The Noisy neighbours will have to remain silent.. As United most likely end City's Title challenge

The season seemed to be heading down the drain when Arsenal defeat them here in the FA Cup last month will perhaps now be remembered not only for a return to European football but also for this, a victory over their neighbours that was even more complete, more brutal, than the scoreline suggests.

Manchester City actually bookended this game with two very good goals, Sergio Aguero scoring in the eighth minute and the 88th minute. What happened in between, however, served to confirm what recent form had hinted at, namely that United have finally found their true selves again while Manuel Pellegrini’s City have fallen off the edge of the proverbial 

cliff.

There have been some convincing victories in these games in recent times, just about all of them going City’s way. Here – from the moment Ashley Young equalised in the 14th minute – it was United’s turn to deny their opponents some mercy.