An intriguing game, if not one that quite lived up to its superstar billing. Was incredibly disappointed with United, they clearly set their stall out to contain and looked to have no real clue how to change the system when they were behind. City were impressive defensively thanks to the ever-reliable Kompany, and the likes of Barry and Toure dominated the midfield.

Advantage certainly now with City and Mancini, although I wouldn't bet against oily Pards and Newcastle throwing a big ol' spanner in the works on Sunday.

the biggest game of the decade ...hardly lived up to it from what i hear , glad Man City won though ...hopefully the stranglehold that Man Utd have had on the Premiership title will be weakened now .

What did you think of Yaya toure begging for a yellow card for Scholes for the most innoculous of tackles?

Scholes had already committed a few fouls and Man City had already been on the receiving end of an official who could clearly be corrupted by whining players. i don't blame Toure at all for trying it on, Rooney was far worse but escapes criticsim simply because he didn't wave an imaginary card (and the fact he is Rooney).

Have you changed your avatar speccy?

I think h was just trying to balance out the tactic Man u shamelessly used form the opening whistle much like how Drogba did with his tactic in the first match against Barcelona. You have to make it hard for the ref to just react because they say so ,it 's the perfect counter reaction psychologically.

Fair call, if the ref has set a precedent you have to try to exploit it. I just wish no players would try that shit. I think to be fair to Rooney no one has mentioned how he stopped doing all this when the referee pulled over Evra for a chat with Rooney to tell him to stop.