A big win in the title race, and yet no big deal for Manchester City. They brushed Manchester United aside with a 4-1 win that could have been so much worse. The greatest indictment of the Premier League’s most successful club - a stat that increasingly feels like it’s from a bygone era - is that this was probably the easiest game of City’s recent run.
It may even restore a sense of momentum and confidence to Pep Guardiola’s side just as they seemed to be faltering slightly in the title race with Liverpool, but then it never felt like there was any doubt they would beat their once-great rivals here. That is what this derby has become for them, in markedly quick time.
