"Valencia" played a draw with "MU". Without Cheryshev and without result
The beginning of the meeting was a real shock for the hosts and especially for the fans, while Manchester United was sleeping, maybe tuned in to the game, preparing for the battle, Newcastle hit the gates of De Gea twice when the minute hand counted ten divisions. The disastrous start of the Mancunians with the shameful play of the defenders.
- How it was:
Kenedy gave Newcastle the lead, receiving the ball, he went around several defenders and decided to shoot with medium distance. It turned out perfectly, the ball dived into the left corner of the gate. Before Mourinho's wards had time to recover, they again had to take the ball out of the net. Shelvey from the right flank made a good pass into the center of the penalty area, Muto took the ball and turned around, Smalling could not interfere with anything, and Yoshinori shot into the corner, De Gea was powerless.
The tenth minute of the meeting, and “Man United” is on fire, looks confused and completely helpless.
Jose Mourinho reacted to the disaster quickly enough, the Portuguese took a chance (and what else was left to do) and released the attacking half Mata instead of Beyi's centre-back. This brought results, although only in the second half. Manchester United seized the advantage and began to totally dominate in all areas of the field, sometimes closing the opponent in his penalty area. Pogba, Lukaku and Rashford had great moments, but how Matic didn’t score from seven meters above the target will forever remain a mystery. Nervousness affected and the owners could not cope with this excitement.
Helped revive Mata's hope, he got a great free kick. Juan did everything like a real master, twisted the ball into the corner, sent the sphere under the bar and without a chance for the goalkeeper - 2:1, the intrigue came to life. However, the "magpies" have retreated too far back and paid for it.
With renewed vigor, or maybe driven by the coach (Mourinho could not find a place for himself and ran at the edge, like clockwork), the “Red Devils” rushed forward. Success was not long in coming. Anthony Martial did everything for Manchester United, the Frenchman took advantage of a magnificent pass from the flank and struck powerfully - again into the corner. Here already “Newcastle” fell down.
It seemed that the hosts had no strength left for the final assault (a lot of effort had been expended earlier), but MJ nevertheless organized a real storm of attacks and achieved their goal. Another substitution worked, Young made a good pass into the penalty area from the right flank, fresh Sanchez, like a tank, went to this serve and struck his head from the goalkeeper's corner - right on target.
Manchester United's rescue came unexpectedly, Newcastle got hooked and allowed the hosts to recoup, although the old problems of Mourinho's team still remained and would bleed. Further it will be seen, it is only obvious that the hardest victory over one of the outsiders of the Premier League is not indicative and does not guarantee Jose a quiet job in the future.
APL. 8th round
Manchester. Old Trafford. 74,519 spectators
Manchester United 3-2 Newcastle
Goals: Juan Mata 70, Anthony Martial 76, Alexis Sanchez 90 - Robert Kenedy 7, Yoshinori Muto 10
"Manchester United": David de Gea, Eric Bailly (Juan Mata 19), Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku, Marcus Rashford (Alexis Sanchez 67), Anthony Martial, Chris Smalling, Ashley Young, Luke Shaw, Nemanja Matic, Scott McTominay (Marouane Fellaini 46)
"Newcastle": Martin Dubravka, Jamal Lascelles, Jonjo Shelvey, Mohamed Diame, Matt Ritchie, Yoshinori Muto (Christian Atsu 78), Robert Kenedy (Jacob Murphy 68), Ayose Perez (Joselu 88), Federico Fernandez, Javier Manquillo, Deandre Yedlin
Warnings: Luke Shaw 45+2, Paul Pogba 63 - Matt Ritchie 58, Mohamed Diame 69
2 th roundThe Bats' trip to Manchester ended without goals scored (0:0).
Group H
2nd round
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de Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Bailly, Shaw, Matic, Fellaini, Pogba, Rashford, Lukaku, Sanchez (Martial 76).
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Noto, Piccini, Gabriel Paulista, Garay, Jose Gaia, Coquelin (Soler, 78), Condogbia, Parejo, Goncalo Guedes (Cheryshev, 82), Rodrigo, Batshuayi (Gameiro, 73).
Warnings: Coquelin, 21. Rodrigo, 32. Parejo, 45. Piccini, 85. Lukaku, 86. Jose Gaia, 87. Kondogbia, 90+2.
Judge: Vincic (Slovenia).
2 October. Manchester. Stadium "Old Trafford".
Champions League - vent
On Tuesday evening at Old Trafford were to meet teams that have started the season so badly that the Champions League game for both is so far the only opportunity to please their fans. "Valencia" only last weekend - in the seventh round - won the first victory in the example, beating Real Sociedad (1:0) on the road, Manchester United lost points in two recent matches The Premier League and flew out of the League Cup, losing to Frank Lampard's Derby (2:2, pen. - 7:8). The Bats are flying in 12th place in the national championship, the Red Devils are stuck in 10th. Matches in Europe are a real outlet for them.
100th match of the Bats in the Champions League
More precisely, an outlet so far only for the English team, which in the first round on the road convincingly prevailed over the “Young Boys” (3:0). The Valencians, in the majority, could not cope at home with Juventus, who lost due to the removal of Cristiano Ronaldo, but scored two penalties and took away a victory from Spain (2: 0). The Bats were defeated by Turin in their 99th match in the Champions League - so the away game against Manchester United should have been their anniversary (+43=28-28).
