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title: "Manchester United: Fans fume at Mark Goldbridge verdict on derby celebrations"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-fans-fume-at-mark-goldbridge-verdict-on-derby-celebrations/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2019-12-09T20:35:59Z"
modified: "2019-12-09T20:35:59Z"
---

# Manchester United: Fans fume at Mark Goldbridge verdict on derby celebrations

**It’s been a brilliant few days for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Manchester United, reigning victorious against rivals [Tottenham and Manchester City](https://www.manutd.com/en/matches/fixtures-results) respectively, with the latter resulting in huge celebrations for taking the derby spoils – though United Stand presenter Mark Goldbridge thinks they need to remain more grounded.**

Strikes from Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial gifted the Red Devils a comfortable two-goal cushion for most of the Etihad encounter, with a late goal from City defender Nicolas Otamendi making it a shaky last few minutes before the full-time whistle.

Ultimately, United held out and [came away with all three points](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E__EUarCVB4&feature=onebox) – taking the all-important bragging rights following a memorable conclusion to a decade of iconic Manchester derby encounters.

However, according to presenter Goldbridge, the result erupted in much greater celebrations than he thinks were warranted, [stating on Twitter](https://twitter.com/markgoldbridge/status/1203685262875877377?s=21): “Will get abuse for this but seeing all the clips of players celebrating the Derby win like we’ve won the league. This is our worst start to a season in decades. They need to do this every week now. Too many times we’ve got these results & slipped up the week after.”

In response, many Red Devils fans were in complete disagreement at the verdict – taking to social media and voicing their discontent on the unpopular take.

Here’s what they had to say:

> Have a day off 😒
>
> — James Madestone (@JMadestone) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/JMadestone/status/1203685631588782080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Calm down mark they’re intitled to celebrate a derby win
>
> — Conor Jones (@ConorJo87504907) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/ConorJo87504907/status/1203685474252013568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> And there’s the voice of the negative stand with the negative tilt. Come on, that was massive and well worth celebrating
>
> — Ryan 🇾🇪 (@RJD\_MUFC) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/RJD_MUFC/status/1203686266551898114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> how dare they 🤣 [pic.twitter.com/2ceZsez5ZT](https://t.co/2ceZsez5ZT)
>
> — Lee (@Bridgart) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/Bridgart/status/1203686052109664256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> It’s a derby win. Wat u talking about
>
> — Mahdi (@mahdi\_mohamed20) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/mahdi_mohamed20/status/1203688949736202240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Nobody’s celebrating like we’ve won the league, calm down. People are happy with a derby win over Pep, a win in which we played very well. Why are there so many United fans nowadays trying to bring everyone else down?
>
> — Ethan Draper (@EthanDraper20) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/EthanDraper20/status/1203783549196718080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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