Manchester United closed the gap in third place with a good performance. The Red Devils beat the harmless Spurs with two goals after the second half.
Cheering after 1-0: Marcus Rashford congratulates Fred on his first goal.
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Manchester United, who made their debut with Cristiano Ronaldo compared to the goalless draw against Newcastle Rashford, wanted to reduce the seven-point advantage over Spurs: the hosts showed it right from the start: the Red Devils have pressed and pushed Tottenham, without the injured Richarlison (Bissouma started for him in the 2-0 win over Everton), deep into the latter’s half.
Lloris initially has zero
However, Bentancur had the first dangerous final game (7 ‘minute). Then only the hosts play: Antony immediately puts the first exclamation point with a shot on the post (11th). The best phase of the Red Devils in the first round was yet to come. From the 20th minute, Lloris was the center of attention almost every minute. First he dives heavily against Rashford (21 ‘), then he deflects a Bruno Fernandes free-kick into the goal (22’) and finally there is when Shaw kicks a volley on the short corner (24 ‘).
Premier League, 12th day
Shortly after, the Frenchman would have been powerless, but Casemiro’s powerful long-range shot flew just to the side of the left post (29 ‘). After the Brazilian shot, the Spurs broke through and saved themselves unscathed at half-time. The Londoners risked punishing the hosts’ poor chances even after a counterattack: given that Kane failed on de Gea (44 °), he went goalless from ManUnited’s point of view despite a statistic of shots from goal of 19: 5.
Rashford misses the double shot
However, the hosts had more luck in the final just after the restart. Fred’s actually harmless long range shot was deflected into the left corner by Davies. It was the beginning of a turbulent initial phase of the second round: first Rashford missed the double strike (48th), then Kane walked away to the other side (49th).
After that, the game calmed down for a full 20 minutes, until Kane suddenly appeared in front of de Gea, but failed him from a tight angle: the goal would still not count because the English international was offside (68th ). In the direct return, Bruno Fernandes showed how things can be done better: the Portuguese deliberately placed the ball in the right corner from the edge of the area (69 ‘). As Lloris made another strong save against Rashford (74th) and Bruno Fernandes’ goal was disallowed after being offside (81st), the score remained 2-0.
Man United are only four points behind third place
The Red Devils, in which CR7 disappeared in the catacombs shortly before the end, have reduced the gap to Tottenham, third, to four points and still have a game in hand compared to the Spurs.
goals and cards
1: 0
Fred (47 ‘)
2: 0
Bruno Fernandes (69 ‘)
goals and cards
1: 0
Fred (47 ‘, left, Sancho)
2: 0
Bruno Fernandes (69 ‘, right foot)
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game information
| stage | Old Trafford |
| Spectators | 73,677 |
game information
kicking off
10/19/2022, 9:15 pm
stage
Old Trafford Manchester
Manchester United will move on to their next big game: Erik ten Hag’s team will visit Chelsea on Saturday (18:30, LIVE! On kicker). Tottenham will be challenged again only the following day in the home match against Newcastle (17:30).
