Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Manchestear Derby: Robin delighted by winner

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09/12/2012 17:10, Report by Steve Bartram

Robin delighted by winner

Having capped his maiden Manchester derby with an injury-time winner, Robin van Persie admitted the victory carried a special feeling.
The Dutchman's late winner inflicted the champions' first Barclays Premier League defeat of the season and took table-topping United six points clear in the process.
"Anything will do, just to win," the Dutchman told Sky Sports. "We had a really good start because of Wayne, two really good clinical finishes, good attacks and then we were in control.
"City always come back, so we knew that, and it's a really special way to end the game: with the three points in a romantic way."
Van Persie's winner came via a deflected free-kick in the second minute of injury-time, after the Dutchman had discussed his intentions with Wayne Rooney.
"Wazza asked me: 'What are you going to do? Are you going to shoot or cross it?' I said: 'I think I'll have a shot,'" said the striker.
Rooney insisted he never had any doubts that van Persie could make best use of the opportunity, saying: "It was obviously a difficult angle, but a player of Robin's ability... we work on that together at the training ground. I had no doubt he could score from there and thankfully he's won us the game."

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Robin gembira menang

Perlawanan derby (setempat) Manchester sulungnya dengan kemenangan dalam masa kecederaan, Robin van Persie mengakui kemenangan membawa perasaan istimewa.

Pemain Belanda menyebabkan kekalahan pertama juara Barclays Premier League musim ini dan meletakkan pasukannya menerajui takhta liga dengan beza enam mata.

"Saya akan lakukan apa-apa saja untuk menang," Robin gembira oleh pemenang

Setelah dihadkan derby Manchester sulungnya dengan pemenang masa kecederaan, Robin van Persie mengakui kemenangan membawa perasaan khas.
Pemenang lewat Dutchman dikenakan pertama juara Barclays Premier kekalahan Liga musim ini dan mengambil jadual-topping Syarikat enam mata jelas dalam proses.
"Apa-apa yang akan lakukan, hanya untuk menang," Pemain Belanda memberitahu Sky Sports. "Kami mempunyai satu permulaan yang benar-benar baik apabila Wayne,menyempurnakan dua peluang dengan baik, serangan yang baik dan kemudian kita berada dalam kawalan.

"City sentiasa kembali, jadi kita tahu bahawa, dan ia adalah cara yang benar-benar istimewa untuk menamatkan permainan: dengan tiga mata dalam cara yang romantis"
Pemenang Van Persie datang melalui dipesongkan sepakan percuma pada minit kedua masa kecederaan, selepas Belanda telah dibincangkan niatnya dengan Wayne Rooney.
"Wazza bertanya kepada saya: 'Apa yang anda akan lakukan Adakah anda akan untuk menembak atau menyeberangi??' Saya berkata: 'Saya fikir saya akan mempunyai pukulan, "kata penyerang itu.

Rooney menegaskan dia tidak pernah mempunyai apa-apa keraguan bahawa van Persie boleh membuat penggunaan terbaik peluang, berkata: "Ia adalah jelas sudut yang sukar, tetapi pemain keupayaan Robin ... kita bekerja pada yang bersama-sama di padang latihan saya tidak mempunyai. ragu-ragu dia boleh menjaringkan dari sana dan bersyukur dia kami memenangi permainan. "Belanda memberitahu Sky Sports. "Kami mempunyai satu permulaan yang benar-benar baik kerana Wayne, dua orang benar-benar baik kemasan klinikal, serangan yang baik dan kemudian kita berada dalam kawalan.

罗宾很高兴赢家

被伤害时间赢家加盖了他的处女曼彻斯特德比,范佩西承认的胜利进行了特别的感觉。
荷兰人已故的优胜者,冠军的第一个英超联赛本赛季的失败,造成了表一流的美国六分的过程中。
“什么都行,只是为了赢得”荷兰人告诉天空体育。 “我们有一个很好的开始,因为韦恩,两个非常良好的临床完成,好攻击,然后我们在控制。
“城市总是回来,所以我们知道,这是一个非常特殊的方式来结束比赛的三个点在一个浪漫的方式。”
范佩西的获奖者是通过一个偏转任意球后,荷兰人在第二分钟的伤害时,讨论了他的意图,鲁尼。
“Wazza问我:”你打算怎么办?你要拍摄或穿过它?“我说:“我想我还是有机会了,”“之称的前锋。
鲁尼坚持说,他从未有过任何怀疑,范佩西可以充分利用这个机会,说:“这很明显是一个困难的角度,但罗宾的能力的球员......我们的工作,共同在训练场上,我没有怀疑他能得分,幸好他为我们赢得了本场比赛。“

