LONDON — What a fabulous season this is.

Every week there is at least one mouth-watering must-watch game and Saturday's offering is Manchester United vs. Manchester City, when the Blues hope to extend United's losing streak to two matches.

Given what is at stake — United leads what Sir Alex Ferguson called its noisy neighbors by five points with a game in hand, Carlos Tevez returning to Old Trafford and the police warning the Argentine not to do anything that might incite the crowd — it is impossible to imagine anything but an intense, exciting derby where every tackle will have an extra edge to it.