70% possession don’t mean anything when it’s mostly in your defensive half passing side to side. Pep was visibly frustrated & even the commentators were shocked city couldn’t progress the ball

Apparently City "dominated" yet only had one shot on target with all that possession .😂😂 Is dominating not creating multiple chances? & the opposition making saves which De Gea didn't do. Yet, nobody mentions we could've been 2 or 3 up at halftime if Bruno or Rashford finished the chances.

Fred manmarking KDB was a brilliant move. Malacia and Mahrez battle was superb. Great game!!!

Casemiro and Wan Bissaka were immense. Wan Bissaka was even taking players on, and his passing was also good. ETH has really improved this team and players and general.

This resurgence of Manchester United just goes to prove how important having the right manager is.

It’s so hard for these pundits to simply say United played really well. Tactics were set up well. That United kept pace with City easily in the first half. Stevie got there closets. City turned it up after halftime but they were not clinical. Especially with Luke Shaw at Cb and Haaland on your team and 70% possession it wasn’t a we rely on De Gea to keep the score close. Even with the Fernandes’ goal gone it’s 1-1.

A very good coach can improve his players and get the best out of them, bring stability in the dressing room. For me Ten Hag is the best Manchester United signing since SAF left. Casemeiro signing is definitely the best transfer last summer and his impact for united is huge.

Dominating possession and Dominating the game isn't the same thing. Like Jose Mourinho said, you can control the game without the ball and that's what United did, especially on the first half. City had one shot on goal but these pundits are making so many excuses for City, but are we surprised? They never give United credit

Expected goals by analytics: United 1.62 City 0.65. Deserved win for United and what a comeback

EtH's philosophy is based on positional and possesion-based domination, and yet in recognising and nullifying the strengths of strong opponents (Liverpool, Arsenal and City) he's produced deserving game-winning performances against all these opponents at Old Trafford (underlying numbers prove this: xG of 5.06 - 3.32 across the three games). A sign of a top-class coach, combined with his willingness to make big (and ultimately correct) decisions.

Ayo and can we please just give Ten Hag his flowers !!!!??? This Man played Luke Shaw as a CB and he gave a solid performance, crazy what a coach who believes in a player can do , incredible 🔥🔥🔥

The passion that casemiro brings is just infectious. The man lives and breathes United and it shows. What a class act.

What a display from Manchester United today.

I wasn't born when Arsenal and United were the two most dominant teams in the PL. Can I assume that many of the ex-players reactions to United and Arsenal being good are just them reliving trauma?

How come nobody mentioned how Fred kept KDB in his pocket for most of the game.

Credit to Ten Hag and United for turning things around!! Like Newcastle, this team seems unstoppable and are only a few points away from City!!

If you had told most pundits that Utd would start Luke Shaw at CB and AWB too, everyone of them would've predicted another Halaand hattrick and another rout....instead of focusing on how brilliant ETH and his team were and how Pep was out-coached, the focus is now the controversial goal....

To watch Wan Bissaka dribble like a prime Messi just told me we were winning even when we were a goal down. Hag doing a great job Only Martial is the one refusing to be made better

United flooring City and Liverpool getting battered. We can understand Stevie's frustration 🤣🤣🤣

If Phil Foden did the same thing,it’d be a 1000 IQ play and anyone denying it would be a hater 😅

stevie having a rough day. man utd fans can understand

Did anyone mention City's woeful defending for Rashford's goal? They were all ball watching.

07:23 Ale hit the nail right on the head there. As a United fan I was so happy to see Haaland dropping away from goal to play the ball and get involved in the play.

Nedum is, by far, the best analyst available to ESPN.

Last I checked, you’re supposed to play and not assume anything until the whistle is blown. So like the letter of the rule, it’s a goal.

massive respect for tenhag and munited incredible results

Instead of giving credits to Utd, these pundits just putting the blame on City not playing well. Basically saying City lost because they played badly not due to Utd playing well.

