Man Utd 0-2 Man City: No lack of heart, but the lack of quality of the Red Devils unveiled brutally in the derby defeat

It was better than Sunday, but it could not have been worse. This time it was a lack of quality rather than a lack of desire or heart.

Manchester United recorded a seventh defeat in nine games with a 2-0 loss to the derby on Wednesday, as defending champions and favorites for the title of the season highlighted what was missing at Old Trafford these days. this.

Goals from Bernardo Silva and Leroy Sane in the second half put City on the brink of winning two consecutive titles, leaving United still needed results despite another defeat for Arsenal at Wolves.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said his team did not need more incentive to take three points from his local opponents to return from his Everton horror show this weekend. But after an encouraging first half hour, it offered little real quality and paid the price.

United started with a decent tempo. They pressed City and tried to do what they could during the break. Vincent Kompany had already worked a lot on the left on the left flank and the captain of City had made a mistake on Marcus Rashford.

The United striker was then denied by Ederson in the best time of the match, while Jesse Lingard shot through a goal from Paul Pogba right after.

It took 30 minutes for City to appear really able to break United's defense. Raheem Sterling shot straight to David de Gea with his best opening after a superb interplay, while Sergio Aguero sent a new effort following United's recovery in midfield.

United would have been delighted with their efforts at the break, but once the second half started, they could hardly get a foot on the ball as City began to dominate.

Bernardo Silva was quick to enter Luke Shaw and get closer to the post to completely change the complexion of the title race and the fight for football in the Champions League.

While Lingard stepped to the goal in the middle of the Rashford match, City looked set to leave United for the break and when Fred made a loose pbad nowhere near Pogba, Sterling led a four to three and fed Sane. . The German coach beat the De Gea Deployed Boot and the game is gone.

There are now 25 points separating these two teams in the Premier League table and each of these gaps was evident in the key moments of Old Trafford.

United had a game plan that consisted of making the most of his chances, but that was not the case. City played with the certainty that his goals would be achieved, and they did.

Solskjaer knew the work he had done in December, but nothing escaped him at the moment. United misses the clbad to challenge City or Liverpool in the near future, and whoever cares to challenge can watch the 90 minutes of play that have pbaded here.

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There were positives and negatives in the performance of almost every player from United's point of view, but that's not enough. You can pbad 198 points in 1983 in two seasons to victory. Premier League Campaign.

Somewhere, United still has a chance to take fourth place. They remain however outside and it is a lowered bar compared to the old targets.

Cities are where United can only dream of being today.