City Have Every Reason To Beware Opportunistic Red Devils

Manchester United celebrate victory in last season's comeback win at the Etihad

Heading Into this Sunday's Manchester derby its as clear as day as to who are the favourites to come out on top.

Manchester City in recent matches have been moving through the gears and are showing more of the form that saw them break a number of records on their way to becoming 'The Centurions'.

The Cityzens have made light work of their recent opposition putting 23 goals past their opponents in six games in all competitions and conceded just one, while the Red Devils have laboured to win three consecutive matches for only the second time this season.

Despite this City will be well aware of the threat that their neighbours bring to the table as even though their performances haven't exactly been easy on the eye, they continue to find a way to win.

On Wednesday, Manchester United were clearly second best by every measure as Italian champions Juventus bossed proceedings.

Even though they were outperforming United for most of the match all it took was just five minutes for the Red Devils to turn the match around and walk away with a 2-1 win after going behind following Cristiano Ronaldo's sublime strike.

In many ways, how the match in Turin unfolded, bears similarities to last season's Manchester derby where United arrived at the Etihad as the underdog but still came away with all three points.

City on the day were in scintillating form and carved out goal scoring opportunities at will and should have been at least four or five goals ahead by the break but instead went into the interval with just a two goal lead.

What followed was a fiery comeback for United as Paul Pogba scored twice before Chris Smalling settled the matter. 

Manchester United's opportunistic nature was on display that day and Wednesday night should serve as reminder for City against complacency and their need to go for the jugular and kill the game while they are still on top.