Wolverhampton lost 2-1 to Arsenal
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Bo-in Jang = England’s professional football Premier League (EPL) Manchester United (Man U) defeated Southampton, where nine players fought, and followed closely behind the leader Manchester City (Man City).
On the 3rd (Korean time), Manchester United won a 9-0 victory over Southampton in their home game in the 2020-2021 EPL round 22 held at Old Trafford in Manchester, England.
Manchester United, who gained numerical advantage by being sent off by two men from Southampton, held a’goal banquet’ with Anthony Marsial scoring multiple goals and Bruno Fernandez scoring one goal and two assists.
Manchester United (44 points, +19 goals), plus 3 points, had the same points as Man City (44 points, +24 goals), but stayed in second place after being pushed out of the difference.
Southampton lost 4 straight and placed 12th (29 points).
Two minutes after the game, Southampton was sent off.
Alexandre Jankewitz, who started as the first EPL starter, struck Scott McTomini’s leg and received a red card.
With an early numerical advantage, Manchester United opened the door with Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s final goal in the 18th minute of the first half, and 7 minutes later, Marcus Rashford added a goal to lead 2-0.
In the 34th minute, Southampton’s Jan Bednarek, who tried to block Rashford’s cross, scored an own goal.
Manchester United scored four goals in the first half as Edinson Cavani’s scoring gun exploded in the 39th minute.
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Even in the second half, Manchester United’s one-sided game unfolded.
In the 24th minute of the second half, Marsial, who received a cross by Fernandes, scored an additional goal with a right-footed shot. Two minutes later, McTomini shook the net.
Subsequently, he got a chance to take a penalty kick. In the 41st minute of the second half, Bednarek tackled Marsial from the penalty area and was sent off, and Fernandez scored the penalty kick as the kicker.
In the 45th minute of the second half, Marsial and Daniel James in the 48th minute scored 9 goals.
According to Opta, a website specializing in soccer statistics, the EPL wins more than 9 goals followed by Manchester United-Ipswichtown (Man United 9-0 win) and Leicester City-Southampton 2019 (Leicester City 9-0 win). Third.
While Manchester United won nine goals twice, Southampton faced the humiliation of losing nine goals twice.
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Wolverhampton also beat Arsenal 2-1 after two men were sent off at home.
Arsenal placed 10th (31 points) and Wolverhampton 14th (26 points).
Arsenal took the lead with Nicola Pepe’s opening goal in the 32nd minute of the first half, but the time course of the first half changed.
In the 50th minute of the first half, David Lewis was charged with a red card after committing a foul while trying to stop William José in the penalty area.
Wolverhampton got a penalty kick, and Huben Neves kicked it in to balance.
In the fourth minute of the second half, Wolverhampton scored the winning goal in reverse.
Joao Motinyu shook Arsenal’s net with a long right-footed shot.
In the 27th minute of the second half of the second half, goalkeeper Bernd Leno was sent out empty after the ball was lifted from outside the penalty area, and the remaining nine were unable to turn the match.
After the game, Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta expressed regret in the referee’s decision, saying, “I tried turning the crime scene at various angles more than 10 times, but there was no contact.”
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2021/02/03 08:30 sent