Worst Manchester derby ever? 'Huge' Lyon match preview

Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,

4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

United and City played out a dull 0-0 draw at Old Trafford, with both sides lacking cutting edge. City, without the injured Haaland, couldn’t break down a well-organised defence. United will be happy to finish with a clean sheet, having conceded 17 in their nine previous league matches at Old Trafford under Ruben Amorim.

Garnacho was United’s main outlet but wasteful and a decent Zirkzee effort was well saved by Ederson. De Bruyne — set to leave City this summer — couldn’t provide a spark in a flat game.

City stay fifth in the table, United sit 13th, and both teams will just be glad not to have lost.

Also on the show, we preview the upcoming Europa League clash against Lyon with the help of Julien Laurens. Can United keep their season alive?

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0:00.0	Cricket. It's built for big moments. And Betfair is built for cricket. For the one-handed
0:07.1	catches. The wicket-taking deliveries. The runouts, reviews, ramp shots and sweeps for every
0:15.6	swash-buckling, six-hating match-turning moment and for every umpire's call we're following all the drama
0:23.0	that this England v India test match
0:24.9	is delivering
0:25.6	are you
0:26.7	bet fair
0:28.1	18 plus gamblerware
0:29.3	to talk
0:29.8	The Athletic FC
0:35.3	Podcast Network
0:36.5	Network The Athletic FC Podcast Network.
0:53.2	This is Talk of the Devils, the athletics podcast dedicated to Manchester United.
0:55.7	We are still sat in Old Trafford.
1:01.5	The sun is just going down on what was probably the worst Manchester Derby that I can remember.
1:06.3	We'll maybe debate that actually at the start of the podcast as to how bad that actually was.
1:12.4	For what it's worth, it was a 0-0 draw that keeps Manchester United in the lower half of the Premier League.
1:16.4	Less said about it better, but we're going to do a podcast about it.
1:20.2	We'll all hold hands together and talk about whatever we can muster.
1:25.5	And obviously then we will build up to the biggest game of the season for Manchester United on Thursday,
1:28.2	away at Leon in the first leg of their Europa League quarter final and that bit will be far more energetic.
1:31.8	Laurie Whitwell sat alongside me, Andy Mittens with us as well.
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