At 14:00 BST on September 14, Premier League Matchday 4, Manchester United 0-1 Manchester City. On Sky Sports' podcast, Neville analyzed the match.

Carrick has every right to be angry about the goal, but he should also be angry about the overall team performance.

Neville: Well, I think Sesko should have come on in the second half. I felt that once Phil Foden was sent off, especially before the end of the first half, the direction of the match became quite clear, and Manchester United didn't progress in the way they should have. So I think they needed to play more directly, they needed more aerial balls into the box, a completely different attacking approach. I remember Sesko didn't come on until the 65th minute. I think he should have come on at halftime. I think that was fairly obvious.

But beyond that, I don't think any of Manchester United's six attacking players really performed well. Perhaps Kobbie Mainoo was one of them—I'd say fairly he looked quite good in that deeper position. But the other five performed very poorly today. Really, really poorly. I didn't think Dalot was clean enough on the ball in the attacking areas. Manchester United's fullbacks didn't provide enough quality crosses, and the wingers didn't provide enough quality passes.

Fairly speaking, I think Manchester United's attacking players were positioned poorly too early; they were almost waiting for the ball rather than making late runs and arriving late. They completely lost their attacking structure, and also lost discipline and intelligence in their play.

I mentioned earlier, especially the last 10 minutes—that was a really poor 10 minutes for Manchester United. Because at that point, you should feel you need to throw everything at it, really get stuck in, gradually build atmosphere and pressure, turn the match into a pressure cooker, and then maybe you score a goal, or even another one.

However, Manchester City controlled the match extremely well. They kept winning free kicks and corners. That's typical of how they control matches and manage the game, and they're absolutely entitled to do that, and absolutely should. But from a match management perspective, Manchester United played very poorly in those last 10 minutes because they lacked the discipline to manage a match when faced with a team down to 10 men.

In the previous match against Everton, they again lacked the discipline to manage a match when ahead, about a week earlier.

Now, even when they're actually behind, they don't know how to manage the match, and they seem not to know how to deal with a team down to 10 men. So it was a terrible day for Manchester United. It really was.

Losing a derby is already a terrible day. You know, I've lost derbies, and the feeling is horrible. But today, facing an opponent down to 10 men and not even scoring, that's really not what I'd have expected. Initially I expected Manchester United to score.

I think Michael Carrick will be very disappointed tonight. Four points from four matches is a very poor return. And after four rounds, Manchester United are eight points behind Manchester City and Arsenal. Of course, it's still early, but this is certainly not the start he would have wanted.

But when you're Manchester United manager, you can't say that.

Neville: Yes, but it's still early, and these issues need to be addressed. Today was poor in every aspect. Really, every aspect.

The decision on their goal was poor, their second-half performance with 10 men was poor, and losing the derby was poor. So overall, it was just awful.

So let's finally talk about Manchester City's victory today.

Neville: A couple or three weeks before the transfer window closed, when Manchester City still hadn't signed those players, you'd have thought they were clearly short, especially in midfield. But eventually they signed Enzo and three other players in the final days of the window, totaling around £250 million, I think.

I think the real big issue for Manchester City will be their defense. It will depend on whether Rúben Dias can maintain his form, and whether Gvardiol can maintain his form, and those experienced defenders, and of course Guéhi. If they can maintain this defense, with Khusanov and O'Reilly on the bench, this is quite a young defensive line, with some young or relatively young players in it.

If Manchester City can avoid injuries, they can certainly really compete with Arsenal. I still think Arsenal are stronger. But Manchester City have significantly strengthened themselves through their transfer market deals.

And today was a very important match for Maresca, because it proves they've built a mentality for big matches, it shows they won't weaken in important matches due to mental issues or resilience problems. They competed physically today, and they competed mentally.

And you can imagine, the biggest question about Maresca right now is: can you get over these big matches? Can you win when everything is against you? When everything is against you, can you overcome it? This is a very important moment for him. You saw him at the end of the match, and it was completely deserved. He ran straight out, not toward his own players, but directly toward the fans, because he knows this is a big deal.

This matters for Michael Carrick, and it also matters for Maresca. And this belief will continue to be built in Manchester City's dressing room, which is certainly buzzing right now.

When you're playing under a new manager—Xabi Alonso at Chelsea, Iraola at Liverpool, De Zerbi at Tottenham, and to some extent Michael Carrick as Manchester United manager, although he's been here since January—you're still trying to build that belief. And in a team, nothing builds belief more than winning together in important moments.

Going to places like Anfield, Old Trafford, the Etihad, the Emirates and getting a win. Your drive home might only be 15 or 20 minutes, but I'm telling you, for Maresca, it'll certainly be a wonderful drive home, and you'd wish it never ended.

He might even not mind driving around Manchester a few times, taking a few extra laps. Because this is a very, very important night for him, a very, very important win.

I think his players rose to the occasion today, they stepped up and took responsibility. So overall, it was a very good day for everyone.

The happiest man in Manchester tonight is certainly Phil Foden (laughs). I told you before the match that I was once sent off for a small headbutt on Steve McManaman. He ran into me, I was caught off guard, and I headbutted forward slightly and got a red card. I remember we were winning 2-1 at the time. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong. And then I was sent off. I think that was after more than 30 minutes of play. Oh my goodness, that felt really painful. I mean, we ultimately won the match. It was an FA Cup tie, maybe the third, fourth, or fifth round, I'm not sure. We ultimately won. But I'm telling you, you're genuinely terrified at that moment, because you feel like you might have ruined the derby for your team, you might have let the fans down. Luckily, we got through it.

Phil Foden will feel he was treated somewhat unfairly, but you can hear him privately thinking, "I won't do that again." So I did that headbutt back then—I leaned into McManaman and headbutted him. Looking back, it was really stupid. You know what I mean? It was just a small headbutt, outward. Phil Foden will learn from this. He won't do it again. He won't react like that again. You realize that sometimes, as I did at Everton back then, kicking the ball into the stands, or like headbutting another opponent—even if it's very light—you'll get sent off. It's as simple as that. So there's no doubt that Phil Foden is the happiest man in Manchester right now.

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