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Sports= Manchester United vs Manchester City (WHO WINS)

City coach, Mancini (right) and Ferguson
Mancini & Fegurson

It is now the most intensely awaited derby game in British football. Success and money have made that so. Manchester's two football teams are the best in England though the nation is licking its wounds and contemplating its navel after a week of Champions League reverses.

WHO WINS?

Manchester City player to watch - Sergio Aguero
He is the man who broke hopeful United hearts in the 13 seconds that followed their win at Sunderland on May 13. He is also the only striker that can call himself first-choice in Mancini's revolving door of forwards, though his form has not been as incandescent as it was a year ago. Aguero has shown his ability to score goals on the biggest occasions and United will fear that.

Manchester United player to watch - David De Gea
Alex Stepney, United's goalkeeper in their 1968 European Cup team, has called for De Gea to play in this fixture and it is difficult to argue with his logic. For all De Gea's problems with the crossed ball, he would still struggle to put in as weak a performance under set-pieces as Anders Lindegaard did at Reading. If De Gea does not start the derby then the question of his United future might begin to be raised.

Key battle: Vincent Kompany v Robin van Persie
Last season's leading men will be at the core. They were the two best players of the 2011-12 Premier League season. The favouring of attacking players in end-of-season award schemes meant that the Dutchman won both Player of the Year awards. On reflection, that looks an unfair oversight. Van Persie's goals took Arsenal into the Champions League but Kompany's leadership and masterful defending were the bedrock of City's title. The Belgian also scored the goal that beat United in the second derby meeting of the season.

Van Persie was the player that Mancini wanted most in the summer, give or take Daniele De Rossi, and he has continued his Arsenal form at United. Kompany has not been quite as good as last year, though City's defence has conceded the fewest goals of any team in the Premier League this season.

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