United’s derby pain as City thankful for Small mercies

Manchester City 1 Manchester United 0

The United centre-half collected two yellow cards in the space of seven minutes late in the first half, neither of them necessary, leaving United down to 10 men for the best part of an hour.

A bad shoulder injury early in the second half to Marcos Rojo further disrupted United’s back line and left Louis van Gaal fielding a back four that featured midfielders Antonio Valencia and Michael Carrick, along with the big-money summer signing Luke Shaw and inexperienced youngster Paddy McNair.