At 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on January 4, the 21st round of the 21/22 Premier League season, Wolves challenged Manchester United away. In the 82nd minute, Moutinho volleyed from outside the penalty area to score the only goal of the game and knocked manchester United 1-0.
Before this game, Arsenal were reversed by Manchester City 1-2, and as long as Manchester United wins, they can narrow the point difference to 1 point and rekindle the hope of competing for four. However, Manchester United lost at home and still trailed by 4 points, and the situation of competing for four is not optimistic. In addition, Manchester United were also overtaken by Tottenham hotspur and fell to 7th in the table.
Manchester United suffered a vengeance against Wolves, ending a three-game winning streak in the Premier League and ending 10 consecutive home unbeaten runs against Wolves. It is worth mentioning that Manchester United lost to Wolves at Old Trafford for the first time since 1980, setting a record for shame.
Wolves not only scored three points, but also moved up to 8th in the standings. More importantly, this Chinese team ushered in a major breakthrough, the first time in the history of the team to attack Manchester United away from home, setting a great record of 42 years. Post-match data showed that Wolves had 19 shots on goal, 10 more than Manchester United, and the number of shots on target was also 6-2, winning manchester United's heart.
As soon as the final whistle blew, wolves players couldn't wait to celebrate and surrounded the goalkeeper José Sa. Jose Sa made three key saves in the game, including a free-kick against Bruno Fernandez in the 96th minute, and contributed to Wolves' three-point clearance.
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In the 34th minute, Wolves grabbed Ronaldo's header and knocked it back, Marsal crossed from the left and Raul Jimenez was slightly offside.
In the 44th minute, Wolves besieged Manchester United in front of the field, Ruben Neves sent a direct plug, the cross of his teammate was extremely threatening, and Phil Jones preemptively broke the siege.
In the 65th minute, After Bourdains swung away from angle on the left, Jimenez flew over the top, this time it was Luke Shaw's turn to save, and the latter's header was cleared.
In the 66th minute, Bruno Fernandez's shot hit the upright and popped up, and then Cristiano Ronaldo broke through the goal, but the offside was cancelled first.
In the 82nd minute, Traore's cross from the right was cleared and Moutinho volleyed from the edge of the penalty area, piercing De Gea's ten-finger mark to give Wolves a 1-0 lead. After scoring, Moutinho also made a celebratory gesture of cradle dancing.
In the last minute of stoppage time, United still had a chance to draw, but José Sa played well, side-saver to defuse Bruno Fernandez's free-kick to protect the 1-0 victory.
After this campaign, Manchester United were in 7th place in the table, while Wolves rose to 8th, just three points away from the Red Devils.