I saw what two Man City players did long after full-time vs Manchester United - it speaks volumes

Manchester City's nightmare run continued as they threw away a winning position on derby day to suffer a dramatic defeat to Manchester United.

In a low quality and scrappy game, City took the lead shortly before half-time from a short corner routine that initially went wrong. Ilkay Gundogan's pass back to Kevin De Bruyne didn't have enough pace on it, but it meant De Bruyne's deflected cross fell perfectly for Josko Gvardiol to head past Andre Onana.

City looked to be edging their way over the line until their astonishing late collapse. An error from Matheus Nunes allowed Bruno Fernandes to equalise from the spot after 88 minutes, before Amad scored a winner two minutes later.

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A broken team

It was interesting to observe the reaction of the City players at the end of this game. Some of them couldn't get off the pitch quickly enough, which can't be blamed after the way they lost the game. Others lingered, almost unable to actually drag themselves off.

Gvardiol and Erling Haaland were the last off, leaving at the same time as some of the United players, who had spent a while celebrating in front of the away end in the far corner. By now the home stands were almost totally deserted, beyond a few fans still struggling to comprehend what they had seen.

A few City players clapped the supporters and Gvardiol and Haaland lingered most of all, going to all four stands, even if they were almost empty. Body language experts would have had a field day, for they looked utterly broken by what had happened.

Haaland was ashen faced as he tried to understand it and it's probably a good thing City have a free