Silencing the noisy neighbours

ALEX FERGUSON depicted himself as a victim of a loud neighbour but his reaction to the Michael Owen goal that settled the most exciting derby game of recent times showed just how concerned he is about keeping up with the Jones’s.

City dominated the possession in a first half that finished 1-1 and after Darren Fletcher had scored his second to make it 3-2, Craig Bellamy tore past Rio Ferdinand and slipped the ball past Ben Foster from the narrowest of angles.

But five minutes and 26 seconds into what was supposed to be four minutes of added time, Ryan Giggs picked out Michael Owen and the forward stabbed a trademark finish low past Shay Given to spark wild celebrations that included Ferguson doing his awkward dance behind Gary Neville down the touchline towards the City fans, before Bellamy slapped a pitch invader.