease - the pony-tailed keeper looks disparagingly at the turf after an odd bounce which almost caught him out

Foul given against Sommeil for a minor clash with Kleberson - it is 35 yards outside the box on the right hand side

Keane is causing all sorts of problems for City, hussling and forcing errors

Oh Dear! Giggs lashes his shot high over the bar - it was from a tight angle, but he ought to have made Seaman work. A let of for Kevin Keegan's men

Kleberson robs Barton and drives forward the move stalls, but possession is still with United

City are playing too deep - McManaman and Sinclair exchange passes in their own half and are forced to try and dribble out of dange

Sinclair manages to half-clear a cross from van Nistelrooy aimed for Keane. Gary Neville whips in a cross and there are calls for a penalty - but the ball hit Jihai's stomach, not his hand

Howard clears his lines after the City move breaks down

Sommeil with a great chipped pass finds Jihai, who switches it and finds Anelka

O'Shea heads clear a cross from the right as City try to get back into things

McManaman gets his fair share of boos from the United fans - the Liverpool and City connection not a good one at OT

United move it across to Neville, but his pass to Keane is over-hit

Sommeil under some pressure from van Nistelrooy concedes a throw in a dangerous position

City give it away cheaply and United press forward, exchanging passes ominously on the cusp of the City half

Steve McManaman gets the ball and sprays it wide to the right. It is then worked towards Fowler, but he is muscled off the ball anf United have it back

Not the start the Blue half of Manchester wanted - Old Trafford is rocking!

A great spell of passing and possession from United lead to Gary Neville setting himself and sending in a perfect cross which Paul Scholes met with an emphatic header after losing his marker

Goal for Scholes!!

Anelka and Rio Ferdinand get acquaninted in the left hand corner of the pitch. The Frenchman looses control and its a goal kick

Sinclair backtracks and tidies up troubling moment in which United couldn't quite get a shot on target, Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Keane all involved in the move

Kleberson and Scholes link up as United probe for an opening

Roy Keane gets his foot on the ball and weighs up his options before sliding a cute pass towards O'Shea

Great noise from the Old Trafford faithful! Terrific atmosphere.

Nicolas Anelka goes on a mazy run but is tackled by John O'Shea on the right flank

Fowler gets derision from the crowd after his attempted cross-field ball spoons woefully wide of it mark

Sinclair takes the ball forward but the move breaks down and Howard clears long

No one yet to control the ball, headers and lobs failing to find their man

Referee Mark Halsey gets the 129th Manchester league derby underway

The players have taken the pitch and we are almost ready to go, can City confound the critics and get a result or will an in form United be too much? Keep it here, the game is seconds away!

And for Man City: Seaman, Jihai, Dunne, Sommeil, Distin, Wright-Phillips, McManaman, Barton, Sinclair, Fowler, Anelka. Subs: Stuhr-Ellegaard, Reyna, Sibierski, Wanchope, Berkovic.

The Man Utd team: Howard, Gary Neville, Ferdinand, Silvestre, O'Shea, Kleberson, Phil Neville, Keane, Giggs, Scholes, van Nistelrooy. Subs: Carroll, Ronaldo, Butt, Forlan, Fortune.

All the action from Old Trafford with GameCast and live commentary. Kicking off at 12.30pm GMT