Manchester City wins at Old Trafford despite red card

Playing with 10 men for 67 minutes at your fiercest rival’s stadium and still walking away with all three points is the kind of thing that sounds implausible until Manchester City does it. The 199th Manchester derby ended 1-0 in City’s favor on September 13, 2026, a result that says as much about the current gap between these clubs as any league table could. Phil Foden was sent off in the 23rd minute for violent conduct, a straight red that should have handed Manchester United the kind of advantage managers dream about. Instead, United managed just three shots on target across the remaining 67-plus minutes of numerical superiority. That is a genuinely damning statistic. Haaland makes history, again Erling Haaland settled the contest in the 60th minute, converting what turned out to be the only goal City needed. It was his ninth goal in Manchester derbies, the most any player has scored in Premier League history for this fixture. The goal itself did not come without controversy. VAR initially flagged Haaland offside, a decision that would have wiped the strike off the board entirely. After review, the call was overturned and the goal stood. Match officials later acknowledged the ini...