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title: "Manchester City: Fans howl at Sir Alex Ferguson’s derby coping mechanism"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-fans-howl-at-sir-alex-fergusons-derby-coping-mechanism/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Manchester City Football Club"
published: "2020-01-10T06:30:21Z"
modified: "2020-01-10T06:30:21Z"
---

# Manchester City: Fans howl at Sir Alex Ferguson’s derby coping mechanism

**According to a revelation [from the Daily Star](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/sir-alex-ferguson-ed-woodward-21241403), Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson took a glass of red wine into his office and sat in solitude after his side were humbled 3-0 at the break during the Manchester derby on Tuesday evening, prompting some City supporters to howl at the report.**

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An early screamer from Bernardo Silva set the tone for what was to be a dismal afternoon from United’s perspective, with goals from Riyad Mahrez and Andreas Pereira (OG) adding to their misery before half time.

With the City away end [in raptures](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-man-utd-news-17529515) at the scoreline, ex-manager Ferguson presumably decided that enough was enough – heading into his office with a glass of red wine in solitude and contemplating the heavy deficit.

Despite Rashford [grabbing a goal back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IReh_2z07eU&feature=onebox) in the second half to set up a slightly more tense second leg encounter at the Etihad, Sky Blues supporters now can’t help but laugh at Fergie’s rage.

Here’s how they reacted on Twitter.

> Gezzer was probably getting 1-6 flashbacks
>
> — CITY (@KDB\_Mcfc17) [January 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/KDB_Mcfc17/status/1215044864938848257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> SIIIU
>
> — Samuel (got bagged) (@EIiteKDB) [January 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/EIiteKDB/status/1215042657493356544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Over the moon
>
> — alex (@ahd99999) [January 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/ahd99999/status/1215042474240032771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> decades of following football, always wanted to see see this day , wenger or Mou could t finish , Pep has done it , destroyed this man
>
> — raj.. (@rajkamalin) [January 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/rajkamalin/status/1215239553595797510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Lool\
> I’ve seen this before loooool
>
> — Lehlohonolo Papo 🦈 (@papomcfc) [January 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/papomcfc/status/1215046677431799808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Man’s shooooook [pic.twitter.com/25fjX64D86](https://t.co/25fjX64D86)
>
> — Rodrista (@aranyakpaul) [January 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/aranyakpaul/status/1215042734563610624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***What do you make of Sir Alex Ferguson’s half time antics? Join the discussion by commenting below…***