Online Reporter
MANCHESTER. – Two boyhood Blues paid the perfect derby day tribute to Ricky Hatton.
Manchester said an emotional farewell to one of their favourite sons just hours after the death of ‘the Hitman’ was announced.
And no doubt he would have been smiling down as his beloved City piled more misery on United and their boss Ruben Amorim.
Phil Foden − a boxing fan who came through the academy here – started things off by nodding in his first of the season.
After the break Erling Haaland − who has been a City supporter all his life – added two more and should really have had yet another hat-trick.
The pair have made a habit of scoring against the Red Devils so it was a painfully familiar tale for the visitors.
Just 18 minutes had gone when Jeremy Doku put the burners on and surged into United’s area and saw his first cross blocked.
However he picked himself up and hung up a cross that Foden ran onto and steered his header beyond the reach of Altay Bayindir.
Foden and Doku were involved again as the Belgian slipped a pass through to Haaland who held off Luke Shaw and clipped the ball over Bayindir.
Once again it was painfully predictable for the travelling Reds − this is the seventh time Haaland has scored in the derby. − The Sun
