Affected by the epidemic, some of the Premier League games have been postponed, fortunately, the year-end battle between Newcastle and Manchester United has not been disturbed, and Newcastle, as a rich local team, has received great attention in the recent past. Manchester United is the century-old giant of the Premier League, winning 20 English top league titles, and this season's Portuguese king Cristiano Ronaldo has returned to Manchester United, which has ignited the enthusiasm of fans.
In the opening stage, both teams were very jealous of each other's rapid counterattack, so the formation retreated deeper and the scene was more flat. However, after some tentative attempts, the home team Newcastle took the lead in the sword, Manchester United centre-back Varane was astutely snatched by Shaun Lang when he took the ball at the back, then he took the ball all the way to shake off Varane's pursuit, and before losing his balance, he distributed the ball to St. Maximan on the left side of the high-speed insertion, who dribbled into the box and chose to cut inside the goal, the ball drew a wonderful arc in the air and sneaked into the far corner of the goal, De Gea faced this world wave, and was also beaten without temper.
After Newcastle took the lead, their front once again took the initiative to recover, and the intention to play a defensive counterattack was very obvious. Especially today, the state of the Manchester United defenders is very slow and hot, which also gave Servi and Jolinton the opportunity to face De Gea many times, fortunately, Manchester United was lucky and did not get pulled apart again. Throughout the first half, the dominant Manchester United were the more passive side, and the tacit cooperation between C Ronaldo and B Fee was cut off by Newcastle's tough defense, and the only few shots on goal were not threatening.
After a midfield adjustment, Lonnick took the initiative to strengthen the attack, the most obvious change is that Rashford on the left side began to power, in the 47th minute his long-range shot was brilliantly defused by the Newcastle goalkeeper, and in the 52nd minute, Ronaldo's volley was getting closer and closer to the goal. Finally, under constant pressure, in the 71st minute, United broke the deadlock. B Fei took the ball in front of the field and moved to the right, Dalot got the ball and chose to cross from the bottom, and after the first push of Cavani, who was wrapped in front of the goal, was blocked, the follow-up shot completed the goal, and finally took away a point for Manchester United on the road.
As can be seen from the statistics after the game, United's advantage in the scene after the second half is very obvious, 70% of the possession rate makes them find 13 shots on goal, but only 4 feet in terms of the number of shots on target, while Newcastle has as many as 8 feet. The lack of offensive efficiency is the biggest reason for Manchester United's loss of points in this campaign, after this game, Manchester United has slipped to 7th place in the table, as many as 7 points away from the Champions League zone of fourth-place Arsenal, Lonnick, the 63-year-old German coach, once again felt the huge pressure as the Red Devils manager.
Not only that, but the performance of Ronaldo, the head of Manchester United, is also very sluggish. As can be seen from the broadcast screen, the whole game he was very uncomfortable, in 90 minutes C Ronaldo only 2 shots and 1 successful pass, the rest of the data is 0, he has not scored in four consecutive games, suffered a 360-minute ball drought, his Premier League goal this season is still stuck at 7 goals, and has been surpassed by Asian star Son Xingyu. Coincidentally, Messi's ball shortage in Ligue 1 has also reached 450 minutes, and the absolute double pride has encountered a lot of doubts in recent times, perhaps seeing the performance of his sworn enemy C Ronaldo, Messi can also get some comfort.