Former Man City captain Yaya Toure believes that his side caused major damage to Man United with their 6-1 win at Old Trafford in the 2011/12 Premier League season.
Speaking to The Times about that win, he said: “I think what hurt United the most - the club, their fans - was the 6-1 win. That was impressive from us.
“After the FA Cup, we believed we could beat them even at Old Trafford with Ferguson. Ferguson is one of the great managers. Old Trafford is the most emblematic stadium around the world. Most of their players were there.
“It was like a slap in the face of United fans, even players in front of Ferguson. I remember watching highlights of the game and you could see the camera on Ferguson’s face and it was red. He didn’t say anything. You could see it in his eyes. He was like ‘Oh’.
“It was incredible. We played much better than we did in the FA Cup. We won that game 1-0 but we got dominated in the first half. The one chance we got we scored and then they got a red card and we took advantage.
“But at Old Trafford the 6-1 was different. It was in their stadium, against the best manager in the world who had made their team great and we battered them 6-1. What’s better than that?”
Man City went on to win their first-ever Premier League title in that season after the win over the Red Devils and that spurred what would be the start of a dominant period which exists to this day.
The Citizens have won six league titles since the 2011/12 season, including five under Pep Guardiola. Toure himself was part of three Premier League title-winning teams before his departure in 2018 from City.
