Premier League legend Alan Shearer perfectly summed up his telling reaction to Manchester United’s sensational performance against Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon.
Manchester City arrived at Old Trafford at the weekend and Pep Guardiola’s men were dealt a massive blow in their Premier League title challenge this season.
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Manchester United produced a stunning display on Saturday and Michael Carrick picked up a huge win in his first match in charge of the Premier League club.
Interim boss Michael Carrick watched on from the Old Trafford dugout as Bryan Mbeumo broke the deadlock in the second half after a sensational counter-attack.
Following on from Bryan Mbeumo’s impact, Patrick Dorgu added his name to the scoresheet after he poked home a close-range finish from a Matheus Cunha cross.
Photo by Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty ImagesAlan Shearer on the ‘surprise’ element from Man Utd’s 2-0 win against Man City at Old Trafford
Manchester United’s 2-0 victory over Manchester City has kept the Red Devils well and truly in the top-four picture in the Premier League table this season.
City were helpless against Man Utd and Pep Guardiola had little response to the fantastic performance from Michael Carrick’s men at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Alan Shearer was left even more surprised with how City were essentially shut out of the chance to take advantage of Man Utd’s early bookings of Luke Shaw and Diogo Dalot.
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“What surprised me is that Man United’s [two] full-backs got booked relatively early,” he said on The Rest Is Football podcast.
“And I’m thinking, ‘Here we go, [Antoine] Semenyo and [Jeremy] Doku.’ Every time they get the ball, I thought, ‘Go on, go at them.’
“But they couldn’t, because there were two vs one all the time, and that’s how United worked.
“They worked it so well. When the ball went out wide, you know that’s a huge threat because they’re very talented players, those two wingers.
“And if you don’t double up and make it very tough, then more often than not, they get the better of you.
“But they never went past Shaw or Dalot at all. They were absolutely outstanding.”
Alan Shearer’s point about Senne Lammens speaks volumes about every Man Utd player against Man City
Shearer insisted that “every single Man United player” outside of Senne Lammens could have been up for the Man of the Match award after the Man City match.
However, the former Newcastle and England striker’s singling out of Senne Lammens was not even due to a critical assessment of the United star’s display.
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“Do you know what? There’s an argument, other than the goalkeeper for Man United, there’s an argument that every single Man United player could have been given Man of the Match because I just thought they were outstanding in every position,” he continued.
Lammens was able to keep his third Premier League clean sheet in 16 matches in the 2025-26 season since the Man Utd No 1’s arrival at Old Trafford last September.
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