Manchester Deby: Nasri is paid £150,000-a-week to help Man City win... but he bottled it in the wall and handed bragging rights to rivals United

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Nasri is paid £150,000-a-week to help Man City win... but he bottled it in the wall and handed bragging rights to rivals United


Your team has battled back from two goals down to draw level in the Manchester derby. The home fans - your fans - are going crazy at denying your arch rivals victory on your patch. 
They have dodged humiliation in the pub and the jokes at work on Monday morning. But it's not over just yet. You've got a free-kick to defend. 
Joe Hart has told Carlos Tevez that he doesn't need him in the wall. So, you will be the key man on the right of the three-man wall. As Robin van Persie tells Wayne Rooney that he's going to have a pop, you know that the ball is coming your way. All that matters is getting in the way. 
You Wall-y: Nasri does his best to dodge Robin van Persie's injury-time free-kick
You Wall-y: Nasri does his best to dodge Robin van Persie's injury-time free-kick
Dodging the bullet: The Frenchman dangles his left leg in a pathetic attempt at trying to block Van Persie's strike
Dodging the bullet: The Frenchman dangles his left leg in a pathetic attempt at trying to block RVP's strike
Helpless: The ball sails past Manchester City stopper Joe Hart after deflecting off the outstretched leg of Nasri
Helpless: The ball sails past Manchester City stopper Joe Hart after deflecting off the outstretched leg of Nasri
But something's playing in the back of your mind. You don't fancy this. You played with Robin at Arsenal and he knows how to hit a ball. This is going to be coming at you hard. Very hard.
It's cold. You don't want that ball crashing into your face. It's going to hurt. But will it hurt as much as that ball flying into the net at 60mph...? 
We don't know the thought-process of Samir Nasri in those manic moments and we probably never will. But we can guess at what was running through his mind as Van Persie lined up his free-kick in the 93rd minute at the Etihad Stadium.
Nasri
I don't fancy this much: Nasri - a former team-mate of Van Persie - hides behind Edin Dzeko and Gareth Barry
We've all been there. That Sunday morning in the freezing cold and you're on the end of the wall as that opponent with thunder thighs readies himself for a piledriver from 25 yards. Some of you reading this will have dodged it. Some of you would never consider ducking out of the way. 
But there are very few people who are paid £150,000-a-week to help their team win a football match. Nasri is rewarded handsomely by Manchester City for putting his body on the line each week. 
Dutch of class: Van Persie celebrates his dramatic winner with the United supporters
Dutch of class: Van Persie celebrates his dramatic winner with the United supporters
Roberto Mancini's words said it all. He pointed out that he only had 'two-and-a-half' players in the wall to defend the free-kick. 
Just what was Nasri thinking?
As Van Persie readied himself, Nasri seemed uncomfortable in the wall. He looked like he didn't want to be there. While Edin Dzeko and Gareth Barry - the two of the 'two-and-a-half' - stood firm, Nasri wriggled about, sensing that he was a human target. 
When Van Persie steps up to take the free-kick, he can probably sense Nasri's nerves. He would know enough about his mental strength from their time together at Arsenal. What he would not have predicted is that Nasri would bottle it in such a blatant manner. 
As the ball leaves Van Persie's foot, the Frenchman is already tucking himself behind Dzeko. By the time the ball is level with the wall - or to be precise, in the exact position where Nasri should have been standing - he is hiding behind Dzeko. His eyes are closed, his back is now facing Van Persie and his protruding left leg (it should have at least been his right) is a token attempt to block the shot. 
When the ball sneaks into the far corner of Hart's goal, Nasri knows he's let himself down. He's let the team down. He's let down the 42,000-plus City fans inside the Etihad Stadium. He's let down the thousands watching on TV around the world. 
And he's handed bragging rights to Manchester United. The pub and Monday morning at work are going to be painful for City fans. 
Just what was he thinking? Is he one brick short of a wall?


