Hamman praises City's workrate

Midfielder Dietmar Hamann praised Manchester City’s workrate after they upstaged Manchester United to win an emotional derby 2-1 at Old Trafford.

City took the three points thanks to first-half goals from Darius Vassell and Benjani Mwaruwari.

The match marked the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster.

Hamann told Sky Sports: “We worked ever so hard today and didn’t give them much space when they went forward. Every time one of our players lost the ball another player covered and won it back.

“We know how good they are going forward and to restrict them to one goal and a handful of chances throughout the 90 minutes showed how well we defended today.”

Hamann praised the performance of striker Benjani, who marked his first start for City by heading in their second goal.

“He’s done ever so well,” said Hamann. “He kept the ball well and worked hard. When we put the ball in the channels he was always chasing it and won a few free-kicks.

“He scored a great goal and it was a great debut for him.”

City captain Richard Dunne was pleased with a return to form for Sven-Goran Eriksson’s side as they completed a rare double over their local rivals.

“It’s brilliant,” he said. “We’ve been disappointed with our last few performances and today we got stuck into them.

“We knew if we didn’t put in a performance we’d be in trouble. We got the goals at the right time and in the second half we worked really hard.”