There are days when the ball doesn’t want to enter the opposing goal. One of those who lived City of Manchester during his visit to the new promotion Sheffield Unitedwho built a wall and resisted the first draw against the team for more than an hour Pep Guardiola. The ‘blades’ bravely withstood the onslaught of the ‘citizens’ and after Haaland opened the can they nearly upset City again by leveling the game in the last minute. What Sheffield didn’t expect was that Rodri comes to the rescue of his with a whip that gave them the final victory.
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Sheffield United: Foderingham; Baldock (Bogle, m.71), Ahmedhodzic, Egan Robinson, Osborn (Larouci, m.18); Souza, Norwood (Basham, m.80), Hamer; Osula (McBurnie, m.71) and Traoré.
Manchester City: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Aké, Gvardiol, Silva, Rodri, Kovacic (Foden, m.86); Grealish, Alvarez and Haaland.
The objectives: 0-1. Haaland, m.63, 1-1. Bogle, m.85 and 1-2. Rodri, m.88.
Referee: Jarred Gillett advised Baldock (m.45+4), Osula (m.60), Souza (m.78) and Egan (m.83) of Sheffield United.
Incidents: The match corresponding to the third day of the Premier League played at the Bramall Lane stadium.
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A priori, everything indicated that it would be a good afternoon for City in their visit to Sheffield. those of Guardiola, absent due to a back problem and replaced on a temporary basis by Juanma Lillo, came to the event full of energy after lifting the European Super Cup and winning their first two league games. The ‘blades’, recently promoted, have had the complete opposite dynamic with two consecutive defeats, but before the city They put up a daring defense.
Haaland did not receive a penalty
Paul Heckingbottom’s team grew and He held the initial 0-0 for over an hour. Not even the incredible Haaland was able to take advantage of a penalty in the first half to settle the game. The Norwegian rushed his shot too quickly and the ball deflected off the wood, preventing his goal. At that time, Aké saw his target not go up on the scoreboard.
He follows the tonic in the second act, with the City was completely turned upside down looking for a goal and Sheffield proud fighting until they couldn’t take it anymore. Grealish hooked it into the area with a goal and found the head of Haaland in the second post. Uncontested shot and goal. The celebration was fun on a spontaneous jump on the field and hung behind the Norwegian, who laughed it off.
This was not the only surprise of the match, as Sheffield changed the register and began to bite City. Guardiola’s men were a flan in defense and a chain error facilitated the Equalizer by Jayden Bogle in the 85′.
City were in a hurry, fully stepping on the accelerator and fencing off the opposition goal. is Rodriwith a wonderful right hand, who bailed on his team and gave him a third straight victory to put himself in the first position.
Source: La Verdad
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