Manchester United suffered their worst defeat at the Etihad Stadium since 2004 as Manchester City ran riot.
Sergio Aguero scored twice, and Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri added further goals, with Wayne Rooney grabbing a consolation in a 4-1 triumph for City manager Manuel Pellegrini in his first Manchester derby.
For United boss David Moyes, it was a desperate day, an echo of a 5-1 defeat suffered by Sir Alex Ferguson at Maine Road in 1989 before his trophy-gathering had begun.
Before the Manchester derby yesterday, Arsenal had earlier in the day moved to the top of the Barclays Premier League table thanks to a 3-1 win over Stoke at Emirates Stadium — but they were later joined on 12 points by rivals Tottenham after they snatched a dramatic victory at Cardiff.
The in-form Aaron Ramsey, Per Mertesacker and Bacary Sagna found the target for the Gunners — who have now enjoyed four successive victories in the league and seven in all competitions — with Geoff Cameron's first goal in English football proving to be scant consolation for the Potters.
Tottenham looked as though they were heading for a frustrating goalless draw at Cardiff until Paulinho netted a stoppage-time winner to bag all three points.
Spurs dominated large sections of the game at Cardiff City Stadium but were denied on countless occasions as Cardiff keeper David Marshall made crucial saves from Roberto Soldado, Christian Eriksen, Paulinho and Gylfi Sigurdsson.
Source: Sportinglife
