{"id":6014,"date":"2026-01-17T17:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/01\/17\/man-city-player-ratings-after-2-0-derby-defeat-at-old-trafford\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T17:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:07:04","slug":"man-city-player-ratings-after-2-0-derby-defeat-at-old-trafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/01\/17\/man-city-player-ratings-after-2-0-derby-defeat-at-old-trafford\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City Player Ratings After 2\u20130 Derby Defeat at Old Trafford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City were beaten 2\u20130 on derby day as Michael Carrick outwitted Pep Guardiola in his return to management at Old Trafford. City controlled possession but lacked cutting edge, while United were lively on the break and struck twice in quick succession to seal the win. The result leaves City winless in four league outings.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola admitted unease before the match, and his makeshift backline looked unsettled early on. Gianluigi Donnarumma produced a series of important saves to keep the score level until United found their rhythm. A double change at half-time introduced Nico O\u2019Reilly and Rayan Cherki, but City could not alter the game\u2019s momentum. Erling Haaland was withdrawn with ten minutes remaining as United closed out a memorable victory.<\/p>\n<p>Player ratings (out of 10)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GK: Gianluigi Donnarumma \u2014 6.7: Eventually bypassed, but Donnarumma made a string of excellent saves to keep the game at 0\u20130.<\/li>\n<li>RB: Rico Lewis \u2014 6.5: Operated in midfield for the most part, but was pretty ineffective. Booked in the second half.<\/li>\n<li>CB: Abdukodir Khusanov \u2014 7.0: Some of his recovery defending was superb, but Khusanov failed to inspire calm into this City defence.<\/li>\n<li>CB: Max Alleyne \u2014 6.4: The youngster struggled to settle into the contest, especially with the ball at his feet, and he was withdrawn at half-time.<\/li>\n<li>LB: Nathan Ak\u00e9 \u2014 6.4: A messy showing was epitomised by his work late on against Amad Diallo, who came ever so close to adding a third for the hosts.<\/li>\n<li>DM: Rodri \u2014 7.4: It\u2019s been an injury-hit campaign so far for Rodri, and the midfielder who stepped out at Old Trafford looked like a shell of the Ballon d\u2019Or-winning superstar from two seasons ago.<\/li>\n<li>RM: Antoine Semenyo \u2014 7.0: The January arrival\u2019s quick start to life in Manchester was tamed by City\u2019s fiercest rivals. Semenyo offered a threat throughout but wasn\u2019t able to service those in the box.<\/li>\n<li>CM: Bernardo Silva \u2014 6.2: His efforts to calm down proceedings did work early on, but Bernardo was often outmuscled, and he struggled to have any impact in the half-spaces.<\/li>\n<li>CM: Phil Foden \u2014 6.4: Loves this fixture but was smothered at Old Trafford. Foden wasn\u2019t given any room to breathe between the lines, and Guardiola turned to Rayan Cherki for the second half.<\/li>\n<li>LM: J\u00e9r\u00e9my Doku \u2014 6.6: City\u2019s liveliest player early, as he so often is, but Doku, despite playing against a booked Diogo Dalot for most of it, didn\u2019t take over the contest as he teased to do.<\/li>\n<li>ST: Erling Haaland \u2014 5.9: His quiet run of form continued across town. Haaland had just one sight of goal, which the sticky and rugged Lisandro Mart\u00ednez blocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Substitutes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rayan Cherki (46\u2019 for Foden) \u2014 6.1<\/li>\n<li>Nico O\u2019Reilly (46\u2019 for Alleyne) \u2014 6.1<\/li>\n<li>Rayan A\u00eft-Nouri (80\u2019 for Doku) \u2014 5.7<\/li>\n<li>Tijjani Reijnders (80\u2019 for Bernardo) \u2014 6.4<\/li>\n<li>Divine Mukasa (80\u2019 for Haaland) \u2014 5.8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Subs not used: James Trafford (GK), Marcus Betinelli (GK), Stephen Mfuni, Ryan McAidoo.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd (4-2-4) Starting XI: Senne Lammens; Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Mart\u00ednez, Luke Shaw; Casemiro, Kobbie Mainoo; Amad, Bruno Fernandes, Bruno Fernandes, Patrick Dorgu.<\/p>\n<p>United\u2019s opener came when Bryan Mbeumo combined with Fernandes to hand the hosts a deserved lead. The second followed when Matheus Cunha crossed for Patrick Dorgu, arriving late to finish off the post and make it 2\u20130. City had moments from set-pieces and good saves from Donnarumma, but their inability to turn possession into clear chances defined the afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City lost 2-0 at Old Trafford; makeshift defence and blunt attack leave Premier title hopes in doubt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1056,1083,969],"tags":[801,988,260],"class_list":["post-6014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-man-city","category-man-utd","category-premier-league","tag-antoine-semenyo","tag-bernardo-silva","tag-bryan-mbeumo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}