High-flying Foden strikes twice for comeback victory against Man Utd

Andre Onana was unbelievable at the Etihad, making a few fantastic saves. Marcus Rashford scored one of the finest goals in his career for a shocking lead. Erling Haaland missed a sitter from two yards out. The Cityzens struggled to find the back of the net.

And despite all that, Manchester City brushed aside their rivals from downtown on Sunday night after coming from behind, 3-1.

Pep Guardiola's side was not having the best day in the office but still managed to grab an important derby win that keeps their (defending) titles alive. They dominated the game but conceded early against the run of play, as Rashford nailed it from mid-range spectacularly.

Onana caught a cross and launched a long ball down the pitch straight to Bruno Fernandes, whose back pass found dashing Rasfhord. The England international smashed it stunningly off the underside of the bar from about 25 yards out, and United were in front all of a sudden.

The hosts tried bouncing back shortly, but Onana was excellent between the sticks, making two saves to Foden's close-range efforts.

Not even Onana could save the Red Devils from Foden's assist to Haaland a bit later, though, but the Norwegian striker managed to put it over the bar despite being all alone in front of the empty net from only three yards out.

After going to the interval with a goal deficit, Pep's team returned from the locker room with an unmatched desire, which they capitalized on very soon. Foden had curled a superb shot past Onana, with the Cameroonian keeper not being the one to blame at all for conceding that.

That was just the start of a Foden-directed comeback, which saw the same player bursting away from Casemiro to score for City's lead. Last but not least, Haaland netted in the stoppage time to redeem himself after that first-half sitter.

The result means City moved to within a point of leaders Liverpool before next week's trip to Anfield.

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Saturday

Nott.Forest - Liverpool 0-1 (0-0)

/Nunez 90+8/

Newcastle - Wolverhampton 3-0 (2-0)

/Isak 14, Gordon 33, Livramento 90+2/

Tottenham - Crystal Palace 3-1 (0-0)

/Werner 78, Romero 81, Son 88 - Eze 59/

Fulham - Brighton 3-0 (2-0)

/Wilson 22, Muniz 33, Traore 90+1/

Everton - West Ham 1-3 (0-0)

/Beto 56 - Zouma 62, Soucek 90+1, Alvarez 90+6/

Brentford - Chelsea 2-2 (0-1)

/Rasmussen 50, Wissa 69 - Jackson 35, Disasi 84/

Luton - Aston Villa 2-3 (0-2)

/Chong 66, Morris 72 - Watkins 24, 38, Digne 89/

Sunday

Burnley - Bournemouth 0-2 (0-1)

/Kluivert 13, Semenyo 88/

Man City - Man Utd 3-1 (0-1)

/Foden 56, 80, Haaland 90 - Rashford 8/

Monday

23.00: (16.0) Sheffield Utd (7.75) Arsenal (1.20)

***odds are subject to change