Manchester United v/s Manchester City: United hit four, maintain top 3 spot

That's it from here, hope you enjoyed, have a nice day.

That's it from this superb Manchester Derby. United sealing the day with a 4-2 victory. Goals from Young, Mata, Fellaini and Smalling for United and a Brace for Aguero ended a 6 goal spectacle.

CLATTENBURG BLOWS FOR THE FINAL WHISTLE AT OLD TRAFFORD. An emphatic win for the home side. They continue their brilliant form winning all of their previous four. As for City, they are shellshocked. Title contenders entering 2015, are now fighting for a Champions League qualification spot. Some joy for Aguero on having scored his 100th City goal. But all overshadowed by the 4-2 win for United. Pellegrini's men leave the Old Trafford with lot of worries. As for United, they will be a happy side.

90' The assistant referee signs for three minutes of additional time.

89' AGUERO GETS HIS BRACE. Not much celebration from the Argentine considering the scoreline and th etime left. He gets his 100th City goal. No mood of celebration from him.

85' Falcao and Di Maria, star players of their respective sides, haven't got off to a good start under van Gaal. Both enter play with only ten minutes remaining.

83' SUBSTITUTION. van Gaal too makes his final sub, Colombian forward Falcao comes for Fellaini.

81' SUBSTITUTION. Juan mata is done for the day, former Real Madrid man Di Maria replaces him.

75' SUBSTITUTION. Meanwhile United make their first change. Rojo comes in for Jones.

74' SUBSTITUTION STRAIGHT AWAY. Pellegrini makes his final sub of the game. Former Chelsea legend, Lampard comes into play replacing Navas.

73' NOW SMALLING COMES ON THE SCORE SHEET. It's turning into a nightmare for City. A free kick into the box is well headed by Smalling to give them their fourth. 4-1 United.

70' United playing with much more content now, making good attacks into the half. They will be looking to take revenge of their humiliating 6-1 defeat to the hands of their city rivals.

67' UNITED HAVE ONE MORE. The City defence looks in tatters there. Juan Mata makes a good run into the box to meet Rooney's through ball. The former Chelsea man runs through the penalty area before slotting the ball through a hopeless Hart's legs. 3-1 to Manchester United.

63' SUBSTITUION. James Milner too follows his captain as he is taken of the field due to injury. Former Arsenal man , Samir Nasri comes to replace him.

63' This maybe another blow for the visitors as Milner seems to be injured following a challenge. The City midfielder doen't look good and is expected to be substituted.

57' Brilliant play from United. Mata wonderfully plays an inswinging cross for the three ManU players inside the box, The cross is headed poorly by Young. But anyways the off-side flag was up.

52' HOW DID THAT STAY OUT?? SUPERB DEFENDING BY CITY. Rooney's curling free kick is kept out by Hart. But the following counter attack is well defended by City as Mata, Harerra and Young have shots from inside the box.

51' Free kick for united in a good position. Navas fouls Mata just outside the box. Roonaey to step up. He will fancy his chances of scoring from a free kick.

46' SUBSTITUTION. City captain is forced of the field with an injury, Mangala to replace him.

45' The Manchester Derby is underway once more after the halftime. United lead 2-1.

There's the halftime whistle. A scintallating first half at the Old Trafford. City opened the scoring through Aguero. But United got back into it straight away, courtesy of goals from Young and Fellaini. At halftime, its Manchester United 2- 1 Manchester City.

45'  YELLOW CARD FOR KOMPANY. That actually should have been a sending off. Kompany makes a terrible challenge on Dutchman Blind, completely missing the ball and hitting his shin. Mark Clatenburg maybe gets it wrong this time.

41' City buildup the play well, before the ball falls for Milner. However his attempted curling effort from outside the box goes horribly wrong and is well above and wide off the post.

35' YELLOW CARD FOR SILVA. Second booking for the visitors as Silva challenges the goal scorer Young.

    Now this is what you call a derby! #MUNMCI

    — Charlie Gibbs (@ManLikeMata) April 12, 2015

30' United are using their flanks well. Especially Young who is tirelessly making the runs on the left flank. Again an attack ensues from the left side. But the City defence copes well with it.

27' UNITED HAVE TURNED IT BACK. Brilliant play from Blind and Young in the penalty area before the the goal scorer finds the Belgian, who heads the ball cooly into the near post, beating Hart. 2-1 to Manchester United.

24' YELLOW CARD FOR MILNER. The Englishman is booked by the refree for a challenge on Ander Harerra.

20' The game loses it's tempo after the equaliser, but City still continue to attack with more content. They are using the flanks very much. Another goal to their fancy maybe?

16' What a stunning fifteen minutes of play we've had. City getting the early start they wanted, United getting the early equaliser they wanted.

14' YOUNG HAS THE EQUALISER. And United are right back into it. Ander Harerra pics out Ashley Young in the box who tries to put it in. However the ball rebounds of a slide from Clichy only to fall for Young again who scores this time around. 1-1 at the Old Trafford.

11' City win a free kick just outside the United box, which they are able to clear. A following counter attack by Young is tackled by Clichy dangerously. Once more, the City defender avoids a booking.

8' David Silva with the assist.

8' AGUEROOOOOOOOO!!!! that's the the start city wanted. Milner and Silva play brilliantly before the Spaniard squares up Aguero, who taps into an empty net. 1-0 City.

