From Spurs To Burnley - Manchester United
Normally, I write an article after every match to review, analyse and offer my own views on how the match went but I have been busy so here I am summing up the last three Manchester United matches.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United
I felt it was our best performance in a long time. Could
Paul Pogba have got sent off for an elbow at Serge Aurier while shielding the
ball? He might have been. He got the benefit of the doubt. We thought we scored
first and it was a great move and goal. It was disallowed after a VAR review
for a foul on Son Heung Min by Scott McTominay. Son was touched as McTominay tried
to brush him off but was it enough to warrant a foul? It’s just one of those
that can be given for or against you I suppose. We did lose our heads after
that goal was disallowed though.
The goal we conceded soon after that was a piece of terrible
defending. Victor Lindelof played so well against Granada in the Europa League
quarter-final, 1st leg, the Man Of The Match and then goes and make
an elementary mistake like air-kicking the ball. It just exemplifies his
inconsistency. After that goal, I feared
we might lose the plot in anger but thankfully we channelled it very well in
the second half. I was surprised by the identity of the equalising goalscorer, Fred,
of all players! He was doing his best to be wasteful in possession but a lovely
give and go and sidefooted finish into the top corner just makes you wonder
where was this player hiding?
There were a couple of big saves from Dean Henderson to keep
out Tottenham before we took the lead. A great cross by Mason Greenwood met by
a great header by Edinson Cavani. Greenwood then added the icing on the cake
with our third. Cavani and Greenwood were two players that thoroughly deserved
their goals.
Manchester United vs Granada
A great goal by Cavani early on worked nicely to settle our
nerves and increase our buffer from the first leg. It was a finish typical of a
high-quality number 9. How we missed having a player like that in our ranks?
Granada was not your typical tiki-taka Spanish team. They are a prickly side, similar
to Atletico Madrid. We managed the game well and dealt with whatever threat
Granada posed. I was asleep when we scored our second. A semi-final against
Roma awaits us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DhM8z-yXio
Manchester United vs Burnley
I sensed that we made a sloppy start and I was nearly vindicated.
Burnley put a long ball into the box and it was met by Chris Wood, not a threat
that we were unaware of. Thankfully, VAR came to the rescue and disallowed it
for offside. It was a dull first half and had given up hope of staying awake
for the second half but I persevered. I
was surprised to see that one of Ole Gunnar Solksjaer’s favourite sons, Fred
was brought off at half-time for a striker, Edinson Cavani. It was a progressive
move that brought immediate dividends. A brilliant dummy by Bruno Fernandes was
met by a finish with aplomb by Greenwood.
The equaliser though was a sickening kick to the nuts. We
should have done better to stop Dwight McNeil. He ran through and was
well-tackled by Harry Maguire. After a good piece of defending, Maguire showed
his own inconsistency. From the resulting corner, Maguire was easily out-muscled
for Burnley’s equaliser. We held our lead for 2 minutes! We were pushing to get
back into the game and got a stroke of good fortune. Greenwood’s shot took a
deflection for our second. On a fluid counter-attack late in the game, we
scored our third through Cavani and closed the lead on Manchester City to seven
points.
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