Manchester City vs Manchester United - Live

Manchester City vs Manchester United Live

For even the most biast Manchester United fan it's fairly obvious that the Carling Cup could be Uniteds only silverware this season. In a season where Manchester United have generally played badly aganist the top teams there are 2 results which have really stood out, the last minute home win against Manchester City and the Carling Cup win. Whilst United sit second in the league there are now 4 points behind Chelsea and rapidly running out of games, a record breaking 4th title in a row seems nothing more than a distance chance now. How good would it be then for Manchester City to end Manchester United's title hopes once and for all? It would be the perfect revenge for the last minute victory United secured over City earlier in the season.

Saturday the 17th of April brings together the red and blue halves of Manchester as Manchester United play Manchester City at Eastlands. A win for City in the game will surely give them the oomph they need to finish the season in 4th place and secure Champions League football for next season. There is only really Spurs that can stop them now and they have a tough game against Chelsea.

If Manchester United can get beat Man City then they'll still be holding on to some hope of lifting the Premier League title again, especially if Tottenham can do a job on Chelsea as they did on Arsenal. On the other hand if Manchester City do over Manchester United it will provide such a huge boost to the club still looked upon as the annoying neighbours. Either way I wonder what odds of Carlos Tevez scoring again??

Twitter Feed From The Second Leg Of The Carling Cup Between Manchester United and Manchester City

# Feb 28th is the Carling Cup Final - Villa vs Man United. Two brilliant semi finals that had everything that is good about the English game

# Tevez congratulates a couple of his former team mates in a nice sporting gesture. Great end to the game for the neutral. That's all.

# Full time. 3-1 to the red half of Manchester and a place in the Carling Cup Final. Well deserved as well.

# Tevez looks a little green around the gills. Big smiles from Fergie - 30 seconds to go.

# GOAL - Rooney 3-1 Short corner frees Rooney in the 6 yard box who gets a free header. Cart-wheels and surely United are through?

# brilliant save by Given. But...

# That's 90 minutes, just a case of playing 3 minutes time added on. United corner. Second ball comes in falls to Fletcher...

# Valencia replaces Nani who has had a decent game for United. Valencia always looks so serious!

# Brief spell of school boy football as the ball is punted from one end to the other.

# Ferdinand does brilliantly to deny Tevez. City are really going for it here.

# Adebayor misses a free header. Game has gone a little bitty again, same as the end of the first half. Maybe the first sign of nerves.

# United fans urge Scholes to shoot, opts to give the ball to Fletcher who fluffs the shot HW&H

# Evra deserves credit tonight, tireless up and down the left side again.

# That's better by City, a bit of pressure and United scrambling to clear their own box.

# City restricted to quick breaks at the moment. Berbatov seems a dead cert to make an appearance.

# United are still looking for Nani at every opportunity. Another miss for United, this Carrick drags his shot wide from 8 yards

# United pressures ends with a spooned cross by Brown. Replay shows just how easy the Rooney chance earlier was.

# Bellamy swings a leg at Evans, usually a booking but not tonight. The ref is doing well.

# GOAL - Tevez. 2-1 to Man Utd. Great ball in gets a flick that finds the bottom corner. Old Trafford falls silent.

# Giggs gets the freekick horribly wrong. Mancini is looking worried.

# United are all over City now. Free kick on the edge of the City box, first of all Brown to replace Rafael. United shutting up shop?

# Possibly the easiest chance Wayne Rooney will ever have.

# Rooney misses a sitter. How? I have no idea.

# Adebayor comes on for Wright-Philps. City have 18 minutes to save this.

# GOAL - Carrick 2-0 Man Utd. Fletcher does very well in the box to setup Carrick on a plate. Finish is as cool as you like into corner.

# Tackles flying in. Fletcher and Richards go at it, all handbags. No bookings. United free kick gets play going again.

# Bellamy left foot shot is about as good as his right foot shot earlier, he does look the most likely for City in the second half though.

# Tevez has blood on his shirt, dunno how. City work a good free kick and earn a corner.

# Nani gets booked for..well..nothing really. A slight tug if anything. City go froward and Wright-Philips falls over again. Barry to take.

# Ireland replaces Garrido.

# Looks like Ireland is getting ready to come on for City. No clues as to who will go off at the moment. Nani is seeing a lot of the ball.

# Almost, Boyeta turns over his own goal from 1 yard out to deny Rooney.

# Game is much better than the first half, much more pace about it.

# City break again. Easy cross for Van Der Sar take. Catalog of mistakes finally finds the ball at Nanis feet again.

# Bellamy does well to keep the ball in, good run but shocking shot. Almost like earlier in the season, just without the finish.

