Bruno Fernandes and Scott McTominay dejected after United’s loss to City (Credit: AP)
The United skipper performed a significant function within the first half because the Red Devils took the lead with a elegant strike from Marcus Rashford, who was assisted by Fernandes.
They got here, they noticed, they endured and in the end, they conquered. Manchester City marked a stellar 3-1 comeback win in opposition to rivals Manchester United within the Premier League final evening, forcing United to ask extra questions on their very own membership’s progress this season.
City now lie one level behind table-toppers Liverpool because the race for the Premier League title heats up, while United are left stranded at sixth, because the loss dealt an enormous blow to their hopes of creating it into the highest 4 to safe a Champions League spot subsequent season.
The extra debilitating side of United’s loss could be the truth that regardless of their in any other case questionable performances all through the season, the Red Devils mustered one in every of their most composed performances in opposition to their rivals solely to in the end fall flat.
United midfielder and skipper Bruno Fernandes put up a reasonably modern efficiency final evening, after having to take care of questions of consistency and dedication to the membership.
He took to the media post-match to expound on the repercussions of their losses and emphasised on the significance of discovering their type with the intention to attain their targets this season.
“Every time you don’t win a game it is a damage at this club,” Fernandes mentioned. “We know what this club demands and we want to win the games we are involved in.
“We didn’t get the three points today but there’s still a long way to go. We know it is not everything in our hands because other teams have to lose points but we have to do our job.”
United, regardless of their courageous exhibiting, nonetheless certainly have an extended method to go certainly. A mind-numbing statistic from final evening’s encounter reveals that City had extra photographs tried (27) than the whole lot of the proportion of possession that United held all through the match (26%).
The United skipper performed a significant function within the first half because the Red Devils took the lead with a elegant strike from Marcus Rashford, who was assisted by Fernandes.
But, then got here Phil Foden for City, who fully turned the tide and dominated, scoring a brace to take the lead earlier than the inevitable Erling Haaland delivered the nail within the coffin throughout added time.
Up subsequent within the Premier League for the defending champions City are table-toppers Liverpool, whereas United will face off in opposition to Sean Dyche’s Everton.
Siddarth SriramAfter coaching within the area of broadcast media, Siddarth, as a sub-editor for News18 Sports, at present dabbles in placing collectively tales, from acros…Read More
Source: www.news18.com
