Man Utd's incredible 143-game run ended by rivals City
Manchester United's 3-1 defeat at rivals Manchester City not only condemned the club to an 11th Premier League defeat of the season, but also broke a 143-game streak dating back to September 2014. The Red Devils stunned the Etihad Stadium into silence just eight minutes into the contest when Marcus Rashford rifled a long-range piledriver past the despairing dive of Ederson to open the scoring. United were on the back foot for the remainder of the first half, as City pressed for an equalising goal, and had Erling Haaland to thank for going into the break still in the ascendancy - the Norwegian shockingly lifting the ball over the bar from three yards out when it appeared far easier to score. Normal service was resumed after the interval as Phil Foden superbly levelled proceedings, and he was on hand to put the Premier League champions in front ten minutes from time after a neat one-two with Julian Alvarez gave Casemiro the slip. Haaland wrapped up the points for City, punishing Sof...