Eriksson reveals derby joy

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City completed their first double over United since 1970 with a deserved 2-1 victory while a minute's silence to mark the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster was observed perfectly by both sets of fans prior to kick-off.

"I am extremely proud of our team," said Eriksson. "If you go to Old Trafford and win you deserve it. But everyone who belongs to City, players, officials, must be proud of what our fans did here. Their behaviour was fantastic. And I am extremely honoured to be the club's manager."

At the end of a day that had been full of emotion, United's hold on the their title was weakened.

United coach Carlos Queiroz insisted that the team "will fight to the last for their title", but that was certainly contrary to anything the 75,000-plus Old Trafford crowd witnessed on Sunday.

City were excellent, winning with first-half goals from Darius Vassell and Benjani Mwaruwari on his debut. United could only reply with an injury-time strike from Michael Carrick and it was never going to be enough.

Eriksson added: "Everyone was wonderful. The goalkeeper was good, all the defence and midfield were good, Benjani up front was excellent - I am really proud of the players and also our fans."

Sir Alex Ferguson did not conduct any media interviews after the game. The United boss was heading for the airport straight after the final whistle to catch a plane to South Africa where he will be promoting the club's pre-season tour.

Queiroz was left to try to explain United's poor showing.

He said: "It was just not our day, we tried to win as always, but collectively and individually we were not good."