From left, Maguire, McTomini. Manchester=AP
Manchester United FC defender Eric Bai (Côte d’Ivoire) from England’s first division Premier League (EPL) showed the joy of victory.
On the morning of the 8th (hereinafter referred to as Korean time), United ended the EPL Round 28 of the 2020-21 season with a 2-0 victory at the Etihad Stadium with their rival Manchester City FC.
Manchester United featured star players such as Antoni Marsial (France), Bruno Fernandes (Portugal), Scott McTomini (Scotland), and Manchester City, too. (England) and other players were hit.
On this day, Bai was waiting on the bench, but he was not called by coach Ole Gunnar Solshar (Norway).
A fierce economy was expected. However, Manchester United got a penalty kick (PK) from Marsial before less than a minute of the first half, and Fernandes took it neatly and took a 1-0 lead.
In the second half, Luke Shaw (England) scored a goal that secured Manchester United’s victory. Shaw received a pass from Marcus Rashford (England) in the 5th minute of the second half and scored with a shot toward the bottom right corner of the goal.
After that, both teams finished the game without any additional points, and Manchester United scored 3 points.
Harry Maguire (England), who played all 90 minutes as the captain of Manchester United on this day, added a photo to Instagram after the game and a post titled “For fans”.
In the published photo, Maguire is roaring with his fist clenched. Maguire’s post was followed by over 210,000 likes, and fans left comments with cheers.
Among them, the comment left by my colleague, Vi, is also a hot topic. “It was a tremendous performance,” said Bai. Captain, you have a big head.” He left a clapping emoticon and a heart emoticon. Seeing this, McTomini laughed, “Hahahaha,” and Maguire said, “Thank you. really? I thought my head was small,” he responded.
Meanwhile, Manchester United scored 3 points with a victory that day. Currently, Man City and United are running in EPL 1st and 2nd place side by side with 65 and 54 points, respectively.
United are scheduled to play the first leg of the European Football Federation (UEFA) Europa League round of 16 against AC Milan of Serie A in the Italian professional football first division at Old Trafford, their home stadium, on the morning of the 12th.
Kim Chan-young, online news reporter [email protected]
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