Left-back Thatcher played 90 minutes in the Manchester derby three days after Wales' game with Poland.
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The 25-year-old will miss Wednesday's Manchester derby, and is not expected to play for another three weeks.
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Hughes, meanwhile, is already looking forward to a two-legged Manchester derby against United in the semi-finals in January.
Haaland was left with damaged knee ligaments after being fouled in the Manchester derby of April 2001 and has not started a game since.
Judging by the reaction to City's efforts in the goalless Manchester derby on Wednesday and the regularly-voiced frustration here, money certainly cannot buy you love.
The decisive victory in the Manchester derby leaves United needing just four points from their remaining three games win the English championship for the third year in a row.
The 49-year-old Wiley was fourth official in the recent Manchester derby when United beat City with a controversial 96th-minute goal, after four minutes of stoppage time had been signalled.
Ferdinand missed Sunday's 2-0 Manchester derby victory which left United needing just four points from their remaining three games to wrap up a third Premier League title in a row.
Ferguson must now lift his team for Saturday's Manchester derby at Eastlands before they face another tricky Premier League encounter at home to Tottenham, who are still chasing fourth place.
Essien's red card also took the shine off a narrow but deserved win that ensures the Blues increased their lead over Manchester United to four points following a goalless draw in the Manchester derby.
"Tevez is absolutely key to City's hopes, both in this match and for the rest of the season, " Rosler, who scored twice against United in the Manchester derby during a four-year spell at the club from 1994-98, told BBC Sport.
City had dominated but failed to create clear-cut chances, though Richards' eventual breakthrough ensured there will be a Manchester derby in the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1926, when City beat United at Bramall Lane in Sheffield.
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Just over a week ago Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini said that it was important for his team to be only two or three points behind Manchester United when the two teams meet in the next Manchester derby on April 6.
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Sunday's game is United's first Manchester derby without Cristiano Ronaldo, who left for Real Madrid in the summer but Schmeicel, who also represented Manchester City for a season, insists Wayne Rooney can fill the void left by football's most expensive player.
The enterprise zones previously announced were: Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Derby, Nottingham, the Black Country, the Tees Valley, the West of England and the North East.
And it will now take an unlikely collapse from Spurs to give Burnley any hope of facing either Manchester United or Derby in the final.
Americans Nurse and Finch cut their coaching teeth in the British Basketball League - Nurse with Derby, Manchester and Brighton and Finch with the Sheffield Sharks - before moving on to bigger things.
The league leaders are set to host reigning champions Manchester City in a local derby at Old Trafford on Monday.
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The win puts Manchester City four points clear of fifth-placed Tottenham, who have a game in hand, but there are bigger tests to come for Mancini's side before the end of the season, starting with next weekend's derby with neighbours Manchester United.
Derby, who play Manchester United in the semi-finals of the Carling Cup on Wednesday, have been without a manager since Paul Jewell left on 28 December.
Twice Balotelli hasn't made City's 25-man squad in the Premier League this campaign and he was substituted at halftime in City's recent 3-2 derby defeat to neighbors Manchester United.
It crowned an efficient display from Liverpool - and at least gave Manchester United food for thought ahead of the derby at Old Trafford.
In a career of almost 600 games, which began playing alongside David Beckham as part of 'Fergie's Fledglings' at Manchester United and is approaching an end at Championship club Derby County, he has never been too far away from the headlines.
Barnes scored twice in Derby's 4-2 League Cup defeat at Manchester United under new manager Nigel Clough.
They comprise Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and Sunderland in the north, Birmingham, Derby, Leicester and Nottingham in the Midlands, and Bristol, London, Milton Keynes and Portsmouth in the south.
They also face the pressure-cauldron environment of the Merseyside derby on Sunday, taking on an Everton side that have beaten Manchester City and Tottenham in their last four league games.
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Famous faces in the audience on Sunday included Manchester United and Manchester City players following United's 3-2 victory over their neighbours in Sunday's derby match.
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