🤔 Four conclusions as Manchester City take charge at Old Trafford | OneFootball

Manchester City took control of the Premier League title race with a dominant 2-0 win against Manchester United on Wednesday night.

Second-half goals from Bernardo Silva and Leroy Sané were enough to send Pep Guardiola’s men top of the league.

Here’s what we were left thinking after the game.

Manchester City should win the title

Pep Guardiola’s side responded to their Champions League exit by beating Tottenham and Manchester United and edge ahead in the Premier League title race.

This team has guts.

With the visit of Leicester sandwiched by trips to Burnley and Brighton, we think we know where the Premier League trophy is destined for now.

There’s still a lot of football to be played but it’s all in City’s hands and they look driven to retain their title.

Something is wrong with David De Gea

The performance in Barcelona wasn’t good. The one at Everton was harshly criticised by some. But three times in a week?

Something’s up.

David De Gea arguably should’ve stopped Bernardo Silva’s opener. He almost certainly should’ve stopped Leroy Sané’s goal.

This isn’t the goalkeeper we got so used to seeing.

The future is blue

Manchester City could become the first team in a decade to retain the Premier League title and they’re doing it with a pretty young side.

Vincent Kompany, Fernandinho, David Silva and Sergio Agüero may still play for regularly but they aren’t the only men making the team tick.

Ederson (25), Aymeric Laporte (24), Oleksandr Zinchenko (22), Bernardo Silva (24) and Raheem Sterling (24) all started on Wednesday.

Leroy Sané (23) came off the bench to score. Then there’s John Stones (24), Gabriel Jesus (22) and Phil Foden (18).

City are built to rule the roost for a very long time.

Man Utd need an identity to compete

The words ‘The United Way’ have been thrown around a lot since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer arrived.

Now, though, the team have lost seven of their last nine games in all competitions. And the term has very quickly disappeared.

So what is ‘The United Way’, except simply winning?

It’s easy to identify how Liverpool or Man City or Tottenham play. To a lesser extent Arsenal, too. And, while they’re seen as less successful under Maurizio Sarri, we all know how Chelsea approach games.

Nothing will change at Old Trafford until ‘The United Way’ actually means something.