England forward, Marcus Rashford, kept up his stunning scoring streak to complete an incredible 2-1 comeback win for Manchester United over rivals Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday.
City looked set to complete back-to-back derby doubles over United when Jack Grealish stepped off the bench to head the visitors in front in the 60th minute.
But after a VAR check cleared Rashford from being offside in the build-up to Bruno Fernandes’ equaliser in the 78th minute – to the fury of City’s players – the England man turned in Alejandro Garnacho’s cross four minutes later to score for a ninth time in a row on his home ground.
Rashford was clearly offside as he raced towards Casemiro’s pass, but crucially did not touch the ball and left it for Fernandes to sweep home.
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The assistant referee initially flagged for offside and City were livid at the decision to allow the goal to stand.
City’s 6-3 thrashing of United in October had been a bruising reality check after a four-game Premier League winning streak but Ten Hag’s side have developed significantly since those early days and are now up to third in the table, just a point behind their local rivals and six off leaders Arsenal, ahead of the North London derby on Sunday.
It’s the second damaging result of the week for Pep Guardiola, with defeat in his 500th top-flight game as a manager coming just days after his side crashed out of the Carabao Cup at Southampton.
This had been another below-par performance until Grealish’s goal and, with four points dropped from four games since the restart after the World Cup, their match with Tottenham on Thursday looks like another crucial one.
United have won nine on the spin in all competitions and can close in on Arsenal when they go to the Emirates next weekend, after a trip to Crystal Palace on Wednesday.
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