SnO Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Defending champion Manchester City prepared in the best way for what awaits him in the middle of the week from a grueling test against leaders Arsenal by defeating its guest Aston Villa 3-1, while its neighbor Manchester United entered the heart of the struggle for a title that it had been absent from since 2013 by returning from Leeds Stadium by winning 2-0. Sunday in the 23rd round of the English Premier League. At the Etihad Stadium, City put behind him the defeat he received in the last round at Tottenham, 0-1, and rumors that he could be punished for being accused of more than 100 violations of the financial rules, and prepared in the best way for the expected match next Wednesday at Arsenal Stadium in a postponed match from the 12th round. Spanish coach Josep Guardiola's team raised its tally to 48 points, in second place, just 3 points behind Arsenal, who struggled Saturday at home to Brentford (1-1). And against a team that has not lost against it in all competitions since September 2013 (2-3 in the league at Villa Park), City decided the match in a big way in its first half, after it finished ahead with three clean goals, which the Spaniard Rodri started in the fourth minute with a header after he received the ball from the Algerian Riad. Mahrez after a corner kick. Then the German, Ilkay Gundogan, added the second in the 39th minute, after a solo effort and a cross pass on a silver platter from the Norwegian Erling Haaland, before Mahrez reinforced the score with the third from a penalty kick that Jack Grealish grabbed from Jacob Ramsey (1 + 45). And after a mistake in getting the ball out, hope returned to Aston Villa at the beginning of the second half through Olly Watkins, who received the ball from Brazilian Douglas Luiz, so he advanced with it before hitting the floor to the right of Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson (61). Despite some losses and many opportunities for Villa, most notably to Brazilian substitute Philippe Coutinho from a long shot that Ederson sent under the crossbar (80) and another to Colombian newcomer John Doran, which bounced off the crossbar (2 + 90), City held out and kept the result the same until the final whistle. Manchester United is in the heart of the conflict And at Elland Road, 4 days after wasting two points at home in a 2-2 draw with Leeds in a postponed match from the eighth round, Manchester United struggled to collect the three points, but eventually succeeded in emerging victorious before traveling to Spain to face Barcelona next Thursday in the first leg of the play-off. Qualification for the final price of the European League "Europa League". More importantly, for the team of Dutch coach Eric ten Hag, he raised his score to 46 points and became temporarily second, by a point ahead of arch-rivals Manchester City, the defending champion, who will meet later Aston Villa, while falling behind by 5 points from leaders Arsenal. De Gea: A perfect day Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea, who played his 400th Premier League match, spoke of Sunday's victory, telling Sky Sports: "You saw what (the victory) meant at the end of the game, whether it was for the fans or the players. We deserved to win at home ( Wednesday against Leeds) but we did it today." "We fought to the end as a team," he added, refusing to talk about what it meant to play his 400th game because "today it wasn't about that. It was about winning the game and we did that, so now I can enjoy my 400th Premier League game... clean sheets, massive 3 points and 400 Match: A perfect day. And after Leeds started the meeting with a double chance after a shot by Patrick Bamford that De Gea blocked, and the ball fell in front of the Dutchman Criscencio Summerville, who knocked it out in the stands (4), the preference moved to United, who was close to scoring by the Portuguese Bruno Fernandes, but he hit the side net (19). And Leeds almost scored before the end of the first half through Summerville, but De Gea was on time (44), then Fernandez responded individually, but he failed to put the ball out of reach of French goalkeeper Ilan Meslier (1 + 45), and the Dutchman, Fout Fijkhorst, followed it with a header. After a corner kick, the ball hit the post (45+2). Leeds started the second half pressing and threatened De Gea's goal on more than one occasion, most notably through Summerville, who collided with the brilliance of the Spanish goalkeeper (47). Rashford frees United Then United's luck struggled after a shot from the outskirts of the area by Portuguese Diogo Dalo bounced off the crossbar (63), before the two teams then exchanged chances without success in front of the goal until the 80th minute when Rashford snatched the lead for United with a wonderful header after a cross from Luke Shaw, raising his score to 12 league goals this season. United liberated after this goal and reinforced the second through the young Argentine-Spanish substitute Alejandro Garnacho, who received the ball from Fijkhorst, so the 18-year-old advanced with it and penetrated into the area before he shot it out of reach of Meslier (85). https://www.aljazeera.net/sport/football/2023/2/12/الدوري-الإنجليزي-مانشستر-يونايتد-2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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