A Manchester United dominated in all sectors of the game was defeated at Old Trafford by Wolverhampton (0-1), inflicting the German’s first defeat Ralf rangnick as coach of the ‘Red Devils’, this Monday at the close of the 21st day of the Premier League.
The Mexican forward Raúl Jiménez, started and played 81 minutes of the duel at the ‘Theater of Dreams’ before being replaced by the Portuguese Fabio Silva.
After this match, United remain in 7th place in the standings with 31 points, 22 points behind leaders Manchester City and, four of the Champions League zone, which Arsenal closes for the moment.
A goal by veteran Portuguese midfielder Joao Moutinho In the 82nd minute he gave the win to the Wolves, who had not beaten at Old Trafford for 42 years.
The away victory cannot be considered undeserved given the performance of both teams. At 11 minutes, the Portuguese Daniel Podence thought he opened the scoring, but his shot miraculously diverted the Spanish goalkeeper from United to a corner David De Gea.
Spain’s international goalkeeper was decisive again in the 22nd minute, with another save to a volley shot of Ruben neves.
The best opportunity for the locals came shortly before the break, with a shot by Uruguayan Edinson Cavani that brushed the crossbar (43).
Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of the team in the absence of Harry Maguire, barely received balls, given the inability of his colleagues to read his unchecks.
The entrance of Bruno Fernandes gave United a little more insistence and his was a shot that crashed into the post after the hour of play (67).
Before leaving for the African Cup to play for Morocco, Romain Saïss responded with a shot to the crossbar (75), before Moutinho decided the match with a low shot taking advantage of the ‘gift’ of Phil Jones, that before the losses of the United centrals, he played his first game in the Premier in the last two years.
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