Donnarumma delivers ‘superb’ performance at Man Utd, he was the only Man City star to come out with any credit | OneFootball

Manchester City suffered a demoralising 2-0 loss to rivals Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday.

Pep Guardiola’s side huffed and puffed but ultimately delivered a tepid performance.

Man City failed to create clear chances and struggled to handle United’s transitions. They could drop to third place depending on results elsewhere.

Despite Man City’s generally uninspiring performance, goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma delivered a stellar display.

Donnarumma made several saves, including one jaw-dropping stop on a Casemiro effort to try to keep his side in the game.

The 26-year-old deserved to leave the game with something, but his teammates were not on the same wavelength.

The Daily Mail gave him an 8/10 rating for his ‘superb’ display. His performance was a reminder of exactly why Man City moved on from Ederson.

On an afternoon where the collective failed, the Italian produced the kind of logic-defying saves that keep scorelines respectable and win points over a season.

His reflex stop from Casemiro was elite-level goalkeeping, the sort that changes momentum even when the game is slipping away.

While Donnarumma will never match Ederson’s metronomic passing or his role as an extra playmaker, that trade-off was always understood.

The Cityzens wanted a pure shot-stopper for the biggest moments, and that is precisely what they have.

When the structure breaks down and transitions are conceded, Donnarumma gives them a fighting chance.

City’s outfield players must raise their intensity, sharpness and decision-making to match the standard their goalkeeper is setting.

This performance versus United was flat and dispirited, and the Cityzens risk drifting away in the title race if they do not raise their levels.