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English Premier League, 14th round
Manchester United 6-2 Leeds
Goals: McTominay (2.3), Bruno Fernandes (20, 70 pins), Lindelof (37), James (66) – Cooper (41), Dallas (73)
“Manchester United”: De Gea – Show (Telles, 60), Lindelef, Maguire, Van Bissaka – Fred, Maktominei – Rashford (Cavani, 71), Bruno Fernandez (van de Beck, 71), James – Marseille
“Leeds”: Melier – Alioski, Cooper (Davis, 72), Ayling, Dallas – Phillips (Strake, 46) – Harrison, Klich (Shackleton, 46), Rodrigo, Belloli – Bamford
Derby “Manchester United” and “Leeds” finished with an incredible landslide victory for the hosts. As expected, Marcelo Bielsa’s team has become a very convenient victim for the “devils”. The daring and aggressive style of the “peacocks” only made life easier for “Manchester United”, who prefers quick counterattacks to long rallies. Solskjaer knows and loves to punish excessive adventurism, and as brilliant as his Argentine colleague was, yet the rigidity of his vision and unwillingness to adapt his game to the rival led him to a well deserved defeat.
Expecting an intense and dynamic game, Solskjaer put the inactive Paul Pogba on the bench, choosing instead the dynamic pair Fred – McTominay, and hardworking Daniel James took the right winger position. These decisions were very appropriate, given the opponent’s strengths, and the Norwegian clearly did not regret his personal decisions. McTominay immediately began to pay for the confidence, having issued a double in the third minute of the game. By the way, this is the fastest shot in the history of the Premier League. Midfielder “Leeds” twice yawned his connections from the depths early in the game, and the Scotsman was uncharacteristically murderous in implementation, having arranged a comfortable base for his team for an upcoming meeting.
Such a beginning would be shocking anyway, but it cannot be called accidental. “Leeds” tried to attack happily and went into crazy pressure. However, the organization of this pressure was openly unconvincing. And personnel decisions like the use of a nominal center forward Rodrigo in midfield only exacerbated the situation. Center field “peacocks” time and time again failed catastrophically, creating very comfortable conditions for “United” for quick attacks. For reactive footballers like Rashford, Martial and James, these conditions are heaven. Even more so when you have the support of the depths of the magnificent Bruno Fernandes. In another counterattack, Bruno made a devastating score in the 20th minute of the game, and before the end of time, the teams exchanged goals from corner kicks from center-backs Lindelof and Cooper.
During the break, Bjelsa replaced centers Calvin Phillips and Mateusz Klich, who had failed in the first half, but Straika and Shackleton, although they slightly improved the situation on the field, but what was happening in the “Old Trafford” field did not could stop the madness. It should be noted that Rodrigo continued playing at the same time. As a result, Daniel James fled to another counterattack, breaking between Melier’s legs, and in the 70th minute Bruno converted another penalty, scoring his team’s sixth goal and his second personal goal of the game. The artistic Marcial won the 11 meters in his classic way. “Leeds” was able to respond to all of this with a great long shot from Dallas, but he really got back into the game “peacocks” from the first minute to the end of the match and missed.
As a result, they were crazy, even in their own natural 6: 2 way. If everyone played Solskjaer in this way, Manchester United would confidently win the Premier League. Unfortunately for fans of the “mankunians”, but other than Bielsa, few will decide on such suicidal tactical decisions.
