Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
The FA Youth Cup in partnership with Pepsi
Sixth Round Proper
7.30pm, Thursday 23 February 2006 

23 February 2006
VIDEO: Man City 1-0 Man Utd

City narrowly edged United in a competitive game that neither side wanted to lose, with the winning goal coming from Kelvin Etuhu.

The eagerly-awaited Manchester "derby" in The FA Youth Cup's Sixth Round finished 1-0 in City's favour in front of a bumper crowd of well over 6,000 at the City of Manchester Stadium.

Kelvin Etuhu's strike just five minutes from time dumped out United, the 2003 winners, and took City through to a two-legged semi-final with either Brighton & Hove Albion or Newcastle United.

Michael Johnson skippered the home side in the absence of FA Cup hero Micah Richards, out with a slight injury.

The game struggled to develop in its early stages, with City and United both cagey and unwilling to give an inch.

The only real chance of the first half arrived four minutes from the break when United's Fraizer Campbell, an England U19 cap this season, fired a half-volley wide of Matthewson's goal.

City came out for the second half with a clear sense of purpose and the game became much more of a spectacle with chances at both ends.

United centre-back Shawcross missed with a header, Campbell drew a good save from Matthewson and Etuhu almost put City ahead on 79 minutes.

A goal looked very much on the cards as both teams strived for a breakthrough that would make extra-time unnecessary and it finally came following a City corner.

The ball dropped to Ched Evans, a 66th-minute substitute for the limping Sturridge, and he turned inside the box before setting up Etuhu for a crisp shot past Zieler to cheer the majority of the crowd shivering in the Colin Bell Stand.

United immediately hit back, desperate for an equaliser, but another near miss from a Shawcross header was the nearest they came.