Manchester United - Manchester City player ratings were extremely tough to dish out, but we did it anyway.
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Basically, the vast majority of players got a six and a couple were handed marks just above that. Just. The 0-0 draw wasn’t inspiring, as both team settled for a draw (See: Three things we learned).
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Here’s a look at the Manchester United - Manchester City player ratings from a tense Manchester derby at Old Trafford.
Manchester United player ratings
David de Gea: 6 - Did well to deny Mahrez in the first half. Aside from that, collected a few crosses with ease.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka: 6 - Struggled early on defensively. City targeted him and he was caught out one-on-one by Sterling, but recovered well.
Victor Lindelof: 6 - Headed just over from a corner. Not tested defensively
Harry Maguire: 6 - Headed over a corner, while at the other end he looked assured and made some big blocks.
Luke Shaw: 7 - Did a job on Mahrez defensively, and did the same when Ferran Torres came on. Shrugged off an injury.
Fred: 6 - Battled through injury in the first half and dug deep to shut out City’s attack.
Scott McTominay: 6 - See above. Didn’t see a lot of the ball and his positioning was very deep.
Paul Pogba: 7 - Got himself into some dangerous positions and sprayed the ball around nicely. Had quality on the ball as he started on the left and played centrally.
Bruno Fernandes: 6 - Tried to impact the game but couldn’t. Rodri and Fernandinho shut his space down expertly.
Mason Greenwood: 6 - One shot which was blocked and did his best to roam across the front line.
Marcus Rashford: 6 - See above. Not a lot going on in attack. Won a penalty kick early in the second half but was ruled out by VAR as he was offside.
Substitution
Anthony Martial (74' on for Greenwood): N/A
Manchester City player ratings
Ederson: 6 - One sloppy pass in the first half but did well apart from that.
Kyle Walker: 6 - Lucky to not give away a penalty kick in the second half. Did okay.
John Stones: 7 - Solid defensively and really calm on the ball. It’s nice to see his confidence growing once again.
Ruben Dias: 6 - A couple of good blocks and tackles. An easy outing for the Portuguese defender.
Joao Cancelo: 6 - See above. Solid defensively at left back but didn’t get forward.
Rodri: 6 - Sat in and tried his best to dictate the tempo of the game.
Fernandinho: 6 - Plugged the gaps well. Couldn’t help City grab control of the game.
Riyad Mahrez: 6 - Should have scored when clean through. Whipped in one dangerous cross. That was about it.
Kevin de Bruyne: 7 - Textbook class on the ball. Set up Mahrez superbly, then fired the rebound over. United doubled up on him.
Raheem Sterling: 6 - Turned Wan-Bissaka inside out and went close early on. Didn’t see a lot of the ball.
Gabriel Jesus: 6 - Skied a good chance over the bar in the first half.
Substitution
Ferran Torres (66' on for Mahrez): 6 - One good run against Shaw but game up short.