Making Erling Haaland empty in Man City’s 1-2 reverse defeat against MU last night (January 14) in the 20th round of the English Premier League, Luke Shaw revealed a special secret.
MU restrained Haaland thanks to what secret?
Different from the first leg of the Premier League, which shone with a hat-trick to help Man City beat MU 6-3 in October last year, Erling Haaland played faintly in the second leg in the Manchester derby last night (14 /1) in the English Premier League. The Norwegian striker was lost in the 1-2 defeat of the defending champion when he was a guest at the Old Trafford stadium of the city’s rival.
Luke Shaw accompanied well Erling Haaland
For their part, MU played well when coach Erik Ten Hag suddenly pulled Luke Shaw from his forte right-back position into a central defender with teammate Raphael Varane.
It was this tactical innovation that helped the “red half of Manchester” to keep Haaland in check and make the top scorer in the Premier League this season (21 goals in 17 games) empty at the “Theater of the Year”. dreams”.
Sharing after the home team’s comeback to beat Man City 2-1, defender Luke Shaw said on MUTV channel: “We are very happy, I think we deserved to win. In the first half we had a lot of chances and on another day we might have used them to convert to goals.”
“I am incredibly proud of my team and everyone on the pitch today. They gave everything they had. Especially those who appeared and made an impact on the game. It’s a huge help when they’re ready to go and can make a positive impact.”
The expressions of Rashford and Bruno when asked about the controversial goal.
Explaining how MU “captured” Man City’s most dangerous rookie last night, Luke Shaw shared: “It’s not only my and Raphael’s (Varane’s) duty, but the whole team’s. We defended very, very well.”
The star wearing the number 23 shirt of MU continued: “It was a great game when I was present. The most important is 3 points. No matter who we face, we always aim for 3 points and keep moving up the rankings. We did it today and I’m very happy.”
“Like I said, we created a lot of chances and knew we would get more. It’s all thanks to the belief and after the goal of (Bruno) Fernandes, we feel the happiness with the fans even more. They pushed us. United soon got their second goal and it was a great atmosphere.”
Man City fan criticizes referee for favoring Rashford and MU
Meanwhile, on Twitter, many Man City fans were angry when referee Stuart Attwell recognized Bruno Fernandez’s goal to equalize for MU in the 78th minute. They thought that Marcus Rashford was offside when participating in the love affair. this situation despite the fact that the “number 10” of the home team is not the one to touch the ball to the finish.
Marcus Rashford was offside but cleverly let Bruno Fernandes score
One Man City fan named Scott Wilkes commented: “It’s ridiculous. How could Rashford have nothing to do with this ball? He ran after the ball.”
@D4NNY_FOX account tweeted: “Why not caught offside? The ball was passed to Rashford, then he entered the situation again to give the ball to Bruno to shoot.”
Many Man City fans are angry that the referee favors Rashford and MU
A guy named Joe Bray shared the question: “Obviously Rashford was in an offside position, had a block for Fernandes to finish successfully, thus preventing the opponent from preventing his team from scoring. How did he not get caught offside?”
Another person, nicknamed Pete, sarcastically commented: “Basically, the players can stay offside as much as they like, as long as they don’t touch the ball.”
Video of Bruno Fernandes’ controversial goal equalizing MU against Man City (K+ copyright):
