This Wednesday, Manchester United beat Brentford away from home, by 3-1. In a delayed match of the 17th round, the visitors started badly in the first half, but confirmed their favoritism in the second half.
The first half was one of superiority for the home team. Despite spending less time with the ball, Brentford was very organized in marking, took few risks and created the best chances of the match. The team, however, lost good chances and the game went to the zero interval.
Returning to the second stage, Manchester United increased production and began to play with greater pressure in the attacking field, in search of good opportunities. In the first attack, Cristiano Ronaldo stopped at the crossbar and almost opened the scoring.
Nine minutes into the second half, the pressure paid off. Fred crossed in the measure, Elanga dominated in the air, won in the air against the goalkeeper and headed towards the back of the goal, putting Manchester United in front.
Eight minutes later, the second of the visitors. The ball was thrown to Cristiano Ronaldo, who passed first with his chest to put Bruno Fernandes and Greenwood face to face with the goalkeeper. Bruno played for the striker, who pushed towards the empty goal and extended the score.
Winning 2-0, Ralf Rangnick took Cristiano Ronaldo off the field, promoting the entry of defender Harry Maguire. The Portuguese star didn’t like it at all and complained a lot on the bench.
United still scored the third, in the 32nd minute of the second half. Bruno Fernandes triggered Rashford on the right, the Englishman entered the area and hit the air to swing the nets.
Just before the game was over, Toney scored after a hit and hit in Manchester United’s small area and lowered the score. Thus, the match ended with a 3-1 triumph for the visitors.
With the victory, United are in seventh place in the table, with 35 points, while Brentford occupies the 14th position, with 23 points.
Earlier, also for the 17th round of the English, Tottenham beat Leicester away from home by 3 to 2, in an exciting way. The London team was losing until the 50th minute of the second half, when Bergwijn appeared to score two goals in two minutes and turn the game around.
Tottenham went to 36 points and reached fifth place in the table, while Leicester was in tenth position.
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