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Manchester Evening News
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Simon Bajkowski

Man City need to hammer home scale of Ralf Rangnick's Manchester United task in derby

Manchester City have dominated Manchester United in the Pep Guardiola era - but not as much as they should have done.

Lengthening a streak that the Blues began when Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement in 2013, they have now finished ahead of their rivals in each of their last eight years. With 19 points currently the difference between the sides, the chances of making it nine are highly likely.

Despite the clear gulf in class between the teams, City have - to the frustration of the players and fans - not been able to make it clear when the derby comes around. In just one of the three Premier League titles Guardiola has won has his team done the double over United, and they have lost their last three meetings at the Etihad and four out of the last five.

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