Manchester City beat rival Manchester United to the League Cup final.
[골닷컴] Reporter Kim Hyung-joong = Man City won the’Manchester Derby’ and reached the League Cup final. The opponent is Son Heung-min’s Tottenham Hotspur.
Man City won 2-0 in the 2020/21 EFL Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Old Trafford at the dawn of the 7th (Korean time). In the second half, the Stones and Fernandinho’s consecutive goals sank rival Manchester United. This made Man City advance to the finals and quarreled with Tottenham for the championship cup.
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For Manchester United, goalkeeper Henderson defended the goal, and Wan Visaka, Lindelof, Maguire and Luke Shaw formed four backs. Fred, McTomini, and Pogba stood in the midfield, while Fernandes, Rashford, and Marshall aimed to score goals from the front. In Manchester City, goalkeeper Stephen, Zinchenko, Dias, Stones, Forden, Gundogan, Fernandinho, Kanselu, Sterling, Marez and De Brawiner started out. De Browner played the fake 9th role.
The atmosphere at the beginning was held by Manchester United. Two minutes after the start of the game, Rashford’s shot hit the goalkeeper, and the ball hit Stones’ body and was sucked into the goal, but offside was declared. In the 5th minute of the first half, Forden’s cross, Gundoan scored, was also judged offside. In the 12th minute of the first half, Sterling’s pass was given to Brawiner’s right foot but hit the post.
Manchester United was not still. In the 18th minute, Fernandez’s right footed medium-range shot is saved by the goalkeeper. Man City scored the goal with Forden’s counterattack on the 24th minute, but was again offside. Three goals were scored in the first half, but all were declared offside and the goals were canceled.
Man City’s first goal came in 5 minutes in the second half. Forden took a free kick from the left and was hit by Stones at the door and sucked into the goal. In the attack that followed, Kanselu’s shot went slightly out of the goal. In the 16th minute, Marez’s left footed mid-range shot was blocked by a Henderson goalkeeper’s super save.
Manchester United had a good chance to seize the ball due to the pressure in the midfield, but showed a lot of regret in the movement and ball keeping in the front. In the 27th minute, Fernandes, who received a pass from Pogba, made a shot from inside the box but missed the goal. Director Solshar tried to change through the change. Excluding the McTomini and adding Greenwood, he increased the number of attacks.
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But the goddess of victory smiled at Man City. In the 38th minute of the second half, Fernandinho struck the ball flowing out of the corner with his right foot, scoring the net. It was a goal that Henderson goalkeeper couldn’t move. Manchester United tried to make up for the goal with Van der Vik in the last minute, but even that failed.
Eventually the match ended with a 2-0 Manchester City victory. Man City advanced to the finals and challenged the championship cup.
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