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Manchester United were brought back down to earth with a bang on Sunday as they were thrashed 6-3 by rivals Manchester City.

Erik ten Hag's side were confident ahead of the match after a four-game winning streak but were blown away by their neighbours and went behind after just eight minutes. By half-time Phil Foden and Erling Haaland had two goals each as United went in four goals down.

Antony pulled one back with a brilliant strike just after the break but City's star attackers completed their hat-tricks to quickly end any hopes of a miraculous comeback.

Anthony Martial returned from injury as a substitute and grabbed a late brace - a header and a well-taken penalty - to help soften the score line and save United some face.

But there were still no positives to take from the performance when it was put plainly just how far behind United are from winning the league again.

Follow throughout the day for all the latest Man United news and the fallout from Sunday's defeat.

Erik ten Hag refused to bring on Cristiano Ronaldo in the Manchester derby out of "respect for his big career".

Ronaldo was an unused substitute in United's 6-3 thumping at City as Anthony Martial came on ahead of him for his first appearance since August 22 and scored twice.

Martial's goals were his first for United in exactly a year and he is likely to start at Everton in their next Premier League fixture on Sunday. Ten Hag used all five substitutions available to him but Ronaldo stayed on the bench.

Here's what he said.

David de Gea

Made the odd save and could do little about any of the goals as he was badly let down by United's poor defensive organisation. 3

Diogo Dalot

Booked in the second minute and never really recovered against the tricky Jack