Antonio Valencia talks about his desire to ‘win more’ with Manchester United

Parker’s brutal put-down of Manchester United’s £89million midfielder come just three days before the derby at The Etihad where a win over their cross-town rivals will clinch the Premier League title for Pep Guardiola’s super-charged City stars.

The United manager also believes he has the attacking players to hurt City, though, saying his side are intent on guaranteeing they end the season best of the rest in the Premier League.

“The tour is a central part of the team’s preparation for a long and intense campaign and this is the second consecutive year that we will travel to the U.S.”, said United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward. Heading into the 33rd round, City has registered 27 wins from 31 league games and have tasted defeat on a single occasion. Guardiola’s men were outplayed entirely by Liverpool, as the Reds registered a 3-0 Champions League quarterfinals first-leg lead over the Citizens.

City are 16 points clear of Jose Mourinho’s second-placed team so it is a matter of when rather than if they wrap up the Premier League title, the first of Guardiola’s reign in England. It made them more determined and helped as United won the league back with a 20th league title in 2013. A win and a draw from their next two games would put this City side above them all.

Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League will be showing the game live with coverage from 5pm.

It is, though, a chance for United and Mourinho to strike a psychological blow for next season, even if he succeeds only in delaying City’s coronation. That Chelsea team scored at a rate of 2.7 goals per game and, with 88 goals so far, City are on course to beat that. His pace and knack of getting behind the opposition defence unnoticed will be crucial to unlocking what is expected be a low block Manchester United back six on Saturday.

The United players were floored, the league was lost.

United manager, Jose is unlikely to make any changes in the playing-11 who were victorious against Swansea last weekend.

Jose Mourinho’s team will head into this game with a hopeful return of defender Phil Jones from a hamstring injury.

If ever Manchester City needed a home derby against United they need it right now. “We’ve played some good matches and had some good results in the last four [league] games”, the ex-Wigan winger explained.

The former Blues’ boss is said to be a big admirer of Willian, with the pair working together during Mourinho’s title-winning and then subsequent departure seasons.