WHAT’S AT STAKE? United are bidding to qualify for the competition’s inaugural league phase, which operates in a similar format to the men’s tournament, but with 18 teams and six matches per club. Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Chelsea, Juventus, Lyon, Paris Saint-Germain and Wolfsburg have already booked their spots, and the remaining nine teams…
After a bright start, Phil Foden’s header deflated United’s optimism and, from that point onwards, the Reds struggled to fashion an equaliser. Erling Haaland’s second-half double took the match away from the Reds and, effectively, settled the encounter. “If you lose and you play good and you have the chances we created in previous games,…
WE NEED TO BE PERFECT IN THESE GAMES “In these kind of games, we need to be perfect and in this game we were not perfect. The frustration is always the same because of the amount of chances we need to score goals. We need to work on a lot of things for the next…
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When asked what part he played in allowing Foden to have a free header in the box for the opener, Bruno provided incredible detail in his response. “I was trying to press Rodri,” he explained. “Because the aim before the game was one of the midfielders to drop on Rodri and one of the defenders…
FIRST HALF – BEHIND AT THE BREAK It seemed imperative for United to weather an early storm yet, with a matter of seconds on the clock, Haaland managed to get behind our defence to flash an effort across the face of Altay Bayindir’s goal. Thankfully, this proved a rare lapse in the opening exchanges, and…
The United boss explained how the Reds are getting the best out of new recruit Jess Park… Source link
“We really wanted to focus this week on bouncing back from our Champions League game. We were really disappointed and wanted to really jump into this. “The team we played was a new team, so it’s very interesting the players that they have and we didn’t know what to expect, but I think for us…
THE TEAMS City: Donnarumma; Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Rodri, Silva (c), Reijnders; Foden, Haaland, Doku. Substitutes: Trafford, Ake, Lewis, Mfuni, Gonzalez, Mukasa, Nunes, Bobb, Savinho. United: Bayindir; Yoro, De Ligt, Shaw; Mazraoui, Ugarte, Fernandes (c), Dorgu; Amad, Mbeumo; Sesko. Substitutes: Heaton, Lammers, Fredricson, Heaven, Leon, Maguire, Mainoo, Casemiro, Zirkzee. Source link
Remarkably, Le Tissier’s landmark appearance came in the team’s 100th competitive fixture since she signed from Brighton in July 2022. She hasn’t missed a single game across her three-and-a-bit seasons to date, demonstrating incredible availability, consistency and fitness. Within that century, Maya has started 98 times and made two substitute appearances – the latter coming…
