City lined up 361 at home, with defenders RubenDias, Aké, Walker, backs Rodri, Stones, wings Doku, Foden, attacking midfielder DeBruyne, B. Silva, striker Haaland, the
United played 4231, with Varane, Evans, Lindelof, Dalot at the back, Casemiro, Mainoo at the back, Beefy, MacTominay at the attacking midfield, Garnacho, Rashford on the wings, United's Højlund was injured and couldn't play, and Ten Hagar's formation was like pushing MacTominay into the forward line. MacTominay was pushed to the front line, and United had to use him to replace the center forward.
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At first, City planned to press United with a strong attack. In fact, it was pressed outside the United box in the first five minutes. However, in the eighth minute, Onana released an accurate long pass at the back and after Aké dragged his feet a little, B fee managed to take the ball on the counter offside and sprint into the box before turning and placing it on Rashford at the back post and suddenly pumping a shot from 24 yards that bounced straight off the crossbar and into the goal.
United's counterattack was really beautiful, especially Onana's long pass from the backfield was very accurate, he was sure of B fee's position before driving, which made City's defenders have a hard time clearing the ball.
Man City continued to maintain a strong attacking posture after the fall, due to the goal in the early part of the game, United did not directly open the bus to defend, but to maintain a high position to press forward and look for opportunities to launch counterattacks, the middle of the Rashford once got close to a one-touch chance, and as the game progressed, we can see that United's forward pressure was not enough to stop Man City's out of the ball, the Man City side was able to waist to the left and right side of the wide range of dispatch, forcing the United back line always had to go back to the defense, and Foden and Doku also kept getting chances, plus B.Silva continued to penetrate into the penalty area. The two flanks of the United side of the waist to the left and right easily, forcing United's back line has to return to the defense, and Foden and Doku have been getting chances, coupled with the B.Silva penetration into the penalty area, United's Mainoo and Casemiro two people are not able to block the defenders in front of the hinterland, B.Silva and Doku two people have the opportunity to kick in the position of 16 yards or so, United relies on the defender to clean up the ball. United relied on their defenders to clear the ball.
At this point, we could see Onana making a lot of great saves, blocking Foden and Rodri's shots. Coupled with the long pass for the earlier United goal, we could see that he was actually in good form.
Just before the end of the first half Haaland had a chance to score a goal in front of the goal and kicked it high, Foden had crossed the ball very well and Haaland should have headed it straight at him.
City continued to press at the start of the second half, and in the 56th minute, Foden received the ball on the box line, and he moved across the center of the pitch to fire a shot into the top corner of the goal, which was an individual performance by Foden, and basically the same as Rashford's goal.
After taking the lead City changed Doku for DokuÁlvarez hit the center and B.Silva changed to the left, then City continued to press and United kept trying to get on the attack but gradually failed in the process. Later Evans and Rashford could only be replaced for 69 and 75 minutes, Kambwala and Antony could only be replaced for 69 and 75 minutes.Evans came off with an uncomfortable look on his face and could have been injured.
After moving B.Silva to the left and Álvarez into the center, City turned into a total possession mode, so that United almost couldn't steal the ball anymore, and had to leave 9 men to die and wait for the end of City's attack before they could get the ball, which led to United not having any offensive power very quickly
At the 79:00 mark ÁLvarez took the ball on the left side of the box and placed it directly on Foden in the back, who raced into the box and shot a low, quick ball directly into the far corner, Foden drove twice.
By this time Foden had switched sides with B. Silva, and it was clear that United's right side couldn't cope with Foden's quick insertion
