Manchester United suffered a 1-0 loss to 10-man Manchester City. Here are our player ratings from the game.
(A score of 6 is around average)
Senne Lammens 6 – Made some good saves in the second half. Couldn’t do much about City’s opener.
Diogo Dalot 3 – Shocking. Sloppy with the ball, defensively frail, endured a rough game against Antoine Semenyo and had lapses in focus that nearly cost United dearly.
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— Manchester United (@ManUtd) September 13, 2026
Harry Maguire 6 – Saw a lot of possession, came out on top in his aerial duels and was solid enough.
Lisandro Martinez 6- Same as his defensive partner.
Patrick Dorgu 2 – Another who was abysmal. Made an extremely costly mistake that led to a City goal against the run of play and completely deflated United, who were in the ascendancy at that time. Wasteful on the ball and offered no meaningful contributions at left-back.
Youri Tielemans 6.5 – Tidy in possession and unfortunate to be the first to come off, given just how poor his teammates were.
Kobbie Mainoo 7 – Strong in his challenges and recycled the ball well. Came close to giving United the lead with a superb strike but was thwarted by the post.
Bruno Fernandes 6 – Played Phil Foden to get the City star sent off. Set up two clear-cut chances for Rashford and Dalot in the first half and came close to a cheeky assist for Mainoo, but was otherwise quiet.
Bryan Mbeumo 4 – On the periphery for large parts. Had a golden chance to restore parity at the death but he couldn’t beat the goalkeeper.
Marcus Rashford 7 – United’s most dangerous attacker in yet another game. Took his man on at every opportunity and came painfully close to breaking the deadlock in the first half with his free-kick effort, which rattled the post.
Michael Carrick's men are applying plenty of pressure…
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— Manchester United (@ManUtd) September 13, 2026
Matheus Cunha 4 – Busy but ineffective in yet another game played as a makeshift nine, with his poor touches particularly worrying.
Substitutes
Benjamin Sesko 5 – Would have been gutted not to be named in the starting XI after his performance against Sabah. Gave United a present up front although he didn’t have much to pounce on.
Joshua Zirkzee 5 – On for the dying embers.
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Maguire and Martinez? Both terrible, slow and mindless. Maguire topped it all off by losinghis head and wasting time in the final minutes.
Tielemans went missing leaving Mainoo on his own most of the time, Bruno wasted ball after ball, Mbeumo looked like someone had removed his brain, Rashford reminded of his past United career as flash but zero final ball or goal.
Let’s not talk Dalot and Dorgu