Man City vs Manchester United final score: Champs underline superiority

Kevin De Bruyne scored twice and picked up an assist one of Riyad Mahrez’s two terrific goals as Manchester City smacked Manchester United 4-1 in an entertaining Manchester derby Sunday at the Etihad Stadium.

Paul Pogba assisted Jadon Sancho’s terrific first-half goal to briefly make the game 1-1, but United was left grasping at wind for most of this one.

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De Bruyne was absolutely marvelous in a Ballon d’Or caliber performance, hitting five key passes and putting four shots on target while winning 6-of-10 duels and drawing three fouls.

The derby sweep gives Man City a six-point lead over Liverpool with the second-place Reds boasting a match-in-hand.

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Man United is now a point behind fourth-place Arsenal, who has three matches-in-hand on the Red Devils. Tottenham is five points back of Man United but has three matches-in-hand as well.

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Manchester City 4, Manchester United 1

Goals scored: De Bruyne 2 (5′, 28′), Sancho (22′), Mahrez 2 (68′, 90’+2)

Shots: Manchester City 21, Manchester United 5

Shots on target: Manchester City 9, Manchester United 2

Possession: Manchester City 69, Manchester United 31

1. City humbles derby rivals with fluid second half: Up 2-1 at the break with 60 percent of the ball and a 10-5 edge in shot attempts, CIty basically played keep-away in the second 45. City had 80 percent of the ball and took all 11 of the match’s shot attempts. United’s total pass attempts for the second half was 94 when the game hit the 90th minute. 94.

2. Ungiven Pen: And it could’ve been worse! Phil Foden was chopped down by Harry Maguire while chasing a loose ball but referee Michael Oliver gave a foul against