# The red tide is beginning to flow in this game now. Eventually the play breaks down and Given has the ball. United well on top.

# Nani does really well again pinned in the corner. Shot by Fletcher hits one of his own players.

# A Bellamy run earns City a corner. Blatant hand ball by Richards eases the pressure on United.

# Scholes has come to life, spreading the ball right and left. How will City respond?

# Against the run of play in the second half but there's no doubting the quality of the break.

# GOAL - Scholes. 1-0 to United. Great break from Rooney and Giggs. Ball eventually falls to Scholes, wallop.

# After a brief trip down the other end it's another corner to City. Somebody throws a coin at Bellamy, hits him in the head.

# Tevez dives in on Rafael , slightly high and picks up the second yellow card of the game. Chants of Judes by the United fans.

# Seconds half kicks off. Early chance for City, shot from Richards is saved well by Van Der Sar. Corner to City.

# Pundits think Rooney is looking isolated up front. I think he's done well, looks dangerous all the time and United want the ball to him ASAP

# Half time. First half faded away towards the end with constant free kicks. No clear cut opportunities, second half is bound to be better.

# Last minute fo the first half. City look comfortable, have obvioulsy come with a game plan and are sticking to it.

# Spoke too soon. Ref is now starting to join in, Fletcher gets penalised for breathing too close to Barry.

# Game has gone to bits. Free kick after free kick. Not the refs fault, players niggling at each other.

# Rafael slides in on Bellamy who just gets out of the way. Another talking to by the ref who is doing very well in this game.

# Barry falls over and screams. Really, a proper girls scream! Why do they do it to themselves? Men, it's supposed to be a mans game..

# United free kick just outside the City box. Great ball. Well cleared by City. United seem to be getting some joy wide, Nani 2 good games

# Oops. Typical Paul Scholes challenge brings the first yellow card - straight in from behind - no arguments

# Tevez run ragged by Uniteds triangles. Even Tevez gives up for a minute.

# Great move by United. First chance doesn't run for Rooney, Carrick does well and Given makes a good save. No idea who is going to score

# Rafael is the latest player to throw himself to the ground. This is becoming the Rooney vs Tevez show...Giggs shot saved and held well.

# Tevez diving header saved well by Van Der Sar right in the corner. City really finding their feet now

# There's a replay of the Tevez chance from earlier, looks like Ferdinand might have caught him. Barry decides he's playing basketball

# Surprise surprise, he's up and fine 20 seconds later. Rooney gets a talking to by the ref.

# Wright Philips tries to run Evans. Fail. Game is very open...Rooney catches a city girl who roles around like he's been shot

# Great run by Tevez, no shot at the end. City are coming into this more and more.

# Chance for Bellamy. Heads straight into Van Der Sars hands though.

# into Ferdinand. United fans not happy with Tevez. He jumps up and seems fine now.

# Ferdinand gets a flick 3 yards out but goes wide. City go down the other end, Tevez throws himself to the ground like a girl after running

# United chance just gets cleared of Rooneys head for another United corner. (5 so far) Cleared to Evra who shoots - another corner

# Ferdinand sloppy on the ball AGAIN. City punt it forward but it's out for a goal kick.

# United clear early to Rooney again who fails to find Giggs in what could have been a good break.

# City push forward. Barry earns a corner of Rafael.

# United free kick. Cleared by City to Scholes who hits a thunderbolt....just over the bar.

# United are releasing Rooney at every opportunity. He's causuing City all sorts of problems at the moment.

# United pressuring City all over the pitch. City throwing themselves to the ground a lot.

# Very fast start to this game. United are having most of the ball but City look comfortable so far (10 mins )

# Early ball for Rooney again, good shot but in to Givens chest.

# Free kick to City just inside United half.Barry makes a mess of it. Nani leaves a foot in and gets a lecture from the ref

# Third corner to United within the first few minutes, played short. Ball in finds Fletcher who 50ps it well wide

# United get their first corner. Rubbish. Scholes pass to Evra and United have a second corner.

# United clear but ball comes straight back from City. First sign of a long ball from United for Rooney to chase after. Quick start

# First corner goes to city, Bellamy tormenting the young united righ back

# Fergie wanted a united United tonight, so far the fans are playing ball - no anti Glazer chanting so far - Game kicks off

# City play the same 11 as at Eastlands. United make a couple of changes - no Valencia. Tevez looks very wound up for this!

# Ferdinand denies charge - United take a risk on getting a longer ban in order for Ferdinand to play in tonights game