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2245810/Samir-Nasri-shameful-wall-Manchester-City-Robin-van-Persie-strikes-free-kick.html#ixzz2EhSbDOjU
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Manchester Derby: Evra sack alert! Sir Alex will give us ALL the boot if we don't beat City to crown, claims United star

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Evra sack alert! Sir Alex will give us ALL the boot if we don't beat City to crown, claims United star 



    Patrice Evra has warned his team-mates they deserve to be sacked if Manchester United let the Barclays Premier League title slip through their grasp again. 
Sir Alex Ferguson's side won an explosive Manchester derby 3-2 on Sunday to move six points clear and end City's two-year unbeaten run at home. 
But the memory of blowing an eight-point lead in the final six games last season is still painful and Evra is determined to avoid a repeat. 
All smiles: But Evra has warned that United must win the league this season
All smiles: But Evra has warned that United must win the league this season


'I think Ferguson is going to sack everyone if we did that,' said the Frenchman. 
'No, I'm serious. It would not  be funny, for the fans, for the players, for everyone. 
'I remember what happened. We were eight points clear and in the end we lost the league.'
Evra believes the psychological blow inflicted by Robin van Persie's late strike and City's first defeat in 38 Premier League games at the Etihad is even more significant than the lead itself. 
'It was more important to win at City and give a sign out to them,' he added. 
'We also broke their record at home. Psychologically, it was really important to win against City.' 
Meanwhile, it emerged on Monday that City goalkeeper Joe Hart asked Carlos Tevez to leave the defensive wall prior to Van Persie's winner. 
Dutch of class: Van Persie's deflected free-kick settled Sunday's Manchester derby
Dutch of class: Van Persie's deflected free-kick settled Sunday's Manchester derby
City manager Roberto Mancini was bemused by the sight of Tevez leaving his position next to Samir Nasri, in what had been a four-man wall, before Van Persie struck his free-kick. 
In a heated dressing-room inquest, Hart is understood to have told Mancini that he told Tevez to move as he could not see. Hart's view was that Nasri was in a perfect position to block Van Persie's shot and would have done so had he not then moved out of the way. 
Bottle job: Nasri turned his back on RVP's injury-time free-kick
Bottle job: Nasri turned his back on RVP's injury-time free-kick
Mancini may have to rely on out-of-favour defender Joleon Lescott at Newcastle on Saturday. 
Captain Vincent Kompany is not expected to recover from the hamstring strain he suffered on Sunday, even though initial tests have indicated that his absence should not be a long one.

Manchester Derby: Ferdinand to blame for 'inciting' Man City fans? No chance. You can't rob English football of its key ingredient: passion

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Ferdinand to blame for 'inciting' Man City fans? No chance. You can't rob English football of its key ingredient: passion 


Let's get this straight: Rio Ferdinand was not celebrating in front of the Manchester City fans and he was certainly not to blame for that cut above his eye. 
A text message landed in my phone, seconds after the final whistle brought down the curtain on the tempestuous 164th Manchester derby.
'Ferdinand's bang out of order', said the sender. I found it hard to comprehend. 'Why so?' was my reply. 
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Struck down: Commentators have tried to apportion some of the blame on Ferdinand for his celebrations
Struck down: Commentators have tried to apportion some of the blame on Ferdinand for his celebrations
'Celebrating like that, rubbing it in the City fans' faces. He's lost it', was the explanation. I could barely bring myself to reply. 
I'd just watched the United defender walking off the pitch with blood streaming from a wound a centimetre or two above his left eye. 
His crime? Celebrating 93rd-minute winner against the Barclays Premier League champions - their city neighbours, no less - to send his team six points clear at the top of the league. 
It came after his team had thrown away a two goal lead, only to snatch the spoils right at the very close of a match that will live long in the memory. 
Bang out of order? Lost it? I don't think so. 
Pitch invader: Ferdinand was also targeted by a fan who raced onto the field
Pitch invader: Ferdinand was also targeted by a fan who raced onto the field
Pitch invader: Ferdinand was also targeted by a fan who raced onto the field
Various social media, radio and press outlets have lumped a portion of blame on Ferdinand for celebrating on front of the City fans following Robin van Persie's winning free-kick. 
Well, that's not true for a start, he was in front of the United fans. 
The coin must have travelled quite a distance before it arrived at his brow, as Ferdinand said in his post-match tweet, it was 'some shot'. 
But so what if he had celebrated in front of the City fans? He and his team-mates had earned the right to celebrate wherever they wanted to. 
They'd just won the most important match of the season, three points secured which, at the end of the season, could decide the final destination of the title.
United front: Ferdinand was celebrating in front of the United fans and Rooney receives abuse (below)
United front: Ferdinand was celebrating in front of the United fans and Rooney receives abuse (below)
United front: Ferdinand was celebrating in front of the United fans and Rooney receives abuse (below)

