Man of the Match from Man Utd 2 Man City 0 | 17 January 2026

With a convincing 38 per cent of the vote, you chose our captain, Bruno Fernandes, as your Man of the Match.

The Portuguese midfielder embodied our general efficiency, registering probably the most tackles (4) of any participant on the pitch and creating probably the most possibilities (6), considered one of which being the go that gave Mbeumo the room to slide the ball past Gianluigi Donnarumma simply after the hour mark.

Fernandes was then changed within the closing moments by fellow artistic spark Mason Mount, who had a stoppage-time purpose of his personal dominated out in a good offside name.

The historic event was Michael Carrick’s first recreation since taking cost of the Reds earlier this week, and there is not any doubting the impression of Fernandes in that vast three-point acquire on the Theatre of Goals.