Manchester City v Manchester United: world's gaze focused on a tale of the unexpected at the Etihad Stadium
All the strengths of English football will be on display from bursts of
technique to endless tribalism. There will be the two impassioned supports,
filling the air with chants, including some that would make Roy “Chubby”
Brown blush.
If Manchester
City score, there will be a mass Poznan, the reverse line-dancing
borrowed from Poland as they chase a first title in 44 years. If Manchester
United score, there will be wild scenes of celebration, their
followers knowing that a point or more takes them a stride closer to a 20th
title. Such is the interest that the men with bulging satchels believe it
will be their busiest ever match with £50 million gambled.
There will be the entertainers, the ball-users who spread sunshine across the
landscape of English football.
The hosts will lay on the darting dribbles of David Silva, the predator’s stealth of Sergio Agüero and the muscling runs of Yaya Touré. The visitors will hit back with the touch and work-rate of Wayne Rooney, the flying wing-play of Ashley Young and Antonio Valencia and the passing of Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick. Read Full
The hosts will lay on the darting dribbles of David Silva, the predator’s stealth of Sergio Agüero and the muscling runs of Yaya Touré. The visitors will hit back with the touch and work-rate of Wayne Rooney, the flying wing-play of Ashley Young and Antonio Valencia and the passing of Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick. Read Full
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