Cheryshev in reserve
Russian fans were most interested in whether the Spanish midfielder Denis Cheryshev would appear on the field from the first minutes. He started the championship game in San Sebastian on Saturday at the base, but thereby only gave his rival Gonzal Guedes the opportunity to save his strength - today the Portuguese, on whom Marcelino makes the main bet, came out at the start. Came out - and became the most active guest player in the first half.
The game is not without roughness
Most of the attacks, "Valencia" went just through his left flank. Several times Gedesh completed them with blows, but he could not create serious problems for David de Gea. He also regularly collected fouls on himself from the owners - in one of the episodes, Antonio Valencia drove too hard into his legs. Violation was drawn to yellow, but the Ecuadorian escaped punishment. Both teams acted not without rudeness, but only the Valencians received warnings before the break - Francis Coquelin, Rodrigo and Dani Parejo.
Manchester United head coach Jose Mourinho. Photo REUTERS
Manchester United's attempts
On the other side of the field, Alexis Sanchez clung to the ball well, scored on goal by Marcus Rashford, tried to beat the defenders one on one Romelu Lukaku. The hosts were persistent, but too straightforward, really dangerous moments in the penalty area, “Valencia” did not occur before the break. The camera often stopped at the emotionally gesticulating José Mourinho, who is escorted out of office after each unsuccessful match, and he is in no hurry to leave his post.
Home pressure
At the beginning of the second half of the game, the opponents exchanged sharp attacks - Rashford and Paul Pogba answered Guedesh's shot wide of the goal, but their shots were blocked by the defenders of the guests. Following the Frenchman perfectly executed free-kick - the Valencian goalkeeper moved the ball to the corner.
Attempts by the guests to push the game away from their gates did not lead to anything - Lukaku was close to opening the scoring twice within five minutes, but both times Neto played excellently. The pressure of the Red Devils was rising - the glass of the barometer was cracking.
Ten-minute Cheryshev
When it seemed that Cheryshev would never appear on the field - Marcelino refreshed the game by releasing Carlos Soler and Kevin Gameiro - the gorged Guedesh left the field, and the Russian got his 10 minutes. Which, however, was not enough to change anything. Zero draw at Old Trafford did not please any of the teams, especially their fans.
Saturday match of the eighth round English Premier League between " " and " " was extremely interesting. In England, it was rumored that in the event of a negative result, the patience of the leadership of the "Red Devils" could burst, and would be fired. Recent failures obligated the Mancunians to score three points. However, the “magpies” also needed three points, which came to the game with two credits and a place in the relegation zone.
From the first minutes he released three players on the field, with whom, according to rumors, he has a difficult relationship. So, at the heart of "" came Eric Bailly, and Anthony Martial. And here he is on the bench. There is nothing to be surprised here - the Chilean is in very bad shape.
" " - " " 3:2 (0:2)
goals: Kennedy, 7 (0:1); Muto, 10 (0:2); .70 (1:2); Martial A., 76 (2:2); Sanchez A., 90 (3:2)
"Manchester": de Gea; Bailly (Mata, 19); Shaw; Smalling; Matic; Pogba; Young E.; McTominay (Fellaini, 46); Martial A.; Lukaku R.; Rashford (Sanchez A., 67)
"": Dubravka; Fernandez F.; Edlin; Lascelles; Manquillo; Shelvey; Diame; Ritchie; Muto (Atsu, 79); Kenedy (Murphy, J., 68); Perez (Joselu, 89)
Warnings: Shaw, 45; Pogba, 63 - Ritchie, 58; Diame, 69
The starting ten minutes stunned all the fans of "", because their team missed twice. First, he made a mistake in the center of the field, not reaching the ball. instantly made a great cutting pass and thereby created space for Robert Kenedy. The Brazilian removed the playing projectile from under the left leg and performed a cool shot under the left post! And then the defense of the Red Devils showed itself terribly. Yoshinori Muto was allowed to take the ball into someone else's penalty area, turn around to the gate and shoot. The ball flew almost in the center, but did not bail out. Once again, Young acted against the kicker.
It felt like he couldn't get over the shock. Even when the hosts settled in a large number on someone else's half of the field, there was some confusion in their actions. decided to make the first substitution already in the nineteenth minute - defender Eric Bailly was replaced by a creative midfielder. But not him, but Marcus Rashford could score in the middle of the first half. After filing from the right flank, he struck a young striker with his head from six meters, but missed the target a little. spread his arms to the sides, they say: "Well, what can I do?"
In the game, "" could not light up in any way. "", Meanwhile, ten minutes before the break, he almost brought the matter to a rout. Yoshinori Muto, after casting from the depths, passed offside and hit his head from four meters - made a save. Mankunians in the first half looked just awful. Even if he made a huge number of mistakes in the center of the field, then there was nothing to talk about. When he blew the whistle for a break, he very quickly went to the room under the stands and even ran a little.
At half-time, he took an even greater risk by releasing Scott McTominay instead. began to press the opponent to his penalty area and was soon simply obliged to score. After hitting with a rebound, he hit the ball. without interference, he finished off from six meters, but managed to launch a game projectile over the crossbar. The Red Devils were inspired, though not for long. " " confidently kept the defense, trying to leave free zones.
The last to replace in the composition of "" came out. Mankunians continued to look for their chance and were able to revive the intrigue twenty minutes before the end of normal time.
