A turning point born of pain. Manchester United return to fourth place | ManUtd.pl

Manchester United beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 in the postponed 18th round of the Premier League. Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandez scored the winning goals for the “Red Devils”.

Ralph Ranknick players started the meeting with a breakthrough hope after three draws in a row. The Old Trafford players, despite taking the lead at first, wereted many situations, unable to bring victory to the end. The match against Brighton started a little differently than the previous games and it was Graham Potter’s players who started the attack first.

The first dangerous action “Seagulls” was created in the 5th minute. Pascal Cross Jack Moder released the vertical pass, which he scored with his full force on the edge of the fifth meter, but he hit a well-placed David de Kia. The Spaniard deflected the strike forward, but Victor Lindelof knocked the ball out of the car. At this point Luke Shaw broke the offside fort.

Manchester United tried to respond to their rivals a moment later. Cristiano Ronaldo used the vision of one of Brighton’s central defenders, who fired at Robert Sanchez’s goal. The 36-year-old Portuguese, however, did not decide to finalize the act and instead gave his heel to Jordan Sancho, who ran behind his back. The former BVB player passed the defender in full gear, but the spectator who cut the angle well failed to beat the goalkeeper. Ronaldo expressed his anger after this situation because he was expecting a return pass from his friend.

They came out on top again in the 14th minute with an aggressive play. The left side of the rally was led by Jadon Sancho, but as the Swedish forward slowly stared, the pass sent by Englishman Anthony Elanga was empty.

Brighton did not want to be in debt, and wanted to control this encounter as soon as possible. In the 16th minute Pascal Cross sent a flat cross into the penalty area of ​​the Red Devils. Alexis McAllister caught the ball near the eleventh meter, but it was dirty, which made it easier for David de Kee to intervene.

Over the next 20 minutes, the pace of the game slowed down, and fans seated in the Dream Theater expressed their frustration that the visiting team was often in possession of the ball. The plan to put Manchester United defenders to sleep was shot almost in the 39th minute of the match. It was then that David de Gea put in a superb march as he blocked a strong header from Jacques Motor from Joel Weldman Cross from the right side of the field. The Polish midfielder did not believe for a long time how miraculously the ball ended up in the “Red Devils” net.

The Amex Club completely snatched the end of the first half. A minute later, he faced another great opportunity to open the “Mavi” score. Jacques Moder played the lead role again, playing at the pace of Yves Pissouma who ran into the penalty area and went unnoticed. Malijsik, however, sent the ball past the goal, though he had plenty of free space to try well.

Eventually, the club from Old Trafford sighed with relief at David de Gea’s attitude and Brighton’s carelessness and were able to move on to a clean slate hoping to perform better in the second half of the show.

After turning the pages, the German coach’s players presented their second face. From the first minute of the second half, Manchester United pressed the heights to block the opponent’s delivery. The result was Cristiano Ronaldo’s opening victory in the 51st minute. The Portuguese caught the ball close to 25-30 meters and raced over the Brighton defenders. The 36-year-old maneuvered his opponents and threw himself into the right corner of the goal from outside the penalty area, giving Robert Sanchez no chance to react.

The loss of the “Red Devils” goal and aggressive attitude caused a lot of confusion in the line of competitors. After resuming the game from the center, Manchester United immediately began to press, which led to the main event of the game. Anthony Elanga, realizing the right moment, took the ball from Louis Dunk in the Brighton penalty area and made a dash. The Swedish forward will be 100% in position, but the 30-year-old defender saved himself with a foul for which he initially saw the yellow card. After the VAR intervened and ran to the monitor, the referee reversed his decision and showed the Englishman a red card.

Playing positively made it easy for the twenty-time English champion to control the course of the crowd. Although it seemed that it was only a matter of time before the match was over, the Old Trafford players’ apparent futility made itself felt again.

In the 65th minute Bruno Fernandez sent an accurate and smooth cross from the left side of the field into the penalty area. The ball fell on Cristiano Ronaldo’s head and he hit a strong shot, but it was perfect on the bar by the spectator’s goalkeeper.

The best thing, though, was five minutes later. Robert Sanchez hit the ball to the feet of Cristiano Ronaldo, who was the only Brighton defender in front of him. The 36-year-old forwards Bruno Fernandez went unnoticed in the penalty area. The 27-year-old caught the ball in the eleventh meter and could have hit every corner of the goal, but instead with a clumsy and mild strike, he raised the spectators ’goalkeeper’s score. The ball returned to Ronaldo, who still tried to lobby Sanchez, but eventually held the scoreboard to 1-0.

Fernandez tried to atone for his sins with another measured cross on his comrade’s head in the 75th minute. However, Ronaldo hit the Brighton goal post at 100% without using his skills again in the air.

In the old football proverb, missed opportunities can be avenged at any time. In the 77th minute, Brighton took the ball to Manchester United’s penalty area. On the left side of the field, Jack Moder grabbed her and fired a missile at David de Gea. After the ball flew, you could see it ending behind the collar of the Spanish goalkeeper, but finally it stopped at the crossbar.

Three minutes later, Bruno Fernandez had another chance to raise his score. The attacking midfielder drove the ball easily into the penalty area and tried to surprise Robert Sanchez with a force shot from behind the cover, but the Amex goalkeeper rose to the occasion again. 60 seconds later, Harry Maguire also tried his luck from behind sixteen, but his attempt also ended up in the gloves of the 24-year-old Spaniard.

In the final minutes of the game, Brighton dropped everything on the same card and came close to scoring the desirable equalizing goal. After a cross from the right side of the field, Danny Welbeck found himself in a good shooting position and came out without cover near the goal area. However, the head of the former Manchester United striker crossed the crossbar of David de Gea’s goal.

Only in the last act of the meeting did Ralph Rangnik’s accusations give the final blow. Paul Pogba, who passed the ball to Bruno Fernandez, started the free-kick again in his own half. The former Sporting player ran towards the opponent’s goal with all his might, fell into the penalty area, scored a shot, put Robert Sanchez and Joel Weldman on the field and scored the only goal of the game, giving Manchester United a 2-0 win and a return to the top four in the Premier League.

Result: Manchester United 2: 0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Goals: Cristiano Ronaldo (50 ‘), Bruno Fernandez (90 + 7’); Louis Tunk (red card 54)

Man Utd: Di Gia, Dolot, Varane, Maguire, Shaw, McDomini, Fred (Pokpa 73 ′), Bruno, Elanga (Rashford 79 ′), Ronaldo, Sanso (Tellas 79)

Brighton: Sanchez, Weldman, Webster, Tunk, Cucurella, Pissouma, Trossard (Lampede 60 ′), Matter, Cross (Alsat 60 ′), Mac Alistair, Maube (Welbeck 70 ′)