Return of the Premier League this Sunday with the shock between Newcastle to Manchester United. The Red Devils, who remained in a 2-2 draw against OL in the quarterfinals of the Europa League, had to take the three points to welcome Lyon with full confidence. At the accounting level, a victory would not have made it possible to return to the first part of the table. But before talking about victory, you had to get rid of an opponent very difficult to maneuver: Newcastle. Magpies could take 4th place in the ranking in case of success.
For this match, Sandro Tonali's teammates had to do without their coach Eddie Howe, hospitalized in recent hours. It was his assistant Jason Tindall who assured the interim. He was betting on an eleven type with Isak, Murphy and Barnes had to. On the MU side, Ruben Amorim made a strong choice by dismissing André Onana from the eleven holder. It was the Turkish goalkeeper Altay Bayindir who was preferred to him. For the rest Zirkzee started in a point with Bruno Fernandes and Garnacho. And in this meeting, it was Newcastle who opened the scoring. The Italian midfielder Sandro Tonali found the fault on a good service from Isak. A goal that rewarded the domination of the locals.
United has sank again
This opening of the Magpies score woke up a Mancunian team that had the ball without being dangerous. But this time, Garnacho only needed a ball to equalize and put his own on a par (37th). What to better approach the second period? Not really since Newcastle regained the advantage only 3 minutes after returning from the locker room. It was Barnes, on a decisive pass from Murphy, who found the way to the nets. And it was not over.
This same Harvey Barnes was breaking shortly after the hour of play. On a superb individual action, he went to the goal after Mazraoui's slide and laid down a precise strike in the skylight of a helpless bayindir. And the Turkish goalkeeper was going to live a real nightmare since in the last quarter of an hour, he completely lacked his recovery and allowed Guimaraes to score a fourth goal (4-1, 77th). Manchester United, author of a second catastrophic period or almost, concedes a new defeat and remains in the second part of PL table. Newcastle dates back to 4th place in the ranking and returns to City with a match less.
