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Manchester City v Manchester United: The greatest meetings

Simon Rice,Pa,Staff

Friday 06 January 2012 15:28 GMT

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PREVIOUS FA CUP ENCOUNTER
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Tommy Browell scored a brace inside the first half hour in Sheffield to book City's place at Wembley, although once in the final, the Sky Blues were beaten by a solitary goal from Bolton's David Jack. It was a strange season for City in which there are perhaps omens for this weekend's game, because as well as this FA Cup win over their nearest rivals, they also beat United 6-1 in the league, as they did earlier this season. Although City would also be relegated.

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CLASSIC DERBY
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Huge investment in the blue half of Manchester meant that when the sides met at Old Trafford at the start of the 2009/10 season the two teams were on a more equal footing than they had been for years. Add to that the bitter exchanges between the two sides about 'noisy neighbours' and the now infamous 'Welcome to Manchester' poster featuring Carlos Tevez and everything was set for a classic - and it didn't disappoint. City came from behind on three occasions. Goals from Wayne Rooney, and two from Darren Fletcher were cancelled out by Gareth Barry and a brace from Craig Bellamy. The second from Bellamy, scored in the 90th minute, looked to have snatched a point for the visiting team. But six minutes into what was supposed to be four minutes of injury time, England exile Michael Owen stabbed home the winner and prompted Sir Alex to dance down the touchline in a game which he later described as the greatest derby of all-time.

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Manchester City and Manchester United come together this Sunday in the stand-out tie of the FA Cup Third Round.

Ahead of the game, we recount some of the greatest Manchester derbies and re-live their previous encounters in the FA Cup.

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