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title: "The Manchester Derby: City’s Key Men"
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published: "2015-10-22T18:52:12Z"
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# The Manchester Derby: City’s Key Men

One of the biggest games of the season – the Manchester derby – takes place at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon. As it’s early in the season, there’s everything to play for – but a win would mean top spot for either team, with a draw not being too bad a result either as far as the two sides will be concerned.

City will go into the game having beaten Sevilla 2-1 in the Champions League – a home tie, luckily for them. United meanwhile will have returned from Eastern Europe, having drawn 1-1 with CSKA Moscow at the Arena Khimki.

It’s bound to be a tightly-contested derby, but we all know all about United – so who will be the key men for the noisy neighbours? Take a look…