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Best in Manchester? States or city? According to the table at the moment, it is by a narrow margin United. Tonight’s derby at Old Trafford did not produce a winner. The classic match ended 0-0 and it was as boring as it sounds.
Victor Nilsson Lindelöf of Manchester United in a duel with Raheem Sterling of Manchester City in the goalless change of the league at Old Trafford.
The closest thing to a decision was referee Chris Kavanagh, who at the start of the second half wanted to give United a penalty when Kyle Walker went hard against Marcus Rashford, but after a VAR review the referee changed.
Instead, City got a free kick for offside.
Victor Nilsson Lindelöf played the whole game and the national team’s midfielder did well, in a derby that not only lacked frame but also intensity and energy.
Both clubs have long played the Premier League in parallel with the Champions League group stage match. Several of the players have also had national team assignments during the compressed game program due to the pandemic.
United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been under pressure throughout the week and after the game he was able to breathe a sigh of relief that it was not a defeat.
– This has been the best effort we have made against City during my time as a manager. It is not the best result, but the best effort, he says after the game.
– We knew they were going to give us tactical problems but our defensive game was very good. With the ball, we may not have created as much as we would have liked.
After eleven rounds played, City is in eighth place on the table, just below United, which has 20 points recorded. And right above them is now Everton, who beat Chelsea at home with the only goal of the match.
The London squad had a chance to defeat Tottenham from first place, but the match’s two goalkeepers ensured they were allowed to leave Liverpool without points.
Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy was a bit abrupt in the 20th minute as he tried to prevent the home team’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin from extending his lead in the shooting league. Penalties for “The Toffees” and Gylfi Sigurdsson had no trouble making it 1-0.
And there were no more goals. Chelsea dominated but from the bench Robin Olsen could see regular goalkeeper Jordan Pickford with the help of the posts (twice), good play and some luck keeping his zero.
– It was hard, I’m not going to lie. We had to fight and defend ourselves until the last second of the game. But there were three important points, Sigurdsson tells BT Sport after the match.
Newcastle has been affected by the corona virus and for a time the question was whether today’s league game, like last weekend’s against Aston Villa, would be canceled. But the team came into play. With national team defender Emil Krafth in the squad, they added three points thanks to 2-1 at home to West Bromwich.
Newcastle got off to a dream start. After just over 20 seconds, Miguel Almirón ran by and made it 1-0.
However, the energy seemed to run out. Darnell Furlong tied early in the second half and West Bromwich had more to say, but this season’s second triple will have to wait.
Instead, Dwight Gayle, previously on loan at West Bromwich, nodded on Newcastle’s winning goal with nine minutes to go.
Wolverhampton and Aston Villa were on their way to a scoreless and fairly smooth Midlands derby when they turned hot in extra time. Villa forward Anwar El-Ghazi scored the penalty that gave Villa his fourth away win in the Premier League.
Shortly before that, his team had been decimated to ten players following the expulsion of Douglas Luiz.
Wolverhampton had so far created enough to win the match. Among other things, Fabio Silva hit the post in his first game for the club.
Emiliano Martínez saved Aston Villa several times with good saves.
