Manchester United in this match
At home in the Manchester Derby, Manchester United, who have been in good form recently
Playing 4231 with Maguire, Evans, Lindelof, Dalot at the back, Amrabat, Eriksen at the back, McTominay at attacking midfielder, Beefy & Rashford on the wings and Højlund at the front.
Manchester City football club
Lined up in 4231, defenders Ruben Dias, Stones, Walker, Gvardiol, backs Rodri, B. Silva, attacking midfielder Álvarez, wings Grealish, Foden, strikers Haaland
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United can be seen
Collected Antony, moved B fee to right wing, McTominay pushed forward, McTominay, who has been doing quite well of late, pushed forward was a good move, United
That's like playing four midfielders, with only Rashford and Højlund attacking up front, while City
Instead, they put away Doku and went with the more ball-handling Grealish on the field, more obviously to play second-half offense
The two teams started off on the opposite end of the spectrum, with City
Foden's header from inside the box in the seventh minute was nearly scored by Haaland after Onana pounced on it but United
The side actually played well, and in the first 20 minutes United
There were a number of breakaways and clearances in the midfield which were converted directly into counter-attacks, with Højlund at the forefront of the play with a clear hold of the ball.
Creating a counterattack is more than enough
But at the 21:00 mark, there was a key call, and originally City
A free kick upfield was cleared, but after kicking for a while the referee blew the game off, there was a foul seen on the VAR side, Højlund pulled Rodri on the free kick causing him to fall, the referee ruled it 12 yards after looking at the VAR and it was punted in by Haaland
The referee's point of view was that Rodri was ready to accelerate, and if he had been allowed to rush forward, he would have been able to go over the top. Although Højlund did not appear to have exerted any force, Rodri actually felt that he had been fouled and fell to the ground immediately. Højlund didn't look like he was going for it, but Rodri felt he was being fouled and fell to the ground immediately. From the picture, it looked like Højlund was holding Rodri down, and in fact, the referee probably wouldn't have had to call a 12-yarder if he had been more lenient.
Manchester United Football Club
felt the referee was unfair to them after this decision, but City
With a one-goal lead in hand, this was actually an important key in the game
After Manchester United
In fact, they are still playing very well, 30 minutes they played the most dangerous chance in the first half, Foden in the right side of the pass back to the defender missed, Højlund immediately chased after the formation of a one-touch, RubenDias can not chase him, it is in the last moment Stones barely pull Højlund a little bit to influence him to shoot the goalkeeper blocked the goalkeeper, Højlund in fact, is very close to scoring already! Højlund was actually very close to scoring, and his performance has actually been improving.
Manchester City football club
The two wings of the attack is full of good, Grealish can constantly hold the ball on the left, very stable, and Dalot and others can't break his ball, he just keep letting Gvaldiol and B.Silva come up on that side, constantly organizing the attack on the left side, and Foden on the right side is actually not too bad, constantly pounding United
With Walker behind him, Lindelof could only play purely defensively and was not strong in attacking or midfield organization.
The same inability to advance on that side of the left side of the field also allowed the duo of Foden and Walker to advance all the way up to nearly a quarter and a half at that spot, and with little need to worry about getting back to the defense, United
The threat came mainly from Højlund's impact, and after a break in midfield he went to pick up the ball and charge quite effectively, in fact, if his teammates followed him, United
Most likely could have scored in the first half to tie it up
The key point of the game came again at 41:00 when Grealish had the ball on the left and Foden dipped into the box, the attack was ended by a break from Amrabat, but Foden came back to steal the ball from him and caused the two of them to fall down, the two of them then got into an argument and were on the verge of a fight, the referee issued each of them with a yellow card, but Amrabat seemed to be affected by the situation, and he later made a mistake and fell down just before the end of the first half, causing City to fall to the ground. Before the end of the first half he made a mistake and fell to give City a chance to win the match.
attack (from the front)
Manchester United Football Club
There was also a fairly close goal before the end of the first half when McTominay was allowed to produce a shot from the top of the box that was parried away by Ederson, and City
It also allowed Haaland to have a superb header that was parried away by Onana as United
In the first half actually with City
is not comparable.
