Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag insists their derby different at Manchester City is now yardstick to measure the two clubs.

City dominated to win 3-1, though United had the lead to halftime.

Ten Hag said: "No I don't think so, absolutely not.

"We have many problems now in injuries and still we had an opportunity. By a very small margin. We could have scored the second goal. We could have scored the second goal in a debatable moment and in the second debatable moment. You see it is not that big. When we have everyone on board we can be really competitive and also we showed for instance in the cup final against them when it can be really close.

"But don't forget this, City is, at the moment the best team in the world."