Ashley Young took great delight in shutting up Manchester United's "noisy neighbours" on Sunday.
United ended a run of four successive derby defeats at the weekend as they ran out 4-2 winners against Manchester City at Old Trafford.
Once Young had cancelled out Sergio Aguero's opener, United turned on the style and claimed their sixth straight Barclays Premier League victory thanks to goals from Marouane Fellaini, Juan Mata and Chris Smalling.
"We wanted to keep our noisy neighbours quiet, and we quietened them down straight away [after their goal]," the United winger told MUTV. "When you go 3-1 and 4-1 up, it's then about trying to keep the ball and we did that.
"As you can imagine the atmosphere in the dressing room was electric [after the game]. A win in the derby, especially in the way we did it, meant there were fantastic celebrations."
Young is confident of closing the gap on leaders Chelsea to five points at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
"We feel we can beat anyone on our day," he said. "Confidence has been sky high for a long time and we want to keep the momentum going now."
In all reality, United have hit top form just a bit too late to launch a serious bid for the title.