Sunday’s Manchester derby is one of the best matches in the Premier League.
City fans will never forget this match, whether they were at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday or around the world.
Three goals from both Haaland and Foden decided the match against the city rivals of Manchester, before the visitors were able to score goals and take the penalty kick to reduce the difference.
You can see the derby match statistics, below.
Foden reaches the 50 . goal
Phil Foden is the youngest player ever to score 50 goals under Pep Guardiola, surpassing Lionel Messi by 37 days.
Foden was 22 years and 127 days old yesterday, and now has 51 goals during his career with City.
Other names on the list of players who have scored at least 50 under Pep are Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Muller and seven players during his time with City.
The derby with the most goals
With nine goals per game, it was the biggest Manchester derby result ever.
The second biggest result in the Premier League edition was a 1-6 win at Old Trafford in October 2011.
Haaland’s contributions to the goals
Erling Haaland has participated in five of City’s six goals (3 goals, 2 assists) which is the most contributions a player has scored in a single Premier League derby.
He now has 17 goals in his first 8 Premier League games (14 goals, three assists).
Of all the players who have played at least 200 minutes so far, Haaland has contributed a goal every 39 minutes of play.
Thus, he surpasses Roberto Firmino of Liverpool, who is second in scoring every 53 minutes, and then comes Kevin De Bruyne, who contributes directly to a goal every 68 minutes.
Fifth on that list, behind Leeds United’s Rodrigo, is Phil Foden who was part of seven goals, averaging a goal every 86 minutes.
Triple Stars
Haaland’s hat-trick in his first eight Premier League games makes him the fastest to reach that goal after just 40 games.
Thus, he beat Michael Owen (48 matches), Ruud van Nistelrooy (59 matches) and Fernando Torres (64 matches).
He became the first player in the history of the Premier League to score 3 goals in three consecutive home matches in the Premier League, and the third player in the history of City to score a hat-trick in the Manchester derby after Francis Lee in 1970 and Horace Barnes in 1921.
Foden’s hat-trick also saw City become only the third team in Premier League history to score more than one hat-trick in a single match, after Jermaine Pennant.
Overall sharing
Erling Haaland (17) and Kevin De Bruyne (10), made City the highest scorer and highest assisters in the five major European leagues in all competitions for this season, as De Bruyne assisted five of Haaland’s goals.
hardness
Pep Guardiola’s team continued to lead Manchester United from the first minute.
City shot 22 times on goal compared to United’s 12 shots, with a goal-scoring ratio of 3.30 to 1.67, but these numbers tell only part of the match.
The chart below, using Opta data, shows City’s dominance throughout the match after pushing hard to score, and it also shows that United’s three goals came from nothing.
To illustrate, the more the line deviates toward the blue side, the more likely it is that City will score at that moment.
Although Foden and Haaland scored the goals, the dominant performance required the entire team to dominate the match.
long passes
City passed 485 passes in the match, less than usual, but this was not reflected in the long passes that led to the opening of the scoring early.
The chart below shows the movement towards Foden’s goal that put the team on their way to victory, starting with Manuel Akanji on the midfield. Seven players touched the ball, including the 47th who hit the ball into the net after receiving a cross from Bernardo Silva.
De Bruyne’s pass led to the second goal through Haaland, and it is one of the sure passes that we will see repeatedly.
He also had an excellent performance deep in midfield – starting with Ederson and Nathan Ake – who was passed by Jack Grealish before breaking through.
And then it was all about De Bruyne’s vision and Haaland’s movement.
Aki and Akanji
Manuel Akanji became incredibly pivotal early on in his City career, starting all four matches he has been available to so far.
The 27-year-old has made the most successful passes of anyone on the pitch (71) and made more tackles than anyone else, so far, playing twice alongside Ruben Diaz and twice alongside Aki.
Yesterday he tied with Aki, who covered a lot of the left side on his own, often covering in the side while Joao Cancelo moved deep to reinforce the midfield, then in the second half Sergio Gomez moved forward.
With Kyle Walker out injured and the usual lack of coverage from Rodrygo and the pair are still getting to know each other, they were the reason the team kept together on Sunday.
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