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Michael Cox looks at whether City and United are functioning as 'teams' so far this season. [ESPN]
Daniel Taylor touches on the derby mind games. [Guardian]
Ian Herbert profiles Robin Van Persie, the one who got away. [Independent]
Paul Hayward feels only a Premier League title can save Roberto Mancini's future. [Telegraph]
Ian Ladyman looks at a City side failing to scale the heights of last season. [Mail]
Simon Gleave looks at just who does get awarded more penalties. [Infostrada]
And quite how important today's game could be in terms of the title. [Infostrada]
Simon Curtis previews the game. [ESPN]
As does SBNation's United blog. [The Busby Babe]
And City are no longer just 'noisy neighbours' says Sir Alex Ferguson. [MEN]