Solshiar’s achievement and the numbers: the derby summary

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The Manchester City streak was interrupted, especially in a home derby. Manchester United tonight (Sunday) defeated the English league leader at Etihad 0: 2 and stopped its 21 victories in all competitions. for Ola Gunnar Solskjaer, This is his third away win against the Blues (in three away games against them so far) and he has actually become the first manager in the club’s history to reach such a figure.

“I’m happy,” said the Norwegian. “We dominated the first few minutes, but then it felt to me like we were playing for the result. Eventually when defending against a strong opponent, it would get into situations. We had to get to the break to organize everyone again. The second goal was spectacular, a great Luke Shaw performance.” On the gap from City, the manager added: “They are so far away that it is impossible to think too much about these matters, but only to make sure we win games and look better than last season.”

On the other hand, Pep Guardiola Tried to stay optimistic: “Ten games left, coming to the most important part of the season. Starting on Wednesday, we will try to win as much as possible in order to be champions. Against West Ham we played much worse than today. We did not deserve to win that game, and may not have arrived today. “We had to lose. We were not good in front of goal, our strikers did not do the job, but sometimes it happens. It was a great game, United pressed high and was fast in bursts. We played well, but unfortunately we were not good at the end.”


Conqueror of the first gate, Bruno Fernandez, Celebrated: “It’s always complicated to play against City, it’s a strong opponent who is very difficult to get the ball out of. Today we did almost everything perfectly. The goal is not to beat City, but to win every game. To score a goal in the first minute was perfect, that’s how we were “More air to breathe. We stayed focused until the end of the game. The league is not a sprint, but a marathon.”

on the other side, Kevin de Bruyne He concluded: “We probably did not start the game well. We knew it would be difficult, we played into their hands with the first goal and we needed 15 minutes to get into the game. Then we played pretty good football, but we did not win and we could not influence the game. “In a derby, but sometimes things like that happen. We have to keep going, there’s another game on Wednesday. Sometimes it’s necessary to lose, it can be a positive thing.”

And it is impossible without a few more numbers:

– 28 consecutive games in all competitions Manchester City have not lost, since the 2-0 draw with Tottenham in November 2020.

Of the 67 managers Pep has met more than 3 times in any senior league, Solskjaer is the only one to have beaten him more times than lost to him (a 3: 4 balance to the United manager).

– This is the 103rd game in a row in the Premier League that United do not lose in after leading in the half (the last was in September 2014).

– This is the first time in 20 games that City have fallen behind at some point in a league game.

– Fernandez’s goal in Pendel was the fastest in history that City absorbed in Etihad in the league – 101 seconds.

– And note this: for the first time since March 2007 Manchester City and Liverpool lost that day in a home game.

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