Manchester United 1-1 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2005
Result
Manchester United 1-1 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Manchester United 1-1 Manchester City: match report
Manchester United drew with Manchester City 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 September 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Manchester United's goal came from Ruud van Nistelrooy (45'). Manchester City scored through Joey Barton (76').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 4th on 9 points from 3 and Manchester City 2nd on 10 points from 4. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Manchester City 15th with 43.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 2 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W and Manchester City's W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Andy Cole
- 33'Yellow card · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 45'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 45'Yellow card · Claudio Reyna
- 58'Yellow card · Danny Mills
- 76'Goal · Joey Barton
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy
Manchester City line-up
Ben Thatcher, Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Claudio Reyna, Kizito Kiki Musampa, Trevor Sinclair, Andy Cole, Darius Vassell, David James, Joey Barton