Manchester United continues to shine and defeats leaders Arsenal (Manchester United 3 - 1 Arsenal)

 

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Manchester United continued its ascending trend and inflicted Arsenal's first loss this season by defeating it with three goals against Sunday's goal in the sixth stage of the English Premier League.

Despite the loss, Arsenal retained the lead with 15 points, while Manchester United climbed to fifth place with 12 points, after achieving the fourth victory in a row, knowing that it started the season in the worst possible way when it received two consecutive losses against Brighton and Brentford.

Anthony opened the scoring in the match by scoring the first goal for Manchester United in the 35th minute, and Bukayo Saka equalized for Arsenal in the 60th minute.

In the 66th minute, Marcus Rashford put United in front again by scoring the second goal, before the same player returned and scored the third goal in the 76th minute.

Match Details 

The start of the match came strong from the owners of the land, an attempt to surprise the Gunners with an early goal, but the Arsenal defense took control of things quickly and then the Arsenal center succeeded in extending its control over the course of the game until Bukayo Saka was able to dedicate a wonderful assist pass to Gabriel Martinelli, who was unique in David de Gea goal and succeeded in opening The score was scored in the 11th minute, but the referee canceled it after returning to the "Var" technique.

Despite the continued pressure from Arsenal players, especially the trio of Saka, Jesus and Martinelli, the goal of progress came from United after Marcus Rashford took advantage of the poor positioning of the London defenders and gave a cunning decisive pass to the newcomer to the ranks of the Red Devils, Anthony, who confidently deposited the net, announcing his first goals with Manchester United in his first match with the team in the 35th minute.

In the second half, Arsenal's attempts to restore balance and return to the match continued, and Martinelli's ball hit David de Gea bar before the Gunners playmaker Martin Odegaard succeeded in passing a through ball to Jesus, and defender Dalot entered to keep it away and it reached Saka, who deposited it in the net, announcing the equalizing goal in the 60th minute.

Arsenal players did not congratulate the equalizer, and in the 66th minute Rashford managed to score the second goal for United after he was completely alone in the goal of Arsenal goalkeeper Ramsdale.

Arsenal's defensive collapse continued in the second half, and the team was completely affected by the absence of Mohamed Elneny and Thomas Barty, the defensive midfielders, who were injured. In the 76th minute, Christian Eriksen gave a crucial pass to Rashford, who easily hit the visitors' defense and scored the third goal.

Haaland's father: For these reasons, we preferred to join City, not Real Madrid

 

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Alf Inge Haaland, father of Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, explained why his son preferred to join the heavenly team, not Real Madrid.

Haaland joined Manchester City this summer from Borussia Dortmund in return for paying the penalty clause in his contract.

Haaland's father told Viaplay: "The most important criteria we thought about when we were considering offers to Erling was the team's need for a clear striker."

"Manchester City got the full mark 10/10, it was the ideal choice," the Norwegian added.

And the former City player continued, "Real Madrid got 5 or 6 degrees in relation to its need for an explicit striker, because of what Karim Benzema offers, and the possibility of contracting with Kylian Mbappe."

Real Madrid tried to sign Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain before the latter extended his contract with his French club.

And he continued, "Erling's decision was to move to the right club that he urgently needed, so City met all the conditions, and Real Madrid has Benzema and is thinking of including Mbappe."

For his part, Erling Haaland, when asked in the same dialogue (How can you say no to a legendary team like Real Madrid?), replied, "Good question, you can't do that."

The Norwegian striker has already exploded with Manchester City, scoring 10 goals in his first 6 matches in the Premier League.

To be the top scorer in the English Premier League in his first season after moving from Dortmund during the summer transfer period.

