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Prior to round 9 of the 2020/21 Premier League, MU was only 14th in the standings and poor performance at home was a major reason for such poor performance. Specifically, after 4 matches played at Old Trafford, MU has not won a match, even lost 3 (only better than Burnley when he had no points at home).
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At Old Trafford, MU lost to Arsenal, Crystal Palace and lost face, especially the 1-6 loss to Tottenham. The only score the Red Devils have is from a 0-0 draw with Chelsea. Old Trafford clearly became his obsession from the start of the season.
In this round, they host West Brom at the “Theater of Nightmares”. In the previous round, MU defeated Everton 3-1 on the road, helping the whole team to regain confidence. That day, driver Bruno Fernandes (2 goals) regained his peak after a period of loss of inspiration due to continuous, relentless competition.
The next positive point comes from the certainty of the defense. Captain Harry Maguire, midfielder captain, played the right level, neutralizing all threats against De Gea’s goal. Maguire and his No. 1 defensive partner Lindelof have recovered from injury to help Solsa not have to worry about behind.
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| Lineup match MU vs West Brom |
Additionally, left-back Alex Telles, after testing negative for Covid-19, was eligible to play when Luke Shaw was injured. However, Paul Pogba was absent in the last minute due to muscle pain. However, everyone knows how badly the French star has played in the red jersey since the start of the 2020/21 season, so he has an objective assessment, losing Pogba does not have to hurt right now.
Playing Fred in midfield it was not Scott McTominay as usual, but General Nemanj Matic. The reason is probably because McTominay had to go through 3 consecutive games in the Scottish national team in the last 2 weeks, so his physical condition is at its best and Matic has retired from the Serbian national team to wholeheartedly serve MU.
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| Martial was denied 2 goals by the opposing goalkeeper at the start of the match |
In public goods, another senior, Juan Mata, is also used alongside “inviolable” family names in MU today: Bruno Fernandes, Rashford, and Martial (kicked). It was the French striker who nearly scored in the second minute with a reverse header from a Mata free kick, but goalkeeper Sam Johnstone (mature from … MU’s training station) saved West Brom .
Of course, MU is not overwhelmingly difficult after the opening whistle because West Brom himself only focuses on the entire team in the home field to try to protect the net. After 9 rounds in the Premier League this season, West Brom has never tasted the feeling of victory (losing 5), so they did not even dare to play with anyone, not to mention the field of the great MU.
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| West Brom caused MU a lot of difficulties in the first half |
In the 16th minute, West Brom’s defense was broken after the perfect match between the Rashford – Fernandes – Martial trio. Unfortunately, the final goal from striker number 9 is not dangerous enough to defeat the opponent’s goalkeeper. In the 20th minute, many Manucians were shocked when they saw De Gea fly with 5 fingers to deny Grant’s long-range shot.
After the first half of the first half, MU was overflowing and completely overcoming, but everyone knows that holding the ball a lot does not mean that he will easily create chances to eat and then think about conceding the opponent’s net. The MU itself under Solskjaer has a paradox: if they lose the amount of time they control the ball, they often win and vice versa.
In the 34th minute, Bruno Fernandes sent a high-quality ball into the 16m50 area and Juan Mata after control was included for Martial, but Johnstone stepped in and won the ball just within Martial’s reach.
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| MU fortunately escaped 11m after the referee saw the VAR |
Not only did he have a deadlock on the scoreboard, something “happened like a meal” at Old Trafford, but MU also nearly conceded in the 42nd minute when Bartley won against Maguire in a duel to head butt in a situation. corner and the ball hits the crossbar.
At the beginning of the second half, the home team panicked a bit. It was not the first time that the referee signaled the penalty spot as soon as Gallagher fell into the backyard under the impact of Bruno Fernandes. Of course, the Portuguese midfielder complained and the referee should definitely use the VAR to referee. As a result, MU was lucky when the king of the field “broke the whistle.” Perhaps after examining it he thought that the force of Bruno’s impact was not enough to make Gallagher fall like this.
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| And then MU opened the scoring thanks to … penalty |
In the 49th minute, Rashford used a technique to beat Ajayi on the left flank and then launched a strong counter with tension, but once again the “old actor in the Theater” Johnstone saved a spectacular save for West Brom. A few minutes later, the ball crossed from the right wing into MU’s 16m50 area and Townsend controlled with his chest before finishing but De Gea saved with his foot.
The real irony for West Brom. They are not entitled to 11 million and then they must be punished. The ball hit Furlong’s hand quite clearly after Mata’s kick. The nearby referee did not need to consult the VAR to make the inevitable decision.
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| Cavani re-entered in the second half, but didn’t show much |
But the fun does not end here. Bruno Fernandes remains the same penalty taker as always for MU and Johnstone thought he had become the visitors’ hero when he put in a brilliant man to stop the 11-meter shot. But the refereeing team realized that the goalkeeper moved his foot in front of the lime line when Bruno had not touched the ball, making it illegal for the Portuguese midfielder to be performed again.
This time Bruno still “jumped” he kicked 11 meters, Johnstone still broke the law, but the ball went into the net. Off the field, Solsa was able to breathe a sigh of relief, but couldn’t be happy. Of course, how much fun it is when the team can only overcome the deadlock thanks to the 11 meters.
In the 65th minute, MU’s fragile gap almost evened out as Robinson had just entered the field with a shot stretched out near the 16m50 line, bringing the ball to the crossbar. Immediately after that, in an attack, Bruno Fernandes stretched Rashford to handle him with extreme calm, carefully did the movements of the author and then made the finishing move at a distance of only about 5 meters, but Johnstone really had a match day . to god, flying again to push the ball.
Without stopping there in the 71st minute, the 1993-born West Brom keeper turned Harry Maguire down again.
TEAM
MANCHESTER UNITED XI (4-2-3-1):
David De Gea; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, Alex Telles; Nemanja Matic, Fred (McTominay 83 ‘); Juan Mata (Cavani 63 ‘), Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford (Van de Beek 79’); Anthony Martial.
WEST BROM XI (5-4-1): Sam Johnstone; Darnell Furlong, Semi Ajayi, Kyle Bartley, Branislav Ivanovic (Krovinovic 79 ‘), Conor Townsend; Matheus Pereira, Romaine Sawyers, Conor Gallagher, Grady Diangana (Robson-Kanu 62 ‘); Karlan Grant (Robinson 62 ‘).
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