The English international, in one of the best moments of his career, culminated with success and stopped the good dynamics of the Wolves
Wolverhampton never lost face to the game, which had its rival subdued for several minutes
With a quarter of an hour to go and on one of the few occasions the game had, Marcus Rashford unbalanced the duel at Molineux Stadium to prolong the good line of Manchester United and stop Wolverhampton, in clear ascent since the arrival to his bench of the Spanish Julen Lopetegui but slowed down by the inspiration of the Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea.
DATA SHEET
Premier League
WOL
MU
LINEUPS
wolverhampton
Jose Sa; Semedo (Otto 65′), Collins, Kilman, Hugo Bueno (Gomes 73′); Moutinho (Nouri 73′); Neves, Nunes; Hwang, Diego Costa (Adama Traoré 46′) and Podence (Jiménez 81′).
Manchester Utd
DeGea; Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Shaw, Malacia; Eriksen (Fred 61′), Casemiro; Antony (Elanga 90’+3′), Bruno Fernandes (Maguire 90’+3′), Garnacho (Rashford 46′); and Martial (Van de Beek 81′).
Referee
Robert Jones. TA: Semedo (26′) / Casemiro (57′), Fred (72′), Rashford (88′).
incidents
Match corresponding to matchday 18 of the English Premier League, played at the Molineux Stadium.
Erik Ten Hag’s team, quoted with Barcelona in the Europa League, is already in the Champions League zone while the ‘wolves’ were unable to say goodbye to 2022 outside the relegation zone. Next to last is Lopetegui’s team, who had started his English adventure on the right foot. With the classification in the League Cup after beating Gillingham and with the reunion with the victory in the Premier by beating Everton in the last session.
But the appointment before the ‘red devils’ was another major issue. Wolverhampton never lost face to the game, which He had his rival subdued for several minutes. It is true that his shots between the three sticks were scarce, but with a high pace and coordinated pressure he had the visitors cornered for several minutes.
In fact, David De Gea had to appear to prevent Lopetegui’s team from taking advantage in the match. It was already in the second half after a trial period, exchanging inconsequential blows. It was in a free kick executed wonderfully by Ruben Neves. I was going to goal For the squad But the impeccable stretch of the Spanish goalkeeper moved the ball away from the gate. It was game time.
A quarter of an hour later came the goal that changed everything. On a Rashford wall with Bruno Fernandes. The English international in one of the best moments of his career, successfully culminated. His shot surpassed Jose Sa.
Wolverhampton couldn’t avoid their fourth home defeat in a row. He launched for the tie but without order. It was there that Casemiro became strong. He ruled the midfield and stopped every local attempt to progress. He had the equalizer in added time on a header from Raúl Jiménez that turned De Gea into a savior again.
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