10 incredible stats from Man City’s dominant derby day thrashing of Man Utd

Just over a year on from a jaw-dropping 6-3 victory against Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City again regained the bragging rights with a completely dominant 3-0 win at Old Trafford.

Erling Haaland can be thanked for that – as usual.

City's big Norwegian freak barely broke a sweat as he bagged twice and set up another to see his side stroll to victory behind enemy lines, leaving United looking sillier and sillier with every passing minute.

A soft but fair penalty awarded to City thanks to an assist from VAR saw Haaland fire them ahead from the spot after 26 minutes. After forcing a fine save out of Andre Onana from a header before half-time, he repeated the same trick after the break to more success for 2-0.

The afternoon continued to get worse for Erik ten Hag's side, who couldn't get anywhere near their noisy neighbours and – perhaps most worryingly – didn't really look like they wanted to.

That allowed Haaland to eventually put the gloss on victory by squaring the ball from Onana's rebounded save for Phil Foden to fire in City's third – all too easily.

“It looks easy but it is not,” Guardiola said to reporters after the game: “I have a lot of respect for [Manchester] United but we were at our best in the second half…”

“We are in the same direction, me, the CEO, the sporting directors, the chairman. That is why I think the club is so stable.”

His words highlight the striking comparison between how City are run compared to United, who are spiralling into chaos once again.

In celebration of yet another commanding derby victory, we've taken a look at X of the most absurd stats to come from the game.

– Erling Haaland has now scored 47 goals in 45 Premier League games.

– Haaland (11) has scored the same amount