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Five behind-the-scenes moments from Man City's derby day win over Manchester United

Millions of people across the globe tuned in on Sunday to see Manchester City demolish neighbours Manchester United 6-3 at the Etihad Stadium, as Erling Haaland and Phil Foden both scored hat-tricks on a remarkable afternoon.

Pep Guardiola's side surged into a 4-0 lead at half-time, before Haaland and Foden completed their trebles to put City 6-1 up. United scored two late consolation goals to add a touch of respectability to the score line, but in truth Erik ten Hag's side were thoroughly outclassed by City.

While City did their talking on the pitch, there were a few interesting behind-the-scenes moments captured before, during and after the match by CityTV's cameras. Here are the best bits.

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Pep Guardiola and Erik ten Hag go back a long way. Ten Hag was in charge of Bayern Munich's B team from 2013-15, coinciding with Guardiola's spell as the club's first team coach.

The pair worked together closely, with Ten Hag crediting Pep as one of his coaching influences. In the past Guardiola even suggested that Ten Hag could be the man to replace him as City boss one day, although that now seems unlikely. Regardless of who they manage the managers are both still friends - cameras caught the pair enjoying an animated conversation in the tunnel before Sunday's game.

United defender Harry Maguire has come under fire in recent months for some poor performances, but he is clearly well-liked among his peers.

John Stones and Kalvin Phillips sat out Sunday's win through injury, but both made time before the game to meet and chat to Maguire in the tunnel, who was also injured.

City's players have reputations for being consummate professionals,

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