TinFoilHat
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Thank you for jogging the memory.Penalties to the away team in each of Alty fan's previous Etihad derby games - three in total - and none to the home team. What are the odds of another this weekend to maintain his 100% record?
From the MEN today ......
Taylor has yet to officiate a derby at Old Trafford, with his previous three and this one all being on the east or blue side of the city. The most recent was approaching four years ago, in March 2021.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side was awarded a penalty inside two minutes - on that particular occasion - after Taylor adjudged that Gabriel Jesus had fouled Anthony Martial. Bruno Fernandes scored from the spot, while Luke Shaw doubled their advantage early in the second half to secure a 2-0 win
In the previous Taylor-officiated Manchester derby in December 2019, United again opened the scoring with a penalty, overturning the referee's on-field decision not to deem Bernardo Silva's challenge on Marcus Rashford a foul. The felled forward converted the spot-kick and Martial scored a second within six minutes to put the Reds on course to a 2-1 win - with Nicolas Otamendi halving the deficit late on.
City have won a Manchester derby with Taylor in charge - his first one in November 2018 - despite United being awarded a penalty, once again, in that one. The hosts were already 2-0 up when Martial scored that one through goals from David Silva and Sergio Aguero - with Ilkay Gundogan restoring their two-goal advantage four minutes from time.
He'll give them a penalty for our keeper breathing on Rasmus Birtles.
He's a company man and will ref the way he's told.