Samu Omorodion is here to stay. To those who doubted his fine streak playing in Portugal, the Spanish forward showed he was ready to accept Luis de la Fuente’s call for Absolute by scoring a double against Manchester United, although it wasn’t helped them win (3-3 ) . Maguire, in the 91st minute and missed due to the dismissal of Bruno Fernandes, equalized and gave Ten Hag extra time.
The former Atlético de Madrid player has already scored 7 goals in five games in a Porto shirt. Hair will be pulled out at the Metropolitano and also at Stamford Bridge, because Chelsea did not sign him. Even more so if they saw the duel with Do Dragao, where the Spanish striker had an influence on three goals.
Looks like the party belongs to Marcus Rashford. The English winger undoubtedly needed it, hidden so far this season but receiving a chance to repeat Ten Hag’s starting role. He didn’t want to waste it and after 7 minutes he pulled a personal game out of his hat, with the croquette, with a little help from Diogo Costa for the goal. They were United’s best minutes in that first half. Led by Eriksen and Bruno Fernandes, with Casemiro in another game that left something to be desired, he found space on the move and so Hojlund doubled the advantage by finishing at the short post (20′ ).
The ‘Red Devil’ fans are getting the party ready, but Porto, who dominated possession, aren’t even giving off a bad feeling. He almost failed to finish but with a Samu header blocked by Onana, Pepé also collected it with his head to close the gap (27′). The Spaniard was left with a thorn, but he quickly removed it. As a reference and again with his forehead, this time he was successful by converting a cross from Joao Mario (34′).
Porto’s dominant tone continued even in the first minutes after the break. Moura warned, having lost a one-on-one matchup against a brilliant Onana. But he couldn’t do anything with Samu’s next attempt, a high shot that the Cameroonian couldn’t reach to confirm the return (50′). A goal that satisfied Vítor Bruno’s team, as they retreated and decided to spend the remaining minutes closing the gaps.
It costs United. Without Rashford on the field, strangely replaced at half-time by Garnacho, dangerous chances were scarce for United. Diogo Costa didn’t have to do too much to not fit in despite the good performances of Erikson and Bruno Fernandes. The Portuguese player at least lasted as long as he was on the field, as he was sent off again, this time for a double yellow, for raising his right boot to the level of his opponent’s head in the final stretch. And with inferiority, things got raw.
Furthermore, Ten Hag thanked Onana for his stoppage to avoid a fourth, although that should not influence the Dutchman’s increasingly unfortunate fortunes. United didn’t end up pressing either, showing character and with Alejandro Garnacho pulling the car back. And that good image was strengthened by Maguire, who headed a corner kick, tied the rivalry fairly (91′), which gave air to Ten Hag, even though it was fair and necessary.
match lineup
99
23
74
22
97
24
6
16
9
11
13
24
3
20
14
4
6
16
18
9
8
10
Dragão Stadium
Andre Onana24
77′
Noussair Mazraoui3
Diogo Dalot20
91′
Christian Eriksen14
Matthijs de Ligt4
78′
Lisandro Martinez6
77′
77′
Amad Diallo16
68′
Casemiro18
30′
33′
49′
77′
Rasmus Hojlund9
19′
67′
26′
62′
Bruno Fernandes8
31′
80′
Marcus Rashford10
6′
45′
Replacements
Altay Bayindir1
Tom Heaton22
62′
Victor Lindelof2
77′
Harry Maguire5
77′
90′
77′
Johnny Evans35
78′
Manuel Ugarte25
Toby Collyer43
Daniel Gore44
Joshua Zirkzee11
67′
91′
Alejandro Garnacho17
45′
77′
Anthony21
68′
coach
Vítor Bruno Clara Santos Motas Fernandes
Erik ten Haag
Source: La Verdad
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