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There won’t be many times when Manchester United fans watch a Manchester City game with full attention but their time was repaid many times over in Sporting’s 4-1 victory over Pep Guardiola’s men. Amorim said before the game that the people will think he’s Sir Alex Ferguson if he beats City and while that’s a statement clearly in jest, there was a huge Sir Alex handprint all over the win. Unfairly billed as Ruben Amorim’s test as Sporting were huge underdogs, nobody gave them the script as they thrashed City on transitions, with Viktor Gyokeres helping himself to another hat-trick. They didn’t…