Against a team who did the league double over them last term, scoring eight goals in the process. He had every right to get excited. 
Look at the picture of Wayne Rooney, facing a barrage of vile invective from City fans which illustrates the levels of abuse players face on a regular basis.
And what was the alternative after the winning goal was scored? A gentle ripple of applause from the travelling supporters followed by handshakes all round as the United players walked back to the centre circle?
That anodyne vision of the future would rob the passion - arguably it’s the key ingredient - from the most-watched league in the world.  
We demand the very highest standards from the players. Demand they cede no inch, sweat every last drop and leave the field of play shattered, but then want to deny them the right to savour the very moment they pull on their kit for: Score goals. Win games. 
Of course players have a duty to not goad supporters with inflammatory gestures. But to celebrate in those circumstances in front of his own fans as Ferdinand did cannot and should not be outlawed. 
To suggest he 'crossed the line' is nonsense.  The line was crossed when those dozens of fans - and it was dozens, check the amount of coins on the field around Ferdinand's feet - starting rifling through their pockets for some shrapnel to direct at the opposition. 
And it is nothing new. The only difference is this time a coin actually hit a player. 
Ugly scenes: The fans directed abuse at each other as well as the players
Ugly scenes: The fans directed abuse at each other as well as the players
Ugly scenes: The fans directed abuse at each other as well as the players
Sir Alex Ferguson said after the match: 'It's unfortunate that a City fan runs on and coins are thrown. The same thing happened at Chelsea, which was masked by all the other things. I have not known many more dramatic days than that.'
Screaming in delight following the denouement of a successful title-race battle is not a criminal offence. Gashing someone's face with a missile is. 
Commentators should remember that before pillorying those who actions week in, week out give us reason to celebrate.  
Ugly scenes: The fans directed abuse at each other as well as the players
Ugly scenes: The fans directed abuse at each other as well as the players

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Daily Mail: MANCHESTER DERBY PICTURE SPECIAL

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2244480/MANCHESTER-DERBY-PICTURE-SPECIAL-The-goals-rows-rivalry--Ryan-Giggs-embarrassing-tights.html



MANCHESTER DERBY PICTURE SPECIAL: The goals, the rows and the rivalry... plus Ryan Giggs' embarrassing tights



Move over the Merseyside derby. North London has nothing on this. The big one is back - the Manchester derby. Sunday. 1.30pm. Buckle up and enjoy.
Millions will be watching this Sunday's events at the Etihad. The match will be broadcast live in 212 territories across the globe, reaching an astonishing 720 million homes worldwide. 
There will also be 12 international broadcasters present at the Etihad Stadium, including ESPN Brasil and NHK Japan, the highest number of broadcasters at any Barclays Premier League game this season.
It has become the stand-out fixture of the Premier League season and here's the photographic evidence... We love the goals, the rows, the celebrations, the banter and, above all else, the rivalry...
THE GOALS...
The most famous derby goal: Denis Law (No 10), then of City in 1974, scores with a back-heel past United goalkeeper Alec Stepney. It was a strike which still haunts Law because it effectively confirmed United's relegation
The most famous derby goal: Denis Law (No 10), then of City in 1974, scores with a back-heel past United goalkeeper Alec Stepney. It was a strike which still haunts Law because it effectively confirmed United's relegation
Law mobbed by spectators
Manchester United fans invade the pitch and mob Manchester City's Denis Law at the final whistle of the Manchester derby
Life's a pitch: Supporters mob Law after his back-heeled goal on April 27, 1974 for City against United at Old Trafford. Other results would have sent United down anyway and the game had to be abandoned after a pitch invasion (right) with five minutes left.

