A Manchester City supporter will appear in court after he was accused of racially abusing Manchester United winger Ashley Young.

David Reeves, 24, was arrested at Old Trafford during the Manchester derby on April 12.

He was accused of hurling insults at the United player, 29, who starred in their 4-2 victory over their cross-city rivals and has now been charged.

Ashley Young celebrates after scoring for Manchester united in the Manchester derby earlier this month

England international Young scored United's equaliser and set up two more goals in the win before joking that they had silenced supporters of their rivals.

'We wanted to keep our noisy neighbours quiet [laughs] and we quietened them down straight away.' he said.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said: 'A man has been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence.

'David Reeves is charged with an offence of racially / religiously aggravated harassment / alarm / distress by words and will appear before Trafford Magistrates' Court on 26 May 2015.

Manchester United winger Young was allegedly racially abused during the derby on April 12

'It follows comments allegedly made during the derby match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford on 12 April 2015.'

Meanwhile, GMP and City are continuing to investigate video footage which appeared to show City supporters mocking the Munich Air Disaster following the match.