Ole Gunnar Solskjaer prefaced Saturday's derby at Old Trafford by saying his Manchester United team can win the Premier League.
Solskjaer's United host neighbours City having just crashed out of the Champions League at the group stage with a defeat at RB Leipzig on Tuesday.
But despite ongoing issues surrounding results and the futures of Paul Pogba and David de Gea, United are on a four-match winning streak in the league and a point ahead of City in the table.
Asked if the aim is to win the league for the first time since 2013, Solskjaer said: 'I got belief during the season, or since the turn of the new year, that this team is improving and that we can put up a challenge.