The Prime Minister of Israel is Golda Meir. Britain was led by Edward Heath, and the first song on the Billboard charts was “Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croke and all the Manchester United squad players were not yet born – common to all of these? All of this happened the last time Sheffield United managed to beat Manchester United at Old Trafford, December 26, 1973. 48 years later, it happened again – last night (Wednesday), when the last in the Premier League table managed to impress one of the contenders for the crown with a 1: 2 victory .
1973 – Sheffield United have registered their first away win against Manchester United since December 1973, ending an eight-game losing run in all competitions at Old Trafford. Blades. pic.twitter.com/LZ0u4VK0GE
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How unusual is this victory? Sheffield are the first team from the Yorkshire region to ever win at Old Trafford, what’s more the two goal scorers – Cain Brian and Oliver Barak – scored their Premier League goals in last night’s game. This is the first time two players have scored a Premier League debut against United since Esteban Cambiasso and Jamie Vardy did so in Leicester in September 2014. For United, it is the fourth home loss of ten games this season, its worst amount in that time since 2013/14 season.
Manchester United manager Ola Gunnar Solskjaer declined to comment: “It’s surprising, of course, but we’ve seen a lot of strange results this year. Still, we’ve been the most stable team in recent weeks. It’s clearly a sad feeling, but we’ll continue from here. “. Solchiar also protested two judicial decisions – one, to approve Sheffield’s advantage rate, alleging an offense; And the other is the disqualification of the goal scored by United, claiming there was no offense.
And on the other hand – great happiness for Sheffield, for whom this is the second victory (!) In 20 league games this season. Oliver Barak, who scored the winning goal, was thrilled: “It’s an amazing result for us, it was a game we had to win and I’m excited for the guys. We showed great courage and determination. We played well in every game, but failed to score points. There was a wonderful character display.”