Mancini rails at Nasri as RVP hits late derby winner

Manchester City 2 Manchester United 3

Despite the continued fretting over defensive concerns, Alex Ferguson’s team, who were beaten to the title on goal difference in the dying seconds in May, must be living by the theme ‘Always just enough’ after a thrilling triumph at the Etihad Stadium.

Wayne Rooney put them into a two-goal lead at the interval but slowly they were ground down by City, with Yaya Toure pulling one back moments after Ashley Young had an effort wrongly ruled out for offside before Pablo Zabaleta thumped in an equaliser with five minutes left.