Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho gave the English team the victory, in the debut of Michael Carrick as interim manager.
Manchester United He qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League this Tuesday in his first match without Ole Gunnar Solksjaer at the controls, prevailing 2-0 in the field of Villarreal, which will play its pass to the next phase on the last day.
out of so many, by Cristiano Ronaldo (78) and Jadon Sancho (89), secured Manchester in the lead Group F with ten points, three more than Villarreal, second while waiting for what happens in the match between Atalanta, third, and the Swiss Young Boys.
The Yellow Submarine dominated, before collapsing in the second half, a Manchester United, who arrived at the La Cerámica stadium under the command of interim coach Michael Carrick, after Solksjaer’s dismissal.
Without the control and creation of the Portuguese, Manchester United was overtaken in the first half by a Villarreal who took the ball and arrived with more danger to the opposing goal.
At five minutes David De Gea saved a shot from Moi Gómez in the first arrival of the local team, which two minutes later he repeated with a shot from Yeremy deflected. The United goalkeeper was a real wall in which the arrivals of the locals crashed.
After half an hour, De Gea again stopped a cross shot from Manu Trigueros (27), while United barely arrived during the first half hour of play until Gerónimo Rulli saved a header from Cristiano Ronaldo (30).
Cristiano leads the way
The English team began to leave their field increasing their intensity after the break, especially when Carrick brought in Bruno Fernandes and Rashford for Martial and Van de Beek (66).
Until that moment, Villarreal still had control, but continued to crash in the great performance of De Gea, who opposed a providential hand to a crossed shot by Manu Trigueros (59).
With Fernandes on the field, United began to arrive with more danger, putting Villarreal further back, who saw Rulli clearing a shot from Jadon Sancho’s goal (71). The ‘Yellow Submarine’ began to suffer until Cristiano’s goal arrived in an error.
A ball from Rulli to Capoue was stolen by Fred to pass Cristiano who overcame the departure of the Villarreal goalkeeper with a balloon making the victory goal (78).
The goal fell like a jug of cold water at Villarreal, who saw a game that they had dominated for the most part slip away. Behind on the scoreboard, the nerves appeared and Villarreal multiplied the errors, in their attempt to reach the opposite area faster, leaving more spaces.
Some spaces that United took advantage of to make it 2-0 with a goal from Sancho, his first with the Red Devils, almost point-blank, culminating a great combinatorial play (89).
The Ecuadorian Pervis Estupiñán, from Villarreal, played as a starter and was replaced in the 79th minute by Dani Raba. (D)
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