United now need a maximum of four points from their remaining three fixtures to be certain of retaining their Premier League title. Cristiano Ronaldo’s wonderful recent form continued against City in the derby, the United number 7 saw his free-kick deflect off Nigel de Jong and beat Shay Given after 18 minutes. Just before the break United scored a killer second, Berbatov combined with Carlos Tevez and, after shifting the ball out of his feet, the Argentine curled in the second off the post. A more subdued second half allowed the cameramen more time to focus on other things, including the Carlos Tevez bum-wiggle and a mouse running across the Old Trafford turf. Another talking point of the second half was the sulky adolescent behaviour of Cristiano Ronaldo after Sir Alex subbed the goalscorer. The lead now stands at three points and they have a game in hand over Liverpool.
