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IT WILL not feel like a victory of any kind this morning. For Manchester City, the pain of defeat at Old Trafford will be every bit as raw as it was yesterday afternoon, when Michael Owen's goal in the sixth minute of injury time brought one of the greatest Manchester derby games of all to its awesome, yet familiar, conclusion.
The team in red took the points and their followers spilled, gloating, into the streets. Those in blue were left to steel themselves for another long winter of mockery and denigration, considering that they will have to wait until spring for the return fixture.See the full content of this document
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Cheer Up, Sparky... The Gap Is Shrinking [Edition 2]
Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, set the ball rolling, metaphorically dismissing City as nothing more than noisy neighbours, a petty irritation to be ignored.
'You just have to turn the television up,' he snee...See the full content of this document
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