Ruben Amorim introduced himself to Manchester United’s fanbase back in October with a sensational 4-1 Champions League win against Manchester City. That was his penultimate game as Sporting Lisbon’s coach, as he had already agreed to join the Red Devils at that moment.The fact he made fun of Pep Guardiola seemed like the best possible recommendation for the Old Trafford job.Ruben Amorim will save this football club ❤️ pic.twitter.com/GHvTfOxgin— Aidan Walsh 🔰 (@AidanWalshMUFC) December 15, 2024 Amorim was unable to recreate that result against City tonight, but he did even more and better – he recreated Sir Alex Ferguson’s magic from Camp Nou back in 1999, when Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer did literally the same to turn the things around against Bayern Munich for the Champions League title (2-1 win).Manchester United with an INCREDIBLE comeback to win the derby 🤯 pic.twitter.com/B2aPN5sulg— Premier League USA (@PLinUSA) December 15, 2024 The Red Devils triumphed at Etihad thanks to Bruno Fernandes’ late penalty and Amad Diallo’s solo effort, which followed just two minutes later after Josko Gvardiol put the hosts in front in the first half.The visitors were on the verge of their third straight Premier League loss, looking painfully pale and without any idea of how to bounce back against a slightly better rival going through a vicious crisis. Despite that, Pep’s boys were minutes away from an important, vital victory before Mateus Nunes made a terrible mistake and conceded a penalty which would change everything.🔵⚪️ Manchester City 🆚 🔴🟠 Manchester United✅ Penalty correctly awardedThere is clear contact from the city’s defender, causing United’s attacker to be unable to continue as he is fouled. Clear contact and a clear penalty https://t.co/vtGzReNW2B pic.twitter.com/3WF2B7PFh2— Referees are not good at being referees (@RedCardGiven) December 15, 2024 Without a single shot on target in the opening 60 minutes, United lacked sharpness and determination, let alone the idea of how to attack and exploit City’s quite visible flaws and insecurities.Against everyone’s expectations, we witnessed one of the worst opening 20 minutes of football this season, as both teams seemed incapable of doing anything serious in front of goals. That awful, painful-to-watch intro was put to sleep when Phil Foden made the very first shot of the game in the 21st minute, which went just wide.The quality of the match didn’t improve, though, but at least we saw some action, mostly around United’s box. Finally, City found a breakthrough following a corner from the left. Kevin De Bruyne’s cross wasn’t that good, but he got himself the ball back and the second pass found Josko Gvardiol on the far post for a glancing header, 1-0.GVARDIOL GOAL BEST DEFENDER IN THE LEAGUE 1-0 MAN CITY pic.twitter.com/wKJSAiIwWF— ⚡️🇧🇼 (@Priceless_MCI) December 15, 2024 As bizarre as it might sound, that was the last interesting moment of this below-par derby before that shocking end.Bruno Fernandes kind of announced what was about to happen as he missed a sitter following Rasmus Hojlund’s remarkable through ball. However, the Portuguese midfielder made no mistake when his compatriot Nunes knocked Amad Diallo down a few minutes later inside the box.Bruno was accurate from the spot, and United were on the verge of a surprising draw, but just like on that night in Barcelona 25 years ago – the best was yet to come.Unplayable, dazzling and unstoppable Diallo jumped on Lisandro Martinez’s long ball, went past puzzled Ederson and bagged a winner for a total madness among United’s fanbase.🚨🏴 GOAL | Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United | Amad DialloAMAD DIALLO HAS GIVEN MANCHESTER UNITED THE LEAD IN THE 90TH MINUTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!pic.twitter.com/PNPvbcE5GY— Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) December 15, 2024 Ruben Amorim is cooking, and as you see, he’s got just the ingredients and recipe that made Sir Alex one of the greatest ever thanks to that Treble-winning season among other things. Amorim pulled of almost the exact same comeback, and has become the first Red Devils boss after Ferguson to win his first derby against City – now it’s time for something more.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 16SaturdayArsenal – Everton 0-0Liverpool – Fulham 2-2 (0-1)/Gakpo 47, Jota 86 – Pereira 11, Muniz 76/Newcastle – Leicester 4-0 (1-0)/Murphy 30,60, Bruno 48, Isak 50/Wolverhampton – Ipswich 1-2 (0-1)/Cunha 72 – Doherty 15 og, Taylor 90+3/Nott. Forest – Aston Villa 2-1 (0-0)/Milenkovic 87, Elanga, 90+3 – Duran 63/SundayBrighton – Crystal Palace 1-3 (0-2)/Guehi 87 og – Chalobah 27, Sarr 33, 82/Manchester City – Manchester United 1-2 (1-0)/Gvardiol 36 – Bruno 88 pen , Diallo 90/22:00: (1.33) Chelsea (5.50) Brentford (8.50)22: 00: (4.40) Southampton (3.90) Tottenham (1.75)Monday23:00: (1.75) Bournemouth (3.70) West Ham (4.70)***odds are subject to change***
