Man City player ratings: Ederson has a howler as Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling shut out

Manchester City lost to Manchester United for the third time this season as Ederson gifted their rivals both goals in a damaging defeat.

James Robson was at Old Trafford to run the rule over Pep Guardiola's men...

Ederson 2

A day to forget. Really poor for Martial’s opener after getting his hand to the ball – and then nearly gifted a second by mis-controlling Cancelo’s simple back pass. Eventually did give hand them another with his woeful throw out to McTominay.

Joao Cancelo 5

Given a torrid time by Williams, which prevented him from doing his best work further up the pitch.

AP

Fernandinho ​6

Cut out a couple of dangerous United breaks, but stretched by the movement of Martial and James.

Nicolas Otamendi 6

Allowed James and Martial to get behind him too often. An uncomfortable day.

Aleks Zinchenko 5

Would have hoped to have far more impact in an attacking sense, but wasn’t allowed to.

Getty Images

Ilkay Gundogan 6

Harshly adjudged to have fouled Fernandes in the build-up to Martial’s goal. More of an influence in the second half.

Rodri 6

Sucked into making fouls as he struggled to cope with United’s breaks from midfield in the first half. Much better when City dominated after the break.

Bernardo Silva 4

Absolutely bossed it the last time he was here. Not this time as Matic and Fred commanded midfield.

Action Images via Reuters

Phil Foden 5

Virtually anonymous when playing on the right. More of an impact when moved centrally later on, but a disappointing derby for last week’s Wembley hero.

Sergio Aguero 3

A really frustrating day for him. Could barely get a kick as Maguire expertly marshalled him out of the game.

Raheem Sterling 4

His struggles for form go on. Missed an absolute sitter to level the game on one of the rare occasions he was let out of Wan-Bissaka’s sight.

AP

Substitutes

  • Gabriel Jesus (for Aguero, 59), 6: Made a difference and forced a save when he came on.
  • Riyad Mahrez (for Bernardo, 59), 6: Immediately provided City what they’d lacked on the right. Williams forward bursts suddenly had to be checked.
  • Benjamin Mendy (for Zinchenko, 77), N/A: Couldn’t alter the outcome.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in