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Manchester United continued their strong performance to record another Champions League victory, now with a clear 5-0 against RB Leipzig at home. Thus, the Red Devils already have 6 points in Group H, while the Germans are left with 3.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men got back on their feet and won deservedly, with Mason Greenwood opening the scoring and Marcus Rashford coming in from the bench for two more goals. Anthony Marcial added a late penalty goal.
So, after Tottenham’s humiliating 1: 6 earlier in the month, United recorded 3 wins and a draw in their next 4 matches across all tournaments, keeping 2 nets dry, so the improvement is there.
Greenwood scored the all-important first goal midway through the first half, and although David de Gea still had to make a few saves, the locals maintained overall control and achieved a comfortable win, without encountering much resistance.
There were many surprises in the composition of the hosts. Paul Pogba, Donnie Van den Beek, and Mason Greenwood started, while Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford remained on the bench. Alex Telesh was missing and the Red Devils started with four on defense.
The first situation was for United, when in minute 5 Fred fired through a players cup, there was a rebound, which almost fooled Goulash, but the goalkeeper managed an excellent save. Soon after, Martial was not accurate in the decisive pass to Greenwood.
The Germans failed to create positions and logically in the 21st minute the hosts took the lead. Pogba collided with the Leipzig defense and dropped the ball to Greenwood, who found the far corner with a low shot. A review by the VAR followed, but the goal stood and there was no ambush.
The guests could have responded immediately, but de Gea killed Nkunku’s powerful shot over the door. Upamecano was then too inaccurate in his experience at a distance. The pace slowed and minutes followed in which nothing happened. Maguire still blocked Olmo’s dangerous shot, and the break came early for Man United.
The second half began with suspicions of a penalty for playing with Konate’s hand, but after the VAR’s intervention there was no penalty. Greenwood shot accurately, but Goulashi managed. The hosts continued to be more dangerous and Conate stopped Martial with a major intervention.
However, De Gea had to be careful and in the 65th minute he managed to hit Konate, killing the ball over the crossbar. However, it reached minute 74, when the locals got the victory, although in a somewhat curious situation.
Fernandes led Rashford behind defense, the lineman signaled an ambush, but the forward sent the ball into the net just in case. There was an intervention by the VAR, which confirmed that Rashford was in his own half in passing, so there could be no ambush and the goal was scored – 2: 0!
Just 4 minutes later, Rashford scored again as he took control in front of the penalty area, took charge of Upamecano and scored with an excellent shot to make his team’s victory truly decisive.
However, that was not all, because after Fred put Martial in a clear position, Sabitzer fouled the Frenchman and it was a penalty that the striker himself scored a goal and scored 4: 0. Cavani’s goal was disallowed by an ambush, and in added time Rashford collected his hat-trick and impressive victory after a shot from 11-12 meters.
Manchester United – RB Leipzig 5: 0
1: 0 Greens 21
2: 0 Rashford 74
3: 0 Rashford 78
4: 0 Martial 87
5: 0 Rashford 92
United manchester: De Gea, One Bissau (81 Tuanzebe), Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, Matic (62 McTomini), Pogba (81 Cavani), Van de Beek (67 Fernandes), Greenwood (62 Rashford), Martial
RB Leipzig: Goulash, Angelino, Upamecano, Konate, Henriks (63 Sabitzer), Forsberg, Nkunku (66 Sorlot), Halstenberg, Olmo, Kample, Paulsen
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