Manchester United lost to their direct competitor. It is true that Newcastle was lucky again with refereeing in the Premier League
Grigory Telingater December 3, 2023, 01:20 Moscow time
Ten Hag surprised with the center of defense.
It’s amazing how football games sometimes overlap. The episodes that occurred in the “Newcastle” – “Manchester United” match seemed to refer to the meetings of these teams in the Champions League in the middle of the week.
Newcastle looked more powerful than Manchester United in the first half. 14:2 – quite eloquent difference in shots in 45 minutes. It is not surprising that with so much pressure the chances in the visiting area even arose on their own. At one point, Maguire almost cuts the ball into his own goal and Dallot gets the ball into his own hand. In the Premier League there are no penalties for this, unlike the Champions League. Newcastle know this very well after their recent trip to Paris.
Newcastle-Manchester United
Photo: frame of the transmission.
Well, the most striking episode of the half occurred in the 39th minute. Newcastle won a free kick and spent a lot of time preparing to take it. For more than 100 seconds, some put up a wall, while others discussed how to handle the ball. It was as if the hosts were deliberately buying time to let all the flashbacks – the missed free-kick goals this week – run through Onana’s head. There was a feeling that something was going to happen and Treppier shot against the crossbar, but the ball bounced and landed centimeters from the baseline and remained on the field.
After the break, the scene of the match remained the same. In the 55th minute, Manchester United unsuccessfully deflected the ball away from the goal. Shaw (playing central defense, although Lindelof and Varane were on the bench!) kicked the ball forward unsuccessfully and Newcastle combined with a cross from Trippier to Gordon. He crossed the far post into an empty goal without resistance. If there are goals in the world that are derived from the logic of the game, then this was exactly this one.
Newcastle-Manchester United
Photo: frame of the transmission.
Manchester United sent Anthony and Hoylund onto the field, but the situation again did not change and the referee missed the episode that could have turned the game around. Cher stepped on Bruno Fernandes’s foot with her spikes, whose leg was even sprained. In a similar situation, Rashford was recently sent off (in a match against Copenhagen in the Champions League), and then referee Robert Jones did not even show a yellow card. Newcastle seem to be judged fairly fairly, including their goal against Arsenal.
Although, overall, this victory seems quite successful. Newcastle overtook Manchester United in the standings and rose to fifth place. The only thing that can bother Eddie Howe in this match is the injury of the main goalkeeper Pope, who was forced to leave the field in the 84th minute.
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