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Manchester United may hope for a bright new future under Sir Jim Ratcliffe, but so long as Pep Guardiola is in Manchester, I cannot see the bragging rights shifting from the blue to the red side of town.
Guardiola and his analysts will have studied United's trip to Nottingham Forest and, like me, will have noticed how Sofyan Amrabat moved into midfield as an inverted left back to leave behind a back three.
That saw Amrabat sit alongside Casemiro as Scott McTominay pushed up with captain Bruno Fernandes in the pockets behind Marcus Rashford.
Yet Forest responded by sending balls into the space vacated by Amrabat to try to hurt United. City would love it if their opponents send one of their full backs into midfield on Sunday.
We saw what Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland did to Luton and the ruthlessness with which they ripped them apart in that FA Cup mauling.
Erling Haaland (left) and Kevin de Bruyne (right) could destroy Manchester United in the derby this weekend
De Bruyne assisted four of the forward's five goals in the FA Cup against Luton in the week
