Chris Waddle
Former England winger at Old Trafford for 5 live Sport

Manchester United have turned up with a game plan but you have to play football when you win the ball. They are not creating, they're just trying to stop Man City. 

City seem a yard ahead, both in play and in thought.

City look calm and confident. United have offered nothing to hurt them yet. Nothing to make them alter a game plan that is doing a superb job of controlling this game.

As a representation of the balance of play so far, Pep Guardiola shields the ball behind his back on the touchline as Wayne Rooney scrambles desperately around him to get it back.

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Old Trafford

Manchester United's fans have been left stunned by that goal from Kevin de Bruyne after they had made such a bright start - and it was the sort of soft goal that will leave Jose Mourinho fuming.

De Bruyne simply reacted quicker than the dawdling Danny Blind to a routine through ball. There is now a spring in Manchester City's step after a slightly edgy opening.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport at Old Trafford

At the start of the season, Pep Guardiola got his full-backs to station themselves in front of Manchester City's central defenders and pushed Raheem Sterling and Nolito wider to the touchline.

Today, the full-backs are being asked to hold the wing positions, with Nolito in particular looking for space inside.

United have been struggling to cope and the defensive anxiety filtered through to coping with a pure route one attack which led to the visitors' opener.

Dan from London: Hang on so UTD face a team who aren't destined for relegation or mid table and they look bang average?! WHO KNEW!?

Dan wasting no time to stick the boot in there...

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John Murray
BBC Radio 5 live commentator at Old Trafford

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Jose Mourinho keeps kneeling down and making notes in a little notebook. He looks for all the world like a man signing a last-minute birthday card.

United are being denied any time on the ball. Zlatan has two men on him before he has time to think about bringing the ball down. His efforts do win United a corner, but as with most situations in this first quarter, City come out on top to clear.

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Jack Parkes: Silva just won a header against Pogba. Say what you want about tactics but City simply look hungrier.

Emmanuel Ayodele: Manchester City playing like home team at the moment.

Femi John Atoyebi: First blood! Well deserved lead by MCFC. MUFC clearly bullied!

Daniel Woodley: That is shambolic defending by Blind! Just what went through his head? Chris Smalling must be thinking "how am I on the bench?"

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Cries of anger and frustration from the United fans, who aren't happy with the commitment from the United players. Jesse Lingard gets both barrels as he fails to close a City player down on the left.

Hang on! Rangers are back in it right on half-time as former Preston man Joe Garner heads in from on the line.

That's half-time now.

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Chris Waddle
Former England winger at Old Trafford for 5 live Sport

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Take nothing away from Kevin de Bruyne there. Daley Blind didn't make a decision and didn't get the ball away. Great touch from the City winger, then he gave the keeper the eyes and buried it. 

City deserve that - they have been on the front foot throughout and United are reeling.

Moussa Dembele has Brendan Rodgers dancing from his dugout as he runs in behind a square Rangers defence, sends Philippe Senderos on to his backside with a fine turn, and then curls home with the outside of his boot.

Just about half time in Glasgow. Follow that game in full here. 

Bishop Yinkus: United is a team lost in identity who will play any style placed upon them for a while now while City is taken on new style.

Tom Dobbyne: If MUFC could get the ball for longer than 5 seconds that would be great.

Michael Devlin: If Jesse doesn't hold onto the ball a bit better, he'll be off the pitch before halftime.

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Simon Stone
BBC Sport at Old Trafford

England managers past and present in the Old Trafford directors box for this one.

Sam Allardyce had a chat with former United midfielder Nicky Butt as he was making his way to his seat. Steve McClaren - former assistant to Sir Alex Ferguson - shook a few hands on the way to his.

Former City defender Silvinho is here, as is another former Ferguson assistant, Archie Knox.

Ryan Giggs is here too, with no direct involvement in a Manchester derby for the first time since 1991. He is sitting next to long-time team-mate Michael Carrick, who has not been picked for today's game.

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Kelechi Iheanacho gets his first chance to run at the United defence but Antonio Valencia is strong and muscles him off the ball in the home box.

Yet further evidence that City are the team trying to make things happen at the moment.

Chris Waddle
Former England winger at Old Trafford for 5 live Sport

As soon as United get on to the ball they are trying to break extremely quickly. That Paul Pogba effort is just the sort of thing Mourinho will have had his players working on all week.

But it's all City at the minute - Manchester United cannot get on the ball.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Old Trafford

Pep Guardiola is stalking the edge of his technical area indulging in his usual micro-management - while Jose Mourinho has been crouched down writing in a notebook.

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De Bruyne maybe should have taken it. Instead he dummies and Aleksandar Kolarov curls the ball over the bar.