That’s an age old rule - “play to the whistle”

If the other teams were to pass the ball between defenders and goalkeepers most of the time, they’d also have 70% possession.

This is why you always play to the whistle regardless of whether or not you think there's a foul or an offsides

Wish there was this much controversy when things like this go Liverpool's or Man City's way.

I certainly don't think they're 'off ' their game or out of form...but the fact is United came with the right strategy from the coaching staff and commitment from the players ...United,like other teams this season have gotten it right more often than not...what always surprises me is that City is always the NO.1 seed but hadn't won the Champions League and they are not going to win the league this year either.

The same letter of the law is what gave Salah a goal against wolves a couple weeks ago Stevie 😂😂😂😂

Ale moreno is right there are sometimes Halland make runs and csn be found with simples passes but yet the players passes side ways and complicate things for themselves

The Rashford script is UNREAL.

hold that 3-0 stevie, i bet u wish u had a var call today LOL

It was a technical masterclass from ETH. The definition of dominance is fuzzy. Except for some 20 mins patch in 2nd half City didn't have a sniff of UTD's goal. These pundits don't want to admit it, maybe some vested interest.

Craig: City dominated the game, BUT they didn’t create much chances. I’m confused.

Good win Man United, if City had won this game 3-2 nobody would be discussing the Bruno goal or wether or not Rashford did interfere to throw off keeper or defender. The thing is most people and pundits went into this game thinking City was going to thrashed Man United,hence the discussion because the result went the other way around in Man United favor

Honorable mention to Aaron wan bissaka kept foden in his back pocket

Everyone in the studio was like Man City's fan...

Ale is spot on about Haaland. He’s not failing City, Pep, his philosophy and his system is failing Haaland. City wingers don’t drive and attack into the box like they did last season or even as they did this season before the WC and the only reason I can think of is they’re terrified of losing the ball bc of Pep. PSA: possession stats mean nothing if you don’t create anything and if you don’t create chances, you can’t win games.

Simply the best team won

If this happened a few weeks ago and Messi was in the same situation as Rashford there wouldn't be this level of controversy. in fact Messi would be praised and everyone would say Messi was brilliant to leave the ball alone

If Manchester United can get oshimen, they would be true contenders next season. He like running behind and that would be perfect for him at united. City should change their style and play what suits Haaland, otherwise they will struggle

Onuoha is solid. Enjoyed his commentary.

I take a lot of credit for planting the idea of Ten Hag being the right man within the Fanbase

Bruhhh...why did City not play Halland today!?!?!?🤷....was folden injured today as well, why did he not come on?🤔

Stevie so bitter I love it 😆

Did he say city dominate the second half but didn’t create anything? So what did they dominate? Passing the ball 600 times. I blame pep Barcelona for people to think passing the ball over 800 times and create almost no chance to think they dominate the game.

Akanji, for a guy who can do math faster than a calculator wasn't fast enough there😂

Akanji should know Rashford was offside and focus on Fernandes 💀

This panel is soo anti United all the time. Even after this brilliant tactical game of Ten Hag they are shy to say the actually played a good game.

the upload we were waiting for

Well said Nedum about the goal

Bruno was on side and it was a goal....Man city players just switched off......i remember Messi doing something like that and the pundits were praising him.....hypocrites Congratulation to Man utd.. Erik's strategy was spot on..

United: 8 shots with 4 on target City: 5 shots with 1 on target. City have a problem. Their 1st shot on target against So'ton came at the 78th minute.

Pundits be hatin😂

It's a good point, what's the reason in having Haaland on the pitch if you're not going to leverage that threat of the ball over the top, or even just a deep cross in towards him? He can't really get involved in neat passing attacking build up but you could still occasionally play to his strengths while having 65-70% possession. Otherwise if you want to pass the ball into the goal swap him out for a player who can do a much better job of that like Alvarez rather than having a CF who can't get involved.

