Back to win: United beat Newcastle 1-3

English League 20-21

ONE System | 21/02/2021 22:53

Daniel James and Anthony Martial in a frenzy (Reuters)

After two disappointing consecutive draws, Manchester United are back to winning the league after beating Newcastle 1-3 in the 25th round of the Premier League. In addition, Leicester beat Aston Villa 1: 2, while Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham suffered a fifth loss in six games with a 2: 1 win over West Ham in the London derby.

Manchester United – Newcastle 1: 3

The red demons of Ola Gunnar Solskjaer managed to leverage the mighty 0-4 win over Real Sociedad in the first game of the last 32 of the Europa League and returned to win the league after two consecutive draws. Steve Bruce’s Magpies, on the other hand, continued to get entangled at the bottom with a second straight loss after the 2-0 draw with Chelsea and are only 3 points away from Fulham below the red line.

In the 30th minute came the moment the Red Devils were waiting for, when Rashford performed a tremendous personal action on the left wing, penetrated the field, cut to the center area and kicked from a distance 12 meters a sharp diagonal ball to the bottom left corner of Carl Darlow, who failed to save. With just 6 minutes left, in the 36th minute, Alan San Maxima took advantage of a bad clearance from Harry Maguire and from 10 yards kicked powerfully to the top left corner of David de Gea, who just stroked the ball on his way into the net.

Marcus Rashford and Harry Maguire Celebrate (Reuters)

In the 57th minute Manchester United took the lead again, when Nemanja Matic penetrated into the box and passed from the left, Bruno Fernandez stroked the ball, which reached Daniel James, who from 9 meters kicked to the top right corner of Carl Darlow, while In the 75th minute Marcus Rashford was fouled inside the box by Joe Willock and squeezed a penalty, which was taken advantage of by Bruno Fernandez with a flat kick to the left corner of Darlow, who jumped in the other direction.

West Ham – Tottenham 1: 2

The opening belonged to West Ham, who came after 0: 3 over Sheffield United and the list in the first half with an advantage of Mikhail Antonio already in the fifth minute. The trend continued well into the second half of the tackle and Jesse Langgard, who arrived on loan from Manchester United again scored (47) after a Pablo Fornals cooking.

Jose Mourinho nervous on the lines (Reuters)

Mourinho’s side showed signs of life after Lucas Mora shrank in the 64th minute, but it was too little and too late. By the way, Gareth Bale who has not received enough credit since returning to the team, came on as a substitute with the opening of the second half, was active and also added cooking.

Aston Villa – Leicester 2: 1

Four minutes of genius were enough for the Foxes to achieve a critical victory at Birmingham. It started with a great goal from James Madison in the 19th minute and continued with a wonderful goal from Harvey Barnes. Three minutes from the start of the second half, Bertrand Traore shrank at Villa Park but that was not enough for his team to come out with points. Leicester continues to get closer to the Champions League and is with 49 points and in second place.