The full list of scorers is as follows:

Erling Haaland - Manchester City - 10 goals

Aleksandar Mitrovic - Fulham - 6 goals

Harry Kane - Tottenham - 5 goals

Evan Toni - Brentford - 5 goals

Rodrygo - Leeds United - 4 goals

Wilfried Zaha - Crystal Palace - 4 goals

Martin Odegaard - Arsenal - 3 goals

Pascal Gross - Brighton - 3 goals

Gabriel Martinelli - Arsenal - 3 goals

Roberto Firmino - Liverpool - 3 goals

Luis Diaz - Liverpool - 3 goals

Pascal Gross - Brighton - 3 goals

Raheem Sterling - Chelsea - 3 goals

Gabriel Jesus - Arsenal - 3 goals

Naby Keita left out of Liverpool's Champions League squad

 

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It appears that Liverpool's Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will miss a period of no less than two months, which was confirmed by the team's Champions League squad.

Each team registered its list with the European Football Association after the end of the summer transfer period.

And the list of Liverpool was devoid of the name of Naby Keita and Chamberlain, both of whom suffer from a muscle injury.

While the list witnessed the presence of the name of the Brazilian Artur Melo, who joined from Italian Juventus on loan for the end of the season a few days ago, and the young Spaniard Stefan Paitić.

Jurgen Klopp's decision to drop Asmi Keita and Chamberlain from the Champions League list confirms their absence for at least two months.

Klopp can register Keita and Chamberlain in the new list at the end of January, if he continues in the tournament that he won in 2019.

The group stage of the Champions League this year ends on the second of next November, unlike what it used to end in December of each year.

This is due to the 2022 World Cup being held in November and December, which caused several changes to the Champions League dates this season.

The group stage starts on September 6 at its usual time annually, but the rest of the group stage matches will be played on successive dates until this stage ends before the World Cup, specifically on November 2.

As for the round of 16, it begins on February 14, 2023, which is the usual date, then the competition will be completed with the quarter-finals on April 11, and the semi-finals on May 9.

The final match will be held on June 10.

The dates were as follows:

group stage

First round: 6-7 September 2022

Second round: September 13-14, 2022

Third round: 4-5 October 2022

Fourth round: October 11-12, 2022

Fifth round: October 25-26, 2022

Sixth round: 1-2 November 2022

Quarter-finals first leg: February 14, 15, 21 and 22, 2023

Second leg of the final: 7, 8, 14 and 15 March

Quarter-finals, first leg: April 11-12

Quarter-finals, second leg: April 18 and 19

Semi-finals, first leg: May 9-10

Semi-finals, second leg: 16-17 May

Final: June 10

Neuer reveals Bayern Munich's trick to beat Inter Milan in the Champions League

 

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Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer spoke words that the Italian press considered a hint regarding his team's tactics to face Inter Milan in the Champions League.

Neuer said in a press statement: "Inter is a smart team and defends well, but I think they will go out to play more than Union Berlin (the last match for Bavarian in the league)."

"This way we can steal the ball in the middle of the field and it will be a shorter distance to the opponent's goal."

Bayern Munich is in the "group of death" in the Champions League, along with Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan and Victoria Plzen.

Bayern Munich started its season with a usual strength, defeating RB Leipzig in the Super Cup 5-3, then beating Eintracht Frankfurt 6-1, Wolfsburg 2-0 and Bochum 7-0.

But in the last two matches, the team drew 1-1 with Borussia Moenchengladbach and Union Berlin.

And while Inter had a clear defensive solidity last season, winning the Italian Cup and the Super Cup, this season showed some problems in the Nerazzurri.

Inter kept one clean sheet when they beat Spezia 3-0, while suffering two defeats in the first 5 rounds at the hands of Lazio and Milan.

Bayern will host Inter on Wednesday, while Viktoria Plzen will visit Barcelona.

The English Premier League is reviewing the work of the VAR technology

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The English Premier League intends to hold an emergency meeting with the referees committee to review the mechanism of the operation of the video assistant technology for the referee after a series of controversial errors.

This comes after the big objections that came out after the controversial decisions of the referees in the current round, as the referees canceled goals of questionable validity.

The association called on the referees committee to review the decisions to cancel the goal of Newcastle United in its match with Crystal Palace, which ended in a goalless draw, as well as West Ham's goal against Chelsea, which they lost by two goals.