Manchester City 0-0 Manchester United
The stakes were high and it showed.
There may have been just a Champions League spot or two at stake, as opposed to a league title many had forecast pre-season, but local pride counts for everything.
The array of cosmopolitan talent on show understood that just as well as the home-grown starlets.
Both sides gave it their all, in different ways, and ultimately had to settle for a point apiece.
Had you sports betting fans predicted a stalemate, you would have received very attractive betting odds too.
In the end, the visitors will be the more satisfied as they held out against their largely dominant rivals to equal a club record run of 24 unbeaten matches in a single top-flight season (set in 2010/11).
Jose Mourinho’s game plan worked yet again, even though Marouane Fellaini threatened to spoil it late on with an act of stupidity which saw him off.
And that resilience means they return across town with what could be a valuable point.
There was an early Sergio Aguero shot which hit the post and a late Gabriel Jesus goal, disallowed for off-side, which City will claim they deserved for being on top.
But United will feel they deserve the draw for showing such discipline (Fellaini aside) and defiance.
So the race for the top four continues to be as close as ever with four teams realistically bidding for two available Champions League spots.
On a night Manchester was divided, both clubs showed their character in very different ways.
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