Ben Foster Awestruck by Michael Carrick's 'Genius' Man Utd Moment vs. Man City

Ben Foster expertly broke down a subtle detail that he saw from one of Michael Carrick’s key Manchester United players in the match against Manchester City. Manchester United hosted Manchester City at Old Trafford at the weekend and the Red Devils came out on top in the final Manchester derby of the 2025-26 campaign. Should Kobbie Mainoo be an automatic starter under Michael Carrick now? Kobbie Mainoo only needed 90 minutes to prove Ruben Amorim wrong! Bryan Mbeumo delivered the first blow on Man City on Saturday, with the summer signing breaking the deadlock with a superb finish past Gianluigi Donnarumma. Michael Carrick’s men took control of the Premier League showdown and the Red Devils built on their lead only 11 minutes later after Patrick Dorgu scored. Man Utd’s 2-0 lead over Man City was enough to make the difference on Saturday afternoon, with Carrick’s side collecting all three Premier League points. READ MORE: Bruno Fernandes’ elite football IQ is matched by ‘outstanding’ Man Utd teammate who perfectly mirrored him Ben Foster singles out what Bruno Fernandes did during Man Utd’s 2-0 Premier League win over Man City Manchester United stunned Manchester City in the second half after the Red Devils launched a sensational counterattack from inside their own half at Old Trafford. More United News Bryan Mbeumo superbly linked up with Bruno Fernandes and the two Man Utd players charged into the City half with Amad Diallo flanking out on the right. Bruno Fernandes kept himself centrally before the 31-year-old Man Utd captain ever so slightly pivoted towards the right against the scrambling Man City backline. The United midfielder’s movement on the ball was enough to dupe City defender Abdukodir Khusanov and allowed him the opening to make the pass to Mbeumo. The votes are in and Bruno Fernandes is our Man Of The Match vs City An absolute class act! Speaking on his ‘Fozcast’ podcast, Ben Foster said: “It’s the little movement from Bruno just before he plays the pass. “Just before he plays it, he takes a little shift off to his right, and Khusanov sees that and Khusanov steps to his left and that’s all it takes. “He’s a little bit too narrow anyway. But that step out to the right by Bruno is genius because he knows what he’s doing. “He’s trying to create even more space from Mbeumo and he does. He pulls out to the right, Khusanov moves over to the left as well and then he plays that ball and he’s got so much more time and space to get the finish on.” READ MORE: ‘Outstanding’… Alan Shearer thinks all but one Man Utd star could have been Man of the Match pick vs Man City Ben Foster’s praise and warning to Man Utd interim head coach Michael Carrick after the Man City result Foster was deeply impressed by Man Utd’s counterattack against City for the opener, but he warned that the Red Devils won’t be able to do the same against every team. “Great finish as well. But Man Utd on the counter-attack,” he added. “I mean, credit where credit [is due]. “That has to be the way that it goes then. However, the problem they’re going to face is against different teams. They are not going to throw everything forward like that. “They’re not just going to do that.” Man Utd will now return to Premier League action on late Sunday afternoon and Michael Carrick’s Red Devils side will face Arsenal at the Emirates.