United win Manchester Derby

Manchester United edged neighbours Manchester City in the Premier League yesterday, thereby claiming their first victory away from home in four matches.

United always looked to have City’s measure in the Manchester Derby,  forcing City keeper, Joe Hart, to make several good saves before Waye Rooney scored from a deflection off the keeper on 42 minutes.

Manchester City had an opportunity to get back into the game with 20 minutes to go, after Cristiano Ronaldo was red-carded for his second bookable offence. City’s best chance on goal came in injury time when Richard Dunne forced an excellent save from Patrice Evra.

”We showed them too much respect in the first half,” City manager Mark Hughes told ESPN. ”This is not going to happen overnight for us. We are going in the right direction but it takes time. We have to compete against that and in the near future we will. But at the moment they are a better team than us.”

Sir Alex Ferguson declared himself satisfied with the result of a match that allowed Manchester United to reel in the lead held by Chelsea and Liverpool in the Premiership.

”We needed to win the game because we are behind Liverpool and Chelsea, so it was a significant result for us,” he said. ”I love the type of goal Wayne scored. Andy Cole was a specialist at it. Wayne anticipated the situation very well and I am delighted with that.”