The win sets the Red Devils up nicely for the Manchester derby next weekend as they look to avenge the 1 - 0 defeat they suffered at the Etihad earlier in the season and end a run of four straight losses
against their city rivals.
However, with the boss having no injury problems to concern him, it looks like team that started against Deportivo La Coruna in the final league game is what Zidane sees as his best XI, so will that be the same side that starts the Champions League final
against city rivals Atletico Madrid on Saturday?
Did the performance give me special pleasure because it was
against our city rivals when they were ready to celebrate their title?
A Spanish government commission has imposed fines of 3,000 euros each on four Real Madrid fans who displayed Nazi symbols at last month's La Liga match
against city rivals Atletico at Real's Bernabeu stadium.
JAVIER HERNANDEZ has the chance to be Real Madrid's Champions League hero
against city rivals Atletico Madrid.
Manchester United's stirring 3 - 2 comeback victory at the Etihad
against city rivals Manchester City will live long in the memory.
At Saturday night
against the city rival, the team of Zidane made a draw.
Ibrahimovic marked his first start for LA Galaxy with the winning goal in a narrow 1 - 0 victory over the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park on Saturday, after scoring on his debut
against city rivals LAFC.
Lazio play out one of the fiercest rivalries in football
against their city rivals and most hated foe AS Roma.
The Portugal forward's treble
against city rivals Atletico on Tuesday night earned Zinedine Zidane's men a 3 - 0 first - leg advantage to take to the Vicente Calderon.
And what better way than to get that goal
against your city rivals?
Everton fans are losing patience with the club's manager Roberto Martinez especially after the listless display
against city rivals Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday.
But I did expect that luck to run out
against their City rivals.
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With the clock showing 89.30 on the penultimate week of the season, Barcelona were winning 2 - 1 in the Catalan derby
against their city rivals, while Madrid were losing 2 - 1 in Zaragoza.
Winning the tenth has been an obsession since the Galactico era, and to do
it against their city rivals would be perfect.
His participation
against city rivals Atletico Madrid in Milan on Saturday appeared to be in doubt, but the Portugal star insisted afterwards:
The second half, however, was a contrast to the first, as the Reds put on an exhilarating display of free flowing football that enabled them to turn the game around and clinch it by yet another injury time goal
against their city rivals.
Birmingham survived a derby
against city rivals Aston Villa on the weekend, playing out a 0 - 0 draw with the Villains.
There can also be no doubt that three away matches in a row against any opposition is no walk in the park, never - mind the matches being
against city rivals and arch competitors, bitter ex-coaches and jinx kit - color sharers.
Match Predictions: Real Madrid has had a terrible run of results
against city rivals Atletico Madrid with only 1 win in the last 10 games between the two.
The Toffees finished the clash
against their city rivals as the dominant force — and Keane says the squad are intent on building on this display in their remaining five Premier League games of the campaign.
The Republic of Ireland international praised the Blues boss for «steadying the ship» since joining the Club in late November — and insisted players and management are determined to build momentum between now and the end of the campaign, with victory
against city rivals Liverpool at Goodison Park on Saturday the immediate target.
Interestingly Liverpool have never managed to beat Everton at Anfield in the FA Cup but they will be going off as favourites
against their city rivals.
Ahead of the World Cup in Russia there have been concerns that racist abuse could mar the tournament — fears heightened by the recent suspended stadium ban handed to Spartak Moscow for abusive chants
against city rivals Lokomotiv.
The four - time Ballon d'Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo once again proved himself to be the player for the big occasion as he helped the Los Blancos on their way to the Champions league final by scoring a hat - trick, sealing a high 3 - 0 win which gave his side a big advantage in their Champions League semi-final
against city rivals Atletico Madrid.
Overall in the head to head Barcelona are 40 - 5 up
against their city rivals.
Not exact matches
Real Madrid will face its La Liga
rival Atlético Madrid in the Champions League final for the second straight year thanks to Bale's tough - angle shot in the 20th minute
against Manchester
City.
