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Rooney-Chicharito-Nani vs Silva-Aguero-Mario

Manchester City's David Silva, right, vies for the ball against Villarreal's Gonzalo Rodriguez during their Champions League Group A soccer match at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011. (AP)

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While both managers have spoken about Sunday’s Manchester derby not being goal feast, reports from both camps suggested that it will be an all out attack launched by either side.

City will unleash over £100million of forwars power by playing David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Mario Balotelli. It’s either Samir Nasri or James Milner as well.

United’s manager Sir Alex Ferguson, not one to blink in a duel is set to field Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez and Nani… along with Ashley Young.

Either way, a draw is looking more and more unlikely with football pundits, managers and editors across the sporting world beginning to ponder (and pick) a winner between the two.

Players from both camps stepped up the mind games – Micah Richards saying he would shut down Rooney; Darren Fletcher saying City are not as good as United.

City manager Roberto Mancini and Ferguson know, however, that on the pitch anything can happen.