TWD Sunday Sports Thread #1 For 12/9/12: 2012-13 Barclays Premier League (Manchester Derby Recap)

Final: Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United 

In all honesty, City were never truly deserving of a point. United through Rooney, Young, Valencia

and Van Persie had much more cutting edge and clarity, as the first half showed. 

Ever the constant playmaker for Van Persie at the start of the season, Wayne Rooney is definitely now finding himself in places to show his class finishing and get higher on the goal list.

As always, at least in the league under Mancini the last season and a half, City play their best when it seems like everything is about to crumble. Tevez gave them the lead man play that Balotelli hasn't given them all season, and with Johnny Evans out, City's persistence was able to cause United's defense to leak more goals this year.

But thankfully for United, they didn't start off on the back foot this time, and always kept their nerve whenever adversity hits in a match (Barcelona aside).

Despite the comeback from City, Van Persie's defection past Joe Hart was a deserving winner on a day where United established themselves as the best team at the near halfway point of the best domestic competition in the world.