Like Mourinho once said “they can take the ball home, we’ll take the 3 points.” I’m sure that was a champions league final quote but it applies here as well.

So United are about to be the richest team, commercially, historically and with the new Dubai(fingers crossed) owners, are about to be one of the most financially attractive teams. Give Ten Hag unlimited resources oh my 😮. Glory Glory.

Onouha is right. Akanji saw Rashford near the ball and stopped and waited for the flag. But he's a millionaire player who is representing one of the best teams in the world and he needs to be showing more awareness. Akanji messed up, not the referees

If this was reversed they would all be saying it's a goal ABU

Spot on from Ale about Haaland, I was particularly frustrated by bernado and cancelo today whenever they get forward, haaland would call for the ball and instead of playing it they either cut inside midfield or in bernados case a bunch of useless cutback or whatever he does when he thinks no one is in space, One action in game that made me almost turn my TV off is when haaland dropped deep to receive a ball from a united turnover and he lays it off for bernado and he turns and was off running and instead of playing that ball in he slows down the play and waits for both united and city to get in position, you have to play to erling strengths in order for him to work in this team

“Stevie” nichol is a bitter ex Liverpool player who hates united. What is the point in asking for his opinion about united? He’s biased and delusional. Poor guy

Can’t wait for the clash with Barcelona. Both teams are hitting form. It should be an absolute cracker. With Lewa and Rashford scoring for fun.

Why would a player need to TOUCH that ball for it to be offside. It happens 9/10 of all offside. Once the offensive player move toward the ball it will be given an offside. It wasn’t like Rashford was moving away from the ball. He was moving with the ball and shielding it until he saw Bruno.

As an arsenal fan, I believe United played really well. Fred and Casemiro gave their lives in trying to cement to Old Trafford as a fortress. United needs to be appreciated for their direct play. Chokr the wings for City and suddenly they start looking flustered without a plan B. City are human after all and look vulnerable than last season. Hope arsenal can get a win against them at the Emirates too.

Craig is just in denial about Man United at this point 🤣🤣🤣🤣

There’s nothing to debate, Rashford created a screen for Fernandez to score and that’s “interfering with the play” . There’s no sense in allowing that goal

Steve and You Guys have Great Football Brains. Fair Play. Love your Content.

The interference sub-rule of offside looks to rule out only physical interferences and not psychological ones. So, if the player was blocking line of sight or path or access to ball of the opponent, he's to be penalised and pla is to be rolled back, but if the opponent simply falls for the trap and changes his actions even when the aforementioned criteria of impedement is not met, he can have no complaints. Rashford was neither blocking Ederson's line of sight for the ball nor Akanji's access to it. Thus, he was deemed not active in play and the Fernandes goal rightfully stood. It's not illegal to benefit out of confusion. That's why they say you should play to the whistle. City players should have cleared the danger and then appealed. They did not, hence they paid the price for the way they played.

Pep doesn't work well with a true striker history shows that

Have people read the law though, I mean I'm extremely happy about the result but let's not sit here and pretend like the law is on the side of that decision. Rashford distracts the defenders and makes the keeper come out early then proceeds to let it go after the shout clearly confusing the defenders. Akanji ran with the Rashford run, I mean leave the law out of it. I just hope we win tomorrow, this is a good chance.

Good point about haaland. They still dont know how to play with him. He made a couple of runs and was willing to chase. xGi of 0.2 apparently for the big Norwegian. Man utd were very good and have been good for a while now👊🏾

16:02 here comes the magical moment 🤣🤣🤣 well up Stevie! On the day that Dan brings back the infamous Red Blazer 🤣

Correct me if im wrong but doesn't the lines man only call offside once the ball is in play and not when the player is offside ? So how is this any different from rashford being offside and NEVER touching the ball, the ball was in play and it was a free ball. The problem is the keeper and defenders let their guard down thinking it was offside, as a player you never stop play unless the whistle blows.

