A goal by Portuguese footballer Bruno Fernandes helped Manchester United beat City this Saturday in the city derby, on matchday 20 of the English Football League, in what was the ninth consecutive victory for the ‘red devils’ ‘.
At Old Trafford, after a first half in which the ‘null’ (0-0) persisted, the solution to break the tie was on the ‘citizens’ bench, which today featured João Cancelo and Bernardo Silva at the start, while Rúben Dias continues to recover from the injury suffered while playing with the Portuguese team in the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The full-back Jack Grealish, who replaced the uninspired Phil Foden, ‘appeared’ in the 60th minute, with a header and ‘into the mouth of the goal’, to put the visitors ahead, corresponding to the exquisite cross from Belgian De Bruyne, who left Brazilian Casemiro behind before crossing.
However, the final stretch of the challenge was a true nightmare for the Spanish Pep Guardiola’s team, who could not hold the advantage, allowing Bruno Fernandes to restore equality, in the 78th minute, in a play in which Rashford had a goal decisive. contribution, since who was in an irregular position, but he disputed the shot without touching the ball to attract the opposing defenders.
Four minutes later, Rashford himself became the figure of the derby, scoring the decisive goal, in which he only had to put a ball served by the young Argentine Garnacho into the back of the net.
On the ‘red devils’ side, the Portuguese Diogo Dalot was not present, who was injured in the middle of the week, in the League Cup win against Charlton (3-0).
With this victory, United was temporarily isolated in third place, with 38 points, just one less than champion City (second place), which added the second game in a row without winning in official matches.
Arsenal leads only the Premier League, with 44 points, and may be even more comfortable at the top, should they win on Sunday, visiting rival Tottenham.
Source: TSF
