Manchester United beat City in the Premier League in a local battle. ManU’s controversial equalizer made the away team nervous.
18:43•Updated 18:52
Manchester United beat City 2–1 in the English Premier League’s local competition. United scored a controversial equalizing goal in the 78th minute, which the City players protested for a long time, the referee of the match For Stuart Attwell.
ManU went on the attack from the right side of the field. The ball was played in the middle area For Casemirowho passed the ball behind City’s defensive line.
The pass came from someone who was in a clear offside position Marcus Rashford to the running line. However, Rashford did not touch the piece of equipment, which ended up Bruno Fernandes forward to the edge of City’s penalty area.
Fernandes kicked the ball into the goal, but the assistant referee raised the flag for offside. The situation was ruled offside, but after a two-minute review the referee overturned the decision and United’s 1-1 equalizer was allowed.
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The City players surrounded referee Attwell and were strongly of the opinion that Rashford, who was in an offside position, affected the game and thus the situation should have been ruled offside. ManU head coach Erik ten Hag said BT Sport (switching to another service) in the interview, to understand the other party’s point of view.
– The rules… It was a confusing moment for the opponent’s back line. The rules say that Marcus did not touch the ball and did not influence the play. Bruno came from behind, but I understand the other side’s point of view, ten Hag commented.
Also scorer Fernandes thought so (you switch to another service)that Rashford did not affect the game.
City head coach Josep Guardiola stated to the BBC (switching to another service)that “such situations are difficult for referees in these stadiums”.
– Rashford was offside, Fernandes was not. Rashford disturbed our goalkeeper and central defenders, Guardiola summed up without saying directly that the situation would have been offside.
The story continues after the pictures.
United in high spirits
With the City win, Manchester United is on a nine-game winning streak. The last time the team lost a competitive match was on November 6, when Aston Villa won 3–1.
– Some time ago we were looking for ourselves, but now we are a team that plays together, Fernandes said (you switch to another service) after Saturday’s match.
Now United is third in the Premier League with 38 points. Above are league leaders Arsenal (44 points) and Manchester City (39).
Manchester United–Manchester City 2–1
60. Jack Grealish 0-1
78. Bruno Fernandes 1–1
82. Marcus Rashford 2–1
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