Tambayar wanda ke mulkin Manchester da gaske ta koma cikin tattaunawar kwallon kafa — kuma a wannan karon tana da wuta. Kafin derby na Premier League ranar Lahadi a Old Trafford, sabon dan wasan Manchester City a lokacin rani, Elliot Anderson, ya kunna muhawarar ta hanyar bayyana City a matsayin "sarakunan Manchester" da ba za a iya masa gasa ba, lamarin da ya haifar da martani mai karfi daga magoya baya da manajan bangarorin biyu.

Anderson ya kafa yanayin muhawara

Yaro da aka saya da £116m ya yi magana a wata hira a shafin yanar gizo na hukuma na Manchester City a lokacin rani. "Ɗaya ne daga cikin manyan derbies a duniya, kuma tsawon lokacin da na san Manchester, City sun kasance sarakunan Manchester," in ji Anderson. "Za ta zama babbar wasa kuma ba zan iya jiran shiga cikin irin wannan ba."

Manajan City ɗinsa, Enzo Maresca, ya goyi bayan ra'ayin. "Watakila dalilin da ya sa Elliot ya ce haka shi ne ya girma a cikin shekaru 15 da suka wuce — Manchester City sun kasance masu ban mamaki a abin da suka cimma. Al'ada ce Elliot ya ce haka," Maresca ya bayyana. "Idan ka koma baya, hoton ya bambanta, amma lokacin da ya girma Manchester City na rinjaye."

Mawuyacin Maresca — da girmamawa

Maresca bai ƙoƙarta ɓoye sha'awarsa ga wasan Lahadi ba. "Yana da musamman saboda ƙungiyoyi biyu ne a cikin wannan birni. Yana da musamman ga magoya baya, kulob, ga kowa," in ji shi. "Ina da matukar farin ciki. Waɗannan su ne wasannin da nake so. Waɗannan su ne wasannin da muke so."

Manajan City ya yabi abokan hamayyarsa da ladabi: "Tun da Michael [Carrick] ya karɓi ragama suna yin aiki mai kyau sosai. Zamu iya nuna girmamawa a derby ta ƙoƙarin zama kanmu da tafiya can don ƙoƙarin cin nasara."

Ra'ayin Carrick: yadda hamayya ta canza

Manajan Manchester United a yanzu, Michael Carrick, yana cikin ɗakin sutura a lokacin da Sir Alex Ferguson ya kira City "makwabta masu hayaniya" a shekara ta 2009. Ya ga yadda wannan hamayya ta canza zuwa wani abu mai daidaito sosai tun daga lokacin.

"Lokacin da na zo kulob din na farko, a gaskiya, ba haka yake ba kamar yadda yake yanzu. A cikin shekaru 20 ya girma, ya bunƙasa, ya canza kaɗan kaɗan," in ji Carrick.

Ya gano cewa kai ɗin Vincent Kompany a kan United a Afirilu 2012 — nasara da ta sa City a hanya zuwa take na Premier League a ranar ƙarshe ta kakar wasa — shi ne mabuɗi a cikin canjin ƙarfi. "Wanda ya sa muka ƙare da rasa gasar, lokacin da Kompany ya zura da kansa a ƙarshen kakar. Ya ji kamar babban lokaci," Carrick ya tuna.

Kyawawan abubuwan tunawa na United a derby

Carrick ya kuma tunawa da abubuwan farin ciki: nasara a wasan karshe na League Cup a shekara ta 2010 inda shi da Wayne Rooney dukansu suka ci kwallo; kwallon da Robin Van Persie ya ci a minti na ƙarshe a Etihad Stadium a Disamba 2012; kwallon ban mamaki ta Michael Owen a Stretford End a Satumba 2009; da sanannen kwallon da Rooney ya ci da tashin wutsiya a shekara ta 2011.

"An yi wasu wasanni masu kyau sosai tsawon shekaru," in ji Carrick. "Muna fatan zamu iya fita a kai a Lahadi."

Ra'ayin gwani: matsin lamba a kan United

Mai sharhi na Sky Sports, Paul Merson, ya yi imanin cewa dukan kakar wasan United ta dogara a kan wannan wasa. "Idan ka doke Manchester City, kana tashi sama. Idan Manchester City suka doke ka, kuma mun komo labarin da ya wuce," Merson ya ce. Ya lura cewa United za su sami maki ɗaya kawai a wasanni biyu idan sun kasa cin nasara, yayin da ƙungiyoyin abokan hamayya ke tattara maki a lokaci guda.

Martanin magoya baya ya rabu daidai. Wasu suna nuni ga tarihin United — ciki har da nasararsu ta 300 a UEFA Champions League — a matsayin shaida na ikonsu mai ɗorewa, yayin da wasu ke cewa mamayar City a cikin shekaru 15 da suka wuce ta canza daidaito har abada. Sakamakon Lahadi a Old Trafford ba zai kawo ƙarshen muhawara ba, amma tabbas zai ƙara sabon shafi a cikinta.