Manchester United 3-0 Tottenham

Local boy Danny Welbeck led a second-half scoring spree as Manchester United answered the title challenge of neighbours City by belting three goals past Tottenham at Old Trafford.

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It had been a frustrating night for Sir Alex Ferguson’s young troops until 20-year-old Welbeck, raised just a couple of miles away in Longsight, rose to guide home Tom Cleverley’s cross.

Welbeck’s impudent back-heel set up Anderson for the second and Tottenham had given the game up for dead by the time Wayne Rooney netted from close range.

It leaves United trailing City by the narrowest of goal difference margins and whilst this might be a ridiculously early stage of the season, it is clear they have no intention of meekly bowing to the firepower the Blues have unleashed over the past couple of weeks.