MANCHESTER. Manchester United football players won Sunday’s Manchester derby at the City pitch, when they turned from 0:1 to 2:1 in the final minutes of the second half.
The hero of the duel was the guests’ winger Amad Diallo, who scored a penalty and a few minutes later decided on the triumph of the “red devils”.
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In the ranking, the 195th Manchester derby was not too exciting in the first hour. Both sides were tactical from the start, and the visitors did not directly threaten the opponent’s goalkeeper even once in the first half.
“Citizens” showed just a little more going forward, but it was enough for the leading goal. Kevin de Bruyne’s dotted cross landed on Joško Guardiola’s head and he scored his fourth goal of the season in the PL.
Ruben Amorim’s men could not get in front of the opponent’s goal for a long time, they managed to do it only after an hour of the game, when Ederson’s brilliant save pushed out Amado Diallo’s clever header.
The “Red Devils” were close to equalizing even in the 74th minute, when Rasmus Höjlund found Bruno Fernandes, but the hosts’ captain narrowly missed.
However, United’s moments came at the very end. In the 87th minute, Matheus Nunes played a disastrous little shot home, which was intercepted by Diallo, and the City midfielder subsequently brought him down in the penalty area.
The penalty was safely converted by Fernandes, and just two minutes later, the hero of the duel, Diallo, decided. Lisandro Martinez’s long kick fell behind the City defense, the winger from the Ivory Coast collected the ball and sent it into the net from a wide angle – 1:2.
Thanks to the first triumph in the Premier League from three duels, United moved to 12th place in the table. City is in fifth place, but they have won only once (1-2-8) from the past eleven matches in all competitions. Liverpool is already nine points behind leaders, while the “Reds” have a game to spare.
Chelsea beat Brentford 2-1 in a close game to claim their fifth league win in a row. The Blues are in second place in the table, two points behind Liverpool, who have a game in hand.
Brentford struggled, but once again did not get a point at home and only got one away from home this season.
Tottenham won 5-0 at Southampton, scoring all the goals in the first half. “Roosters” moved to 10th place, the home team is last with five points.
Crystal Palace players won 3:1 at Brighton and moved to 15th place in the table. The “Eagles” confirmed their good form from the last few weeks and scored in the fifth game in a row (2-3-0). They beat Brighton for the first time since 2021.
Crystal Palace laid the foundation for a first-half triumph when Trevoh Chalobah scored in the 27th minute and Ismaila Sarr added six minutes later.
The Senegalese winger made it 3-0 in the end, and the home team recorded an honorable success thanks to Marco Guehi’s own goal. Brighton are winless for the fourth game in the series and are in 9th place.
Premier League – Round of 16:
Manchester City – Manchester United 1:2 (1:0)
Goals: 36. Guardiol – 88. Fernandes (from 11m), 90. Diallo
FC Brighton – Crystal Palace 1:3 (0:2)
Goals: 87. Guehi (vl.) – 27. Chalobah, 33. a 82. Sarr
FC Chelsea – FC Brentford 2:1 (1:0)
Goals: 43. Cucurella, 80. Jackson – 90. Mbeumo
FC Southampton – Tottenham Hotspur
Goals: 1. a 45.+4 Maddison, 12. Son, 14. Kulusevski, 25. Sarr