Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Manchester derby between City and United. We'll bring you all the action as it happens from the Etihad Stadium. Kick off is at 4.30pm.

The response from United since losing the opener has been a decent one. They are looking to keep the ball higher up the pitch. They are coming out of their shell... slightly.

Sterling on the counter! City won the bal high up the pitch and looked to break on United, but the move eventually broke down with Matic making the tackle on the edge of the box.

This is a little bit better from Man Utd. They have the ball in the opposition half and are probing with a number of corner kicks and set pieces. City are showing defensive strength, though.

Ederson punch! United had a chance to sling a freekick delivery into the Man City penalty area, but the Brazilian goalkeeper comes off his line to make the effective clearance.

Man Utd's defensive line is all over the place. City are finding it so easy to cut them open, almost at will. Mourinho's side surely need to embrace their attacking ability and threat.

This is a familiar feeling for Man Utd. They have made a habit of falling behind in games recently. They managed to fight back against Bournemouth last weekend and Juventus during the week. Can they do it here?

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Manchester City 1 (12 mins - David Silva) Manchester United 0. First blood to City! That goal had been coming! The Premier League champions have been on top from the start. Sterling's cross to the back post finds Bernardo, who cuts it back for Silva. The Spaniard shows composure to take a touch and fire home off De Gea.

United's pressing game is intense when they get into the City half, but the problem is that they aren't getting that high up the pitch very often. The hosts are dominant right now.

Silva, as he so often is, is the one pulling the strings for City in the midfield. United are struggling to get players around the Spaniard, who has split open the opposition with a couple passes already.

Sterling was in behind! Silva picks out the run of the England international down the left side. He gets inside Young, but Smalling comes across to make the block from Sterling.

Worrying signs for Man Utd in the early exchanges here. City have twice managed to cut them open. Had Aguero been a bit sharper he might have scored the opening goal already.

Chance for City! The hosts cut open United's defence for the second time in the opening five minutes, with Silva cutting it back for Aguero. He misses his shot and Fernandinho drags wide.

As Neville points out on Sky's broadcast, United are playing quite narrowly in attack. Lingard, Martial and Rashford are all chasing down the opposition when they have the ball.

The pre-match scenes...

United are going to look to play on the rapid counter attack this afternoon. At least, that's how it seems from the basis of their starting lineup with Martial, Lingard and Rashford in attack.

Early sighter! It's Man City who have the first sight of goal, with Bernardo drifting between the United defence and midfield. He hits it well, but the ball flashes wide of the post.

The match is under way! It's Manchester City against Manchester United in the Premier League.

Okay, here we go. About to get started at the Etihad Stadium.