Manchester United vs Manchester City
Match pulse
Who won: Man United 3-1
Manchester United beat Manchester City 3-1 on Saturday, December 13, 2003 at Old Trafford. Goals for Man United: Paul Scholes (7', 73') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (34'). Goals for Man City: Shaun Wright-Phillips (52').
Play by play
- 91'
And that's it, full-time and United win their 50th Manchester derby in league football
- 90'
We're into stoppage time and still City are piling on the pressure
- 89'
Scholes clears off line to save a goal!! He's having a great day. Jihai crossed, Dunne met it and Anelka connected but the striker blocked the effort!
- 88'
Corner for City who are desperate for a consolation
- 87'
Freekick to City after a Phil Neville foul - they take it quick but Wanchope mis-hits and Ronaldo clears
- 86'
Wanchope fails to control a cross from Jihai and O'Shea tidies up
- 85'
Scholes gets the ball from a van Nistelrooy cross and carves open a shooting chance, but it flies wide of Seaman's post
- 84'
Wanchope and Fowler, who has worked hard today, are putting the United defenders under pressure, but Howards clears
- 83'
The momentum is with City - who are camped in the United half
- 82'
Jihai's cross is deflected off O'Shea's back and spoons out to McManaman who tries his luck from range with feirce volley - but Howard saves
- 82'
Anelka feeds it to Jihai on the right wing
- 81'
McManaman passes to Wanchope who tries a shot from 30 yards, but he fails to connect sweetly and drags his effort wide
- 80'
McManaman intercepts a van Nistelrooy pass, shrugs off Keane and oves forward
- 80'
Change coming for City, Wanchope on for Sinclair
- 78'
Anelka ought to have done better but he neve quite got the ball under control and scuffed his effort
- 77'
The cross comes in and poor headers from Ferdinand and Ronaldo allows Anelka to get a shot on target, but Howard saves
- 77'
City clear and move forward down the right
- 76'
Giggs takes, but his shot clips the wall and only finds the sidenetting. But no corner says the linesman
- 75'
Another freekick to United after a foul on Ronaldo - on the right of the penlaty area
- 74'
A change for United: Klberson is off and replaced by Ronaldo
- 73'
Kleberson crossed and found Paul Scholes miles away from his marker, Jihai, and he dispatches the ball with a great header past Seaman
- 72'
Goal for United!!
- 72'
The loose ball is whacked out for a throw
- 72'
Scholes feeds the ball to van Nistelrooy who tries to slot it past Seaman, but the keeper manages to turn it onto the post!!
- 71'
The ball is knocked into a packed penalty area but cleared

