[엑스포츠뉴스 김정현 인턴기자] Manchester United rebounded with a full win again in the home game.
Manchester United won the match against Newcastle United in the 25th round of the Premier League in the 2020/21 season held at home on the 22nd (Korean time) 3-1.
Manchester United entered the 4-2-3-1 screening. Goalkeeper David de Gea, Aaron Wan Visakha-Victor Lindelöf-Harry Maguire-Luke Shaw, Nemanja Matic-Fred, Daniel James-Bruno Fernandez-Marcus Rashford-Antoni Marshall were the starters.
Newcastle took on the 4-3-3 model. In addition to Karl Dalow Gormper, Emile Kraft-Jamal Russells-Keeran Clark-Jamal Lewis, Joe Willock-Isaac Hayden-John Jo Shelby, Miguel Almiron-Joelington-Alan Saint-Maximin were selected.
In the first half of the year, it was Newcastle that caught the chance first. De Gea defeated the high ball in the 3 minute corner kick, and Newcastle shot the second ball, but De Gea stopped it.
Newcastle attempted a strong forward compression, and in the 9th minute De Gea’s pass miss followed Shelby’s shot, but the shot went high.
Man U, who was still in silence, scored the opening goal after Rashford made a break through from the left in the 30th minute and then made a strong shot from the near post.
Newcastle attempted a shot from the left side of the second ball that flowed from the corner in the 34th minute, and De Gea saved it with a nice save.
Newcastle tied the second ball that flowed again in the following corner kick scene, and this time the second ball was scored by Maximeng.
Manchester United ended the first half without breaking through Newcastle’s defense except for Fred’s shot in the 39th minute.
At the start of the second half, Newcastle reopened with Shelby’s shot after Almiron’s possession of the ball.
In the 49th minute free kick situation, Newcastle caught the second ball again and tried to shoot from the center of the box, this time by De Gea.
In the 56th minute, Matic passed the pass from the left flank to the other side, was hit by Bruno Fernandez, and Daniel James shot the refracted ball to the near post, leading 2-1.
In the 59th minute, after Manchester United successfully pressed forward, Marshall made the first valid shot in the match, and Dallow managed to save.
In the 73rd minute, Rashford stumbled over Willock’s tackle in the box and scored a penalty, which was scored by Bruno Fernandes, widening the gap 3-1.
Manchester United had a mid-range shot from Mason Greenwood, who was substituted in the late 76th minute, and Fred in the 77th minute, but rose high.
Manchester United continued their wave of offense afterwards, but they couldn’t score any additional goals and ended the game with a complete win to Newcastle.
Manchester United recently failed to pursue Manchester City with two draws in two games in the league, and at the same time allowed third place Leicester City to pursue.
However, Manchester United returned to second place, which was briefly stolen by Leicester City, who beat Aston Villa the day before with a victory against Newcastle.
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