5' THAT COULD HAVE BEEN 1-0. And City attack straight away, Navas is on side from a through ball to him, but his shot on target is kept out by De Gea.

3' And just minutes into the play, Clichy makes a heavy challenge on Mata. But the defender just somehow avoids a yelow card.

1'  We're under way at the Old Trafford. What an exceptional atmosphere it is.

Confirmed Lineups for EPL Fixture: Manchester United v/s Manchester City

Manchester United XI(4-1-4-1): DE Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Jones, Blind, Carrick, Mata, Harrera, Fellani, Young, Rooney
Manchester United subs: Valdes, Rafael, Rojo, Di Maria, Falcao, Januzaj, McNair

Manchester City XI(4-4-1-1): Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy, Navas, Toure, Fernandinho, Milner, Silva, Aguero
Manchester City subs: Caballero, Fernando, Nasri, Dzeko, Kolarov, Lampard, Mangala

Manchester City come to the Old Trafford today in hope of maintaining thier spot in top four. United stand just one point above the former champions in the league table. City travel to their neighbours following a turbulent form. They have lost three of their previous five encounters. Meanwhile their neighbours are in terrific form, winning three consecutive matches and four of previous five.

Both teams will look to take maximum points from this fixture to maintain their spot in top four for a champions league place next season.

The reverse fixture this season saw City clinch a 1-0 victory at the Etihad when Sergio Aguero's only goal was the decider.

Ronaldo reaches 300 mark for Real

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal against Rayo Vallecano during a Spanish League BBVA. - AP
Madrid - Cristiano Ronaldo turned 300 goal for Real Madrid in a 2-0 La Liga win worked neighbors Rayo Vallecano on a medium that supports the gap with leaders Barcelona to four points.

Fresh from Granada 9-1 thrashing when Ronaldo struck out five European champions need a victory in Rayo Vallecas stadium after Barca cruised to a 4-0 victory at home to Almeria to open a seven-point lead on their rivals.

In the form of Luis Suarez scored twice and Lionel Messi ended a drought of goals in three games, with Marc Bartra also get in the record at the Camp Nou. Property hardly exercise any control over Rayo humble and many opportunities were lost to Ronaldo scored his 37th league goal of the season with a header after a cross from Dani Carvajal.

The prolific striker Messi Luso five clear at the top of scoring charts, is the third player after Raul (323) and Alfredo Di Stefano (307) to reach 300 goals for real, but only 288 needed hand, compared with Raul Di Stefano 741 and 396 .

Ronaldo had previously been reserved for diving in the penalty area, and will be suspended for the league match at home to Eibar on Saturday. James Rodriguez made it 2-0 with a strong finish to raise the dismissal Ronaldo Real 70 points, five more than in the third place champions Atletico Madrid, who won 2-0 at home against Real Sociedad on Tuesday.

"We try to get them to a higher field strength, but in the first half we were not conclusive" real coach Carlo Ancelotti at the press conference. "Secondly, we were better, we played well and we deserved to win," said the Italian.

After edging a 1-0 win over Celta Vigo on Sunday, Barca dominated Almeria at the Nou Camp to record their 20th victory in 22 games this season in all competitions.

Messi, who has not scored since his double against Eibar three weeks ago, made it 1-0 in the 33rd minute when he jumped from the right side and took a left foot effort into the far corner.

Almeria, which is the third from the bottom, defended stubbornly but admitted again when Suarez scored almost identical in 10 minutes after the break.

Central Bartra added the third when he nodded in a corner Xavi with 15 minutes to go and Pedro Suarez set 4-0 in stoppage time.

"We know that if we stay focused in the league is not going to get three points," said Suarez in an interview with Spanish television.

With eight games they are gone, the club has the opportunity to repeat the historic treble in 2009, Pep Guardiola, the only time the Spanish team won the national championship and Cup and the Champions League in the same season.

Chelsea will aim to turn on the style against Stoke, says Jamie Redknapp

Hazard: Can help Chelsea re-discover the fluid football they played earlier this season, says Redknapp

A six-point lead. A game in hand. Nine to play. For me, Chelsea will go on to win the title with the great advantage they've built up on their rivals.

However, Jose Mourinho will want to get the team back to the form they were displaying earlier this season, when they were playing with a real swagger. That freedom and fluidity has dropped a little in recent weeks.

That perhaps stems from the fact they haven't rotated as much as their rivals this season - only 13 Chelsea players have started more than five games in the Premier League. In contrast, Man City have started 19 players for more than five matches and Arsenal 18.

Hughes was rewarded with a new contract this week and I'm really pleased for him. He got a lot of blame for what happened when he was at QPR but he's a good manager and he's seized this chance to show what he can do. He's done a really good job.

Stoke are now playing well, scoring good goals and Hughes deserves a lot of credit for what he's done there.

Their passes are shorter this season, although they do still have Peter Crouch up front if they want to go long. They're not afraid to play percentage football and I've got no problem with that. It's about winning games and playing to the strengths you have - and in Crouch and Jonathan Walters, Stoke have got a powerful front two if they want to mix it up and use them.

Hard work

Chelsea had to work really hard up at Stoke to come away with a 2-0 win earlier this season and they'll have to do the same on Saturday Night Football. The hosts have to win their individual battles and then their quality players can make the difference.