At 20:30 Beijing time on February 12, the 25th round of the Premier League, Manchester United hosted Southampton. 1-1, United scored just one point at home, with Marcus Rashford assisting Sancho scoring. For Cristiano Ronaldo, it was a depressing game: 1 goal and 1 assist, all blown offside. After entering 2022, Ronaldo is still 0 goals and 0 assists. The New Year's Premier League scored 13 shots on goal, and the embarrassing record continues...
In the Premier League table, Manchester United scored 39 points in 23 games, ranking 6th. Southampton finished 10th with 28 points in 23 games. For Manchester United, if all three points are taken in this game, they can temporarily reach the top 4. Ronaldo, Marcus Rashford and Sancho joined forces, and Pogba started consