Charles Dickens would have found plenty of character and colour in the contrast between Manchester United and Manchester City over the past weekend.
The strutting, over-confident, mercenary players of City submitting in the FA Cup Final to the application and pride of Wigan Athletic from sixteen places below them in the Premiership, and manager Roberto Mancini already aware that someone is waiting in the wings to take his seat. Compare with 71-year-old Alex Ferguson walking onto the pitch at Old Trafford for the last time as manager, the stands a 75'000 surging sea of red support, and then ninety-odd minutes later celebrating with the crowd and his players a typical United last-minute goal victory to consolidate his twenty-fifth major trophy won for United since he joined the club in 1968. It could not have been scripted better.
A city of two tales
By Ray Fleming
15/05/2013 00:00
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