11 crazy stats from Man City’s ridiculously dominant derby win

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Planet Football
6th November 2021

Manchester United‘s 2-0 home defeat to Manchester City wasn’t quite as dramatic or shocking as their 5-0 mauling at the hands of Liverpool a fortnight ago, but it was emphatic all the same.

The pressure continues to crank up on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, with the club registering more defeats than wins than the marquee signing of returning hero Cristiano Ronaldo two months ago.

Solskjaer’s men fell six points behind City after the defeat and could well find themselves 11 points behind league leaders Chelsea if they win as expected against Burnley.

The scoreline was relatively routine for Pep Guardiola’s men, but the underlying statistics told the story of quite how dominant they were – a reminder of why they’re the reigning champions.

Here are 11 of the craziest and most impressive – or damning, depending on your viewpoint – stats and records following the result.

– Manchester United registered more shots on target against themselves (two) than they did at Manchester City’s goal.

– Manchester United managed just four touches in the opposition box. That’s their lowest tally in any game since Opta started recording the statistics in 2008.

– City completed 753 passes – the most any team has completed in a Premier League match against the Red Devils since Opta started recording pass stats in 2004.

– Man City’s back four completed 331 passes. United’s back five (plus substitute Alex Telles) completed 169 passes.

🗣"It felt worst. United are so awful it's unbelievable."

Roy Keane is left speechless at full time thinking Manchester United were very poor pic.twitter.com/mlNNuIO5K8

— Football Daily (@footballdaily) November 6, 2021

– All 10 of City’s outfielders registered more touches than any United player.

– Cristiano Ronaldo registered just 27 touches. By contrast, City’s false nine Bernardo Silva registered 86 touches.

– Joao Cancelo has four assists in the past week alone, plus the ball in that led to Eric Bailly’s own goal. That’s more than Jadon Sancho, Luke Shaw, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Jesse Lingard and Mason Greenwood have all season combined.

⭐️ Man of the Match, @ManCity’s Joao Cancelo
125 touches
Completed 93 of 104 passes
46 passes in final third (Man Utd had 73 total)
7x possession gained
4 shots, 2 on target
Assist for Silva, 4th in last 2 games pic.twitter.com/RgQbAvZuIf

— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) November 6, 2021