Ten-man Manchester City beat United 1–0 at Old Trafford.

Manchester City beat Manchester United 1–0 in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Sunday, 13 September, Sky Sports, The Guardian, and ESPN reported. It was the 199th Manchester derby on the Sky match framing. City played more than an hour with ten players after Phil Foden’s dismissal and still took the three points.

Referee Michael Oliver sent Foden off in the 23rd minute. Sky Sports Match Centre and the Premier League clarification place the red in the 23rd minute; ESPN’s match card lists Foden 23'. The sequence on Sky and ESPN: after a challenge involving United captain Bruno Fernandes, Foden kicked out toward Fernandes’s midriff. VAR reviewed and upheld the straight red for violent conduct. City head coach Enzo Maresca, quoted by Sky, said Foden’s red was a red and also argued Fernandes should have been sent off in the same action. The desk records the named officials’ decision: Foden off, red confirmed.

United held a man advantage from the 23rd minute to full time but did not score. Sky’s key-moments list records Marcus Rashford’s free-kick striking the post in first-half stoppage time and Kobbie Mainoo hitting the post again early in the second half. Those woodwork moments are on Sky and ESPN match reports; they did not become goals.

Erling Haaland scored the only goal in the 60th minute. Josko Gvardiol crossed from the left; Haaland finished at the far post. The assistant’s flag went up for offside. After a lengthy VAR check that included semi-automated offside technology, the goal was awarded: Haaland was judged onside. Sky, ESPN, and The Guardian all record the initial disallowance and the overturn. Debate on the wires also concerned Enzo Fernández’s position in the build-up; officials allowed the goal. The published scoreboard is Haaland 60', City 1–0.

Late chances followed the same observable pattern. Sky lists Fernandez’s effort tipped onto the post by United goalkeeper Senne Lammens; Harry Maguire heading wide; and, in stoppage time, Gianluigi Donnarumma saving from Bryan Mbeumo after a Fernandes pass. City held the lead to the final whistle. Maresca’s City side therefore completed a fourth straight Premier League win to open the season.

Table claim after the match, on the wires Truman checked for the REV 2 pack: City are on maximum points after four Premier League games, level with Arsenal — both 4-0-0, 12 points, with Arsenal ahead on goal difference on post-derby table wires. The desk does not invent a title narrative; the checkable line is 12 points from four for both clubs.

Named actors on the day: Foden (red 23'); Haaland (goal 60'); Gvardiol (assist cross); Oliver (referee); Fernandes, Rashford, Mainoo, Mbeumo, Donnarumma, Lammens, Maguire, Martínez, Carrick, Maresca as they appear in Sky, Guardian, and ESPN copy. Score, venue, times, and table position are locked to those wires for 13 September 2026.

What comes next is checkable: the Premier League table with Arsenal and City on 12 points after four matches; each club’s next published Premier League fixture on the official calendar.

Floor: Man Utd 0–1 Man City at Old Trafford; Foden red 23’ (VAR upheld); Haaland 60’ after offside check; City max points after 4, level Arsenal.