Manchester United V Manchester City

Sir Alex Ferguson

Manchester United play Manchester City at Old Traf­ford this Sunday in what on paper looks to be a battle of epic pro­por­tions. In the cor­res­pond­ing Premier League fix­ture last cam­paign, Sir Alex Ferguson’s men defeated Roberto Mancini´s side 2–1 thanks to a bril­liant over­head kick from Wayne Rooney in the 78th minute of the contest.

Manchester United´s poor rela­tions have been wan­der­ing in the val­ley of des­per­a­tion ever since former Aber­deen and Scot­land boss Alex Fer­guson headed down south from north of the bor­der to take over the mana­gerial reigns at Old Traf­ford in Novem­ber 1986. And although Abu Dhabi owned Manchester City top the wages league at the moment, they are a long way from over­tak­ing crosstown adversar­ies Manchester United. Accord­ing to Sir Alex Fer­guson, Manchester City are a small club with a small men­tal­ity and all that they talk about is Manchester United. A very eco­nom­ical use of  words, indeed.

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