DENIS LAW ON THAT GOAL... IN HIS OWN WORDS

'I was inconsolable. I didn’t want it to happen. How long did the feeling last? How long ago was the game? Thirty-odd years. There is your answer. The subject always crops up. It’s one of those things. It’s always there and I am always remembered for it. That’s a shame.
I played with all those guys. They were pals. I didn’t want them down. It was the last thing in the world that I wanted. It didn’t feel good, no. We weren’t friends on the field. We would kick each other. But once the whistle went and it was over, things changed.
There was a bar in those days so we would have a cup of tea or coffee or a beer and then we might meet up later. It was just normal in those days. I was a bit different as I had been at both clubs and I knew guys who were still playing. 
I knew the trainers and the guys behind the scenes. As the years have gone on it has changed, I guess.'
Taken from a 2010 interview by Ian Ladyman
Second most famous derby goal: Wayne Rooney's majestic overhead kick against City in February last year
Second most famous derby goal: Wayne Rooney's majestic overhead kick against City in February last year
Close one: United legend Charlton narrowly misses against City as the Blue side of Manchester prevailed with a 4-0 win in 1969
Close one: United legend Charlton narrowly misses against City as the Blue side of Manchester prevailed with a 4-0 win in 1969
Trevor Morley (front right) scores the second City goal. Mal Donaghy (R). Football: Division 1: Manchester City v Manchester United (5-1)
Manchester City's Vincent Kompany (3-L) rises above Manchester United's Chris Smalling (2-R)
Blue moon rising: Trevor Morley (above, far right) scores City's second in their 1989 5-1 thumping of United and captain Vincent Kompany (right) rises highest to score City's opener against United at the Etihad last April
Rarity: Paul Scholes scores the first goal - with his head! - during the 2003 derby, which United won 3-1
Rarity: Paul Scholes scores the first goal - with his head! - during the 2003 derby, which United won 3-1
The near miss: Manchester City's Don Revie (centre) wheels away thinking he has headed home, but the ball strikes the post and United's Bill Foulkes is on hand to clear
The near miss: Manchester City's Don Revie (centre) wheels away thinking he has headed home, but the ball strikes the post and United's Bill Foulkes is on hand to clear
THE ROWS...
Red Devil: Allenby Chilton, the Manchester United captain, heads for the dressing room after being sent of against City in a 1955 FA Cup tie
Red Devil: Allenby Chilton, the Manchester United captain, heads for the dressing room after being sent of against City in a 1955 FA Cup tie
Temper, temper: Bryan Robson (No 7) and Dennis Irwin (centre) wade in as Niall Quinn (No 9) and Steve McMahon (hidden) attempt to keep the peace at Old Trafford in 1992
Temper, temper: Bryan Robson (No 7) and Dennis Irwin (centre) wade in as Niall Quinn (No 9) and Steve McMahon (hidden) attempt to keep the peace at Old Trafford in 1992
In the red corner: Denis Law takes a swipe at Tommy Booth in 1969 as Joe Corrigan lies on the floor during the 2-2 derby draw at Old Trafford
In the red corner: Denis Law takes a swipe at Tommy Booth in 1969 as Joe Corrigan lies on the floor during the 2-2 derby draw at Old Trafford
Roy Keane sent off by referee David Elleray after tackle on Haaland has the last word as he walks off
Roy Keane sent off by referee David Elleray after this tackle on Ale Haaland
Vile: Roy Keane abuses Alf-Inge Haaland (left) after seriously injuring the City midfielder in 2001 (right).  Keane was rightly sent off. It was the culmination of a feud which had lasted four years and Keane admitted his violent intent in his subsequent autobiography in 2002
Recent rumpus: Rio fumes at Mancini and Platt in April last year
Recent rumpus: Rio fumes at Mancini and Platt in April last year
Boss bother: Mancini (left) and Fergie clash in April this year
Boss bother: Mancini (left) and Fergie clash in April this year
Cup fuss: Anderson (right) takes issue with Balotelli's FA Cup semi-final victory celebration
Cup fuss: Anderson (right) takes issue with Balotelli's FA Cup semi-final victory celebration
City's Craig Bellamy hit by coin and a plastic cider bottle
Cristiano Ronaldo shows his temper as he throws track suit to the ground after being taken off... Premier League: Manchester United v Manchester City (2-0)
Bottling it: Craig Bellamy, then of City, is hit by a coin while a bottle of cider narrowly misses during the January 2010 derby (left) while Cristiano Ronaldo (right) reacts to being substituted the season before by throwing his tracksuit top to the ground and sulking as United run out 2-0 winners
THE CELEBRATIONS...
