Claudio Bravo’s debut gaffe for Manchester City sets Twitter alight

At the end of the specially scheduled 12:30pm encounter, Pep Guardiola drew first blood by winning two goals to one, and produced a first-half tactical setup masterpiece that practically made United look ordinary at times.

“You look at De Bruyne today”.

City were very good in this game, but United were exceptionally poor. I was convinced by him before the game and it was the same after.

That may have had something to do with the introductions of Marcus Rashford and Ander Herrera at half-time – but maybe the row between the players helped galvanise the team.

De Bruyne ran the show, repeatedly collecting long passes into that inside-left channel. The Portuguese manager threw him into the fray in the second half of the Manchester derby and the teenager nearly managed to turn things around for his side. Winning. The other two can wait and United accept that. Manchester City came out for the first half like a team possessed. Paul Pogba, United’s ₤89 million midfielder, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were invisible. “But it is just two months together, so we have time to get better”.

“What I am impressed with the most is that after that happened (the goal), we played well in the last minutes of the first half”. The Northwest Derby will be particularly interesting when United line up against Klopp’s gegenpressing Liverpool.

NABY KEITA (RB Leipzig) The Guinean scored a minute from time to give promoted Leipzig a shock 1-0 home win over title hopefuls Borussia Dortmund, who had threatened in the early stages through Gabon striker and 2015 African Footballer of the Year Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Leicester lost only three games last season.

Next up for Leicester: A break from league play and its first ever match in the Champions League, against Club Brugge on Wednesday. He definitely wasn’t off when he said some players disappointed-some players definitely were “below the level”, and the team did “pay for it” – all the more clear with how brightly United started the second half. They should have capitalised more on their counterattacking chances, particularly after Leroy Sané replaced Sterling down the right, but United’s best spell had arrived before Guardiola’s change. It was now 4-3-3, with three outright forwards.

Our Dashing Man of the Match Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring, which saw City maintain their ideal start to the Premier League campaign.

Well that begs the apparent question as to why the Manchester United manager fielded him, knowing all too well he wasn’t fully fit.