Commentator sums up Man City and Man Utd rivalry with perfect line

BBC commentator Guy Mowbray used a Sir Alex Ferguson quote to perfectly sum up the change in power balance in the rivalry between Manchester United and Manchester City.

Troubled was brewing from the second minute, when Diogo Dalot was booked for a challenge on Jack Grealish, and, from Phil Foden's goal in the eighth minute to his hat-trick grabbing goal in the 73rd, there was little to no chance United were ever going to win.

Whilst some pride was resumed late on in the game, as Anthony Martial's two goals reduced the deficit to just three goals, there wasn't much saving face for the visitors.

As fans exited the Etihad, Mowbray reminded people that Ferguson was once asked if United would ever go into a game with City as second favourites.

"He said not in my lifetime, now it’s every time," Mowbray proclaimed, which pretty much summed things up perfectly.

But, even before Ferguson retired, the 'noisy neighbours' have been getting more joy out of games against their local rivals with the 6-1 win at Old Trafford the most famous.

That came early in the 2011/12 season and, with just a few games to go of that campaign, Vincent Kompany scored the only goal in the reverse fixture.

City have since won the title on six occasions whilst United's only league title came in Fergie's final year, in 2013, and he's been watching them fail ever since.

Going into the game, United may have been more confident than in recent years, with their recent resurgence under Erik ten Hag seeing them win four league games on the bounce.

Included in those results were wins against in form Arsenal and less than in form Liverpool, but things started to unravel with Foden's eighth minute goal.

Goals from Antony and Martial made the scoreline a little less depressing for the players, the fans and Fergie but on that showing it might not be in the former manager's lifetime that they return to being favourites for the derby.