Emanuel, 51, the former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, is competing
against rivals who include two Hispanics — Gery Chico, a former Daley chief of staff, and
City Clerk Miguel del Valle — and Carol Moseley Braun, who was the first black woman elected to the Senate.
In my opinion our current manager is not doing a good job, he is fading away slowly but surely
against our
rivals»
City, Chelsea, United» not to mentioned the other Top teams in Europe.
However, they will have to go up
against cross
city rivals Everton if they want to snare his signature, as the Toffees look for a long term replacement for Tim Howard.
Brighton's remaining fixtures, however will encourage
rivals, as their remaining matches include trips to Burnley, Manchester
City and Liverpool as well as a home tie
against Manchester United.
We only took two Premier League points and people were saying that our title challenge was faltering but then we stormed back with three wins in a row and five of the next six, including the big game
against title
rivals Man
City.
Despite the prospect of being without his number one stopper for next weekend's clash
against title
rivals Manchester
City, Mourinho instead decided to criticise Carneiro for her decision to treat Eden Hazard whilst they were vulnerable to a counter attack:
By the time we face Chelsea on Sunday, Arsenal could have dropped to third in the table if both Leicester and Man
City pick up points, so we really need to make a statement by beating our arch
rivals by hook or by crook, if only to break our horrible record
against them.
Until May when we are crowned champions every team we face is our biggest
rival, we have a poor record
against Stoke
City and Swansea we need these points so this must be rectified by beating such teams
The Gunners are now withing touching distance of Man
City and just one result could see us overtake them at the top, which is why Wenger and his comments on the Arsenal website sounded thankful to our local
rivals for giving Arsenal the chance to close that gap to the leaders and why he feels the late goal
against Burnley was so vital.
Manchester
City are set to launch a complaint
against title
rivals Arsenal in response to their failure to sign Alexis Sanchez, with Pep Guardiola's side believing that the Gunners blocked the player's move after he'd signed
City contract, according to the Sun.
Aside from crashing out of the Champions League
against Liverpool,
City saw their title celebrations postponed last weekend as
rivals Man Utd picked up a 3 - 2 win.
United currently sit 16 points behind
rivals Man
City at the top of the Premier League after the Citizens» 5 - 1 win
against Leicester, so a win here would be absolutely vital in keeping their slim title hopes alive for this season.
He contributed two assists
against Swansea
City, before proving influential
against Tottenham as the Gunners clawed back from a goal down to take a point from their vicious
rivals.
Arsenal can make a Merry Christmas for themselves by grabbing a win
against Manchester
City tonight, knowing that they are capable of defeating their only real title
rivals.
Having been thoroughly outplayed by
rivals Manchester
City last weekend, United responded by beating Bournemouth but could only manage a solitary goal
against Eddie Howe's struggling side.
Not only did the Chelsea boss see his side throw away a two goal lead
against Bradford
City but he even forget the name of his FA Cup conquerors, mistakenly calling them their Yorkshire and League One
rivals Barnsley!
Worryingly for Klopp, who had once boasted an impressive record
against Liverpool's fellow «big six»
rivals, his side have just been hammered in their most recent meetings with Manchester
City and Spurs, shipping nine goals across both games.
Man United concede a 94th minute goal
against Leicester at the King Power Stadium this evening, as
rivals Man
City stretched the gap over the Red Devils to 13 points.
Their first derby of the season will come on the 26th of October when they host
rivals Newcastle, and they will hope to continue their good recent home record
against Manchester
City when Manuel Pellegrini's side visit the Stadium of Light on the 9th of November.
Things have not quite gone according to plan for the new man at the helm following his switch from Everton, with United suffering Premier League defeats so far
against arch-
rivals Liverpool at Anfield,
city - rivals Manchester City at Eastlands and surprisingly West Bromwich Albion at Old Traff
city -
rivals Manchester
City at Eastlands and surprisingly West Bromwich Albion at Old Traff
City at Eastlands and surprisingly West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford.
Tevez caused controversy when he left Man Utd for their bitter
rivals Man
City and was once fined # 500k for refusing to play
against Bayern Munich.