Kiss catch: Gary Neville plants a smacker on 2010 goalscorer Paul Scholes
Kiss catch: Gary Neville plants a smacker on 2010 goalscorer Paul Scholes
Late drama: Michael Owen celebrates after scoring United's winning goal in the 2009 derby
Late drama: Michael Owen celebrates after scoring United's winning goal in the 2009 derby
Side stepper: Carlos Tevez, now at City, celebrates his 2009 derby goal for United
Side stepper: Carlos Tevez, now at City, celebrates his 2009 derby goal for United
Malcolm Allison, assistant manager at Manchester City FC reacts to the news that City have been drawn to play Manchester United in the FA Cup 4th round in 1970
Michael Carrick second goal celebration with Wayne Rooney
Game on: Malcolm Allison, assistant manager at City (left), reacts to the news that the 1970 FA Cup fourth round draw had pitted the two great rivals against each other as Wayne Rooney celebrates United second goal in January 2010 on team-mate Michael Carrick's shoulders (right)
Football League match 1990 Manchester City v Manchester United (3-3) David White (Left) and Peter Reid (Right) with Colin Hendry after he scored citys third goal
Manchester City's Vincent Kompany (C) celebrates scoring the opening goal against Manchester United
City slickers: David White (Left) and Peter Reid (Right) with Colin Hendry (left) after the defender scored City's third goal in a dramatic 3-3 derby draw in 1990, while Vincent Kompany (right) wheels away after putting City 1-0 up back in April this year at the Eithad Stadium
Just for kicks: Rooney's celebration is befitting of his wonder goal against City last year
Just for kicks: Rooney's celebration is befitting of his wonder goal against City last year
THE BANTER...
Redundant: Manchester United fans display a banner depicting the last time City won a trophy during the derby in February 2011. City have subsequently won the title and the FA Cup
Redundant: Manchester United fans display a banner depicting the last time City won a trophy during the derby in February 2011. City have subsequently won the title and the FA Cup
Mario Balotelli of Manchester City reveals a message on his T-shirt as he celebrates scoring the first goal
Manchester City FC poster bearing the face of new signing and former Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez, in the city centre
Text messages: Maro Balotelli reveals his infamous T-shirt message after scoring City's first in last season's 6-1 rout at Old Trafford and Carlos Tevez beams down on the centre of Manchester from the inflammatory billboard erected after he signed foe the Blue side of the city in July 2009
Extraordinary sight: The scoreboard shows the final score of the derby match at Old Trafford on October 23, 2011
Extraordinary sight: The scoreboard shows the final score of the derby match at Old Trafford on October 23, 2011
THE (FRIENDLY) RIVALRY...
The bosses: Captured here by artist Paul Trevillion in a special commission for Sportsmail, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson (left) could be looking for a spot of 'Fergie time' on Sunday against Roberto Mancini's City
The bosses: Captured here by artist Paul Trevillion in a special commission for Sportsmail, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson (left) could be looking for a spot of 'Fergie time' on Sunday against Roberto Mancini's City
John Bond, manager of Manchester City FC drinks champagne with Ron Atkinson, manger of Manchester United, 1981
Margaret Atkinson wife of Manchester United Manager Ron Atkinson pictured with Jan Bond the wife of Manchester City boss Jon Bond
Mr and Mrs: City manager John Bond and United boss Ron Atkinson share a bottle of champagne on derby day in 1981, while their wives Jan (bond, right) and Margaret (Atkinson) enjoy a cup of tea ahead of the big match
Friendly rivalry: Mike Doyle of Man City (left) and Man Utd goalkeeper Alex Stepney stroll down the 18th together in 1975
Friendly rivalry: Mike Doyle of Man City (left) and Man Utd goalkeeper Alex Stepney stroll down the 18th together in 1975
Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson (right) with Manchester City manager Mel Machin (left)
Rival managers Joe Mercer (Manchester City) and Frank O'Farrell (Manchester United)
Breakfast club: City manager Mel Machin (left) and Fergie (right) chew the fat ahead of a derby fixture in 1989, while derby rivals Joe Mercer (City, left) and Frank O'Farrell United) chink glasses in 1971
... BUT WE DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE THIS AGAIN, GIGGSY...
Tight fit: Ryan Giggs wearing black leggings during the derby clash on February 13, 2005. Dear, oh dear, Giggsy
Tight fit: Ryan Giggs wearing black leggings during the derby clash on February 13, 2005. Dear, oh dear, Giggsy