[골닷컴] Reporter Basion = Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur played the Premier League round 29 match of the 2021/22 season at Old Trafford on the 12th (local time). With Ronaldo’s 10th, 11th and 12th goals in the league, United won 3-2 over Tottenham, despite Kane’s penalty kick and Maguire’s own goal. Manchester United, who took three points in an important match for the fierce Champions League fight, succeeded in moving up to fourth place in the league with 50 points (14 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses), beating Arsenal, West Ham and Tottenham. Tottenham, on the other hand, fell to 7th place in the league.
Manchester United played in a 4-2-3-1 formation. Starting with David de Gea, Alex Telles, Harry Maguire, Rafael Varane, Diogo Dalot, Fred, Nemanja Matic, Jaden Sancho, Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Tottenham used a 3-4-2-1 formation. Hugo Lloris, Ben Davis, Eric Dyer, Christian Romero, Sergio Reguilon, Pierre-Emil Hoyvier, Rodrigo Bentancourt, Matt Doherty, Heung-Min Son, Deyan Kulusevsky and Harry Kane started.
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As both teams slowly searched for each other, Manchester United opened the door. In the 12th minute of the first half, Ronaldo received the ball that Fred sensibly passed following receiving Varane’s ball, and his attempted shot shook Tottenham’s goal net. After gaining momentum, Man Utd even had a shot from Pogba 4 minutes later, but it went just a little off the side of the post.
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Tottenham also counterattacked. First, in the 16th minute of the first half, Son Heung-min seemed to have a one-on-one chance, but the Manchester United defense immediately took a seat and attempted to attack. Hojbjerg also tried to shoot, but was blocked by De Gea. Then, in the 17th minute of the first half, Davis tried to get a pass from Heung-Min Son and shook the Manchester United goal net. However, the goal was not awarded due to an offside decision.
Tottenham continued to look for opportunities. As Manchester United’s goal seemed to be regarding to open, the equalizer finally came. In the 33rd minute of the first half, Tells committed a handball foul while Kulusevsky broke through. Tottenham were given a chance to take a penalty kick, and Kane, the kicker, succeeded. The score went back to 1-1.
It was Ronaldo who made the difference once more while going once morest Manchester United. In the 37th minute of the first half, Sancho rushed in and received the ball, and Ronaldo attempted a shot in front of the door leading to an additional goal. The first half ended with United leading 2-1.
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In the second half, Tottenham pressured to turn the score once more. In the 15th minute of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur, who did not miss Sancho’s defensive mistake, took an opportunity and Son Heung-min tried to finish, but he slightly missed the side of the goal.
In the 27th minute of the second half, Tottenham finally managed to equalize. In the competitive situation, players from both teams competed in the Manchester United camp, and Son Heung-min passed to Reguilon in the empty space. Maguire tried to block Reguilon’s attack and the ball went into Manchester United’s goal, which was scored as an own goal by Maguire.
With the score at the origin once more, both teams had to press more on each other for three points. In the 31st minute of the second half, Ronaldo’s surprise shot headed towards Tottenham’s goal and nearly scored a hat-trick. However, Lloris managed to save the team.
But Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in the end. Ronaldo, who received a corner kick from Tells, attempted a header shot that was directly linked to the goal. With ten minutes left of the match, Ronaldo once once more became a hero.
Four minutes of extra time was given in the second half, and Tottenham did their best until the end. But there was not enough time to reverse the score. In the end, Tottenham might not equalize or come from behind, and the match ended in a 3-2 win for Manchester United.
