The Day Manchester Will Never Forget
Five Years ago on this day, English football
witnessed one of the most intruiging derbies ever, the Manchester Derby. Manchester United before now often regarded themselves as the top club in the city having won many accolades and League titles.
However City's fortune began to change when the club was bought over by rich Arab owners. The sheiks splashed their oil money and assembles a multimillion pound squad. Sir Alex Ferguson, Man Utd manager then played down their financial strenght calling them a small club with a small mentality, however Mancity with the help of Carlos Tevez, a former United player and other stars like Yaya Toure city were on the rise.
The derby scheduled for 23rd October, 2011
kicked off and Man Utd were going into this one two points behind City. A win for them would have leaped them over city by a point but that was not to be the case. Man utd started the game brightly dominating possession and showing real intent in
front of goal. But it was City who took the lead
through Itallian young sensation Mario Balotelli, 21. The youngster was earlier in the news that week for almost setting his home ablaze with fireworks but he took a well placed short that beat the United goal keeper David De Gea. As he scored he revealed a shirt in relation to the chaotic events that was inscribed '' Why always me''? Man Utd pressed on but the half ended with city in front.
As the teams reconvened for the final half, Johnny Evans had a moment of poor concentration as he allowed Ballotelli to sneek in from behind to steal the ball causing the Irish man to commit a professional foul. The referee Mark Clattenburg had no choice than to brandish a red card. United then
conceded a second goal after Balotelli received a well time cross which he buried at the back of the net. The very quiet Aguero then made it 3-0 after receiving a cross from Micah Richards. United pulled back one through a well angled Jab from Darren Flectcher. It was a goal they thought would bring them back in the game perhaps. But nine minutes from time saw city cap a wonderful attacking display which led them to three more goals. At 6-1
Old trafford was now having many empty seats.
The game ended and United were left embarrassed in their home soil. Sir Alex ferguson storming into the dressing room at the end of the game and yelling at his players '' You f******g idiots. It was the day Manchester will not forget, the day the red half of Manchester were battered by their so called ''noisy neighbours''

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