Man City Demolish Lifeless Man Utd 3-0: Red Devils Player Ratings After Derby Disaster

Manchester United suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat in Sunday's Manchester derby, with Erling Haaland netting a brace to demolish the Red Devils.

Ruben Amorim has previously found success when facing Pep Guardiola throughout his managerial career, with United's spectacular comeback victory at the Etihad last season standing as arguably the Portuguese coach's finest moment to date.

His squad was buoyed by a thrilling 3-2 comeback victory against Burnley before the international break, and City's recent struggles following their dominant performance at Molineux would have instilled some optimism in the United camp ahead of Sunday's encounter.

The away side began with promise, and they were likely encouraged by the lack of an elite playmaker in the Manchester City goal. Amorim's team enjoyed early success in pressing high and recovering possession, though they failed to capitalize on their promising counter-attacking opportunities.

Subsequently, through a clear numerical advantage in the middle of the park, the home team began to dominate the Red Devils, with Phil Foden opening the scoring to halt United's brief early pressure. Foden's well-placed header followed an impressive Jérémy Doku dribble, as the Belgian easily beat Luke Shaw before setting up the England international for his first league strike since January.

City maintained control leading up to the break, though Guardiola's men were hardly at their flowing best in possession. While United had offered little attacking threat toward the end of the opening period, they remained competitive at the interval.

The away team emerged for the second period with renewed confidence, but such optimism was swiftly crushed by Haaland, who expertly finished a smooth City attack initiated by the impressive Foden. United nearly collapsed entirely when a terrible Manuel Ugarte error almost gifted Haaland his second goal moments later. Incredibly, the striker's attempt struck the inside of the upright and bounced clear, despite rounding Altay Bayındır.

The prolific scorer would eventually claim City's third goal, with Haaland's clinical one-on-one finish coming after Gianluigi Donnarumma had produced his first brilliant save in sky blue to thwart Bryan Mbeumo. The hosts then threatened a derby rout in the final stages, as United's already fragile defensive shape completely crumbled.

Tijjani Reijnders squandered a golden opportunity to inflict a devastating fourth goal before the visitors wasted several late chances to grab a meaningless consolation strike.

Amorim now has just eight victories in 31 Premier League matches at United. Time running out?

Man Utd Player Ratings vs. Man City (3-4-2-1)

*Ratings provided by Fotmob*

Subs not used: Tom Heaton (GK), Senne Lammens (GK), Ayden Heaven, Tyler Fredricson, Diego Leon.

Player of the Match: Erling Haaland (Man City)

Man City (4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Abdukodir Khusanov, Rúben Dias, Joško Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly; Rodri, Tijjani Reijnders; Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku; Erling Haaland.

Substitutes: James Trafford (GK), Nathan Aké, Nico González, Savinho, Matheus Nunes, Oscar Bobb, Divine Mukasa, Rico Lewis, Stephen Mfuni.