Everyone looking at it from the wrong angle,not a ref problem,rashfkrd not the issue. It’s the alertness and out of position city defense that switched off. If any player runs offside, it’s up to the defender to be smart and let him go,akanji did but should then be aware of Bruno as he’s the only threat now. He Switched off at the end of the day and got caught. Can blame refs but they went by the law. Walker shouldn’t have been so far forward so that he couldn’t mark bruno. City are just vulnerable at the moment

Burley top pundit out there. No messing about 💥👍

As a Man Utd fan I can well and truely say Man Utd are back. Old Trafford has a vibe it hasnt had since Fergie retired. Its brilliant to see. Crystal Palace and Arsenal to really show me if we are in this race. I think we'll win them both.

RASHFORD was offside...but Bruno Fernandes wasn't off side...and Rashford wasn't interfering the play either... this defeat not just hurt city fans only..but those ESPN pundits that hate Manchester united...you all Tek that in you all backside...we move

United played much better than City and fully deserved this win. Ten Hag got the tactics perfectly this game. Yeah the sham non offside VAR call on Rashford helped Man united equalize, but Rashford had 2 big chances in the first half that both should have been goals. First one he beat the keeper and all he had to do is curve it in the air into the net, instead he hit it straight at the defender, what?? Second chance, he was through and all he had to do was lay the ball back to Bruno or whomever that was there and easy goal, nope he decides to go alone, and messed the chance up.

Conflating possession with domination is stupid. You can have all the possession but what good is it when you only have one shot on target.

Arsenal, ManU, Newcastle are all in the title hunt at the same time. The 1990's jumped into a time machine and came to 2023

If City fans thinking Rashford interfered in play helps them sleep at night, go ahead but the result doesn’t change.

I'm no City fan and I am glad City lost, but that VAR overruling offside call, yeah that was a sham. Rashford from an offsides position runs towards the ball and then keeps running less than a foot away from the ball for like 5 seconds straight, they seriously expected anyone to believe Rashford had no involvement or impact on the defenders in that goal, lmao. VAR is a joke and needs to be removed.

0:18 The editor of Sport Star got the headline of the week.

U stop when the ref blow the whistle

Nedum is also crying while talking about it from inside😂😂😂

All that possession means nothing to me having watched it. United never really looked troubled. One mistake were they let KDB run into the half space and conceded, but other than that, it was pretty comfortable. It could and should have been 2-0 in the first half and then it would have been near enough game over anyway.

Ten Hag is proving everyone wrong I loved him at Ajax but I was not sure whether he'll succeed in England or not but after embarassing defeat against Brentford he turned the things around and he is wonderful man

Rules are Rules Stevie worry more about Liverpool 😂😂😂😂

Omfg how wrong were they about Haaland. It was united who made sure he doesn’t get ball and why he’s dropping behind.

Casemiro is Signing of the Season

It doesn't matter what you all think, what matters is that it was given! Play to the whistle!

So wat if theres a set piece the ball gets whipped into the box. 3 player jump and attempt to head the ball 2 are offside but he one who puts it in the net is onside, should that goal be disallowed because the offside players interfered with play? If that the case all set piece goals can be disallowed ruining the game. This rashford incidents is a once or twice a season thing, set pieces is literally every game.

If that Rashy/Bruno situation happened towards the corner flag and a pass or 2 later the team score, would people be interpreting it any differently- just wondering.

2:20 "Bruno hangs back..." Even more proof that neither city defender was going to beat him to the ball. Goal, it was a pass intended for Bruno, Rashford just ran alongside it for a laugh.

8 shots to 5, 4 on target to 1 on target, 1.65 Xg to .65. United dominated this game in every way except possession

If players start to replicate what rashford did today on that first goal, football will be in trouble. That nonsense of a law has to change. I don’t even think that’s even a law to begin with