Ian Whittell on the biggest talking points from a dramatic Manchester Derby.

It’s the ultimate battle of philosophies in Manchester tomorrow. A classic clash of styles as the family pulling every stroke to pump as much money as possible into their club faces the family working every trick in the book to take it out.

As Jessie Silva hugged her Leaving Cert class friends at the Mount Convent School in Limerick they all sang out: “We’re all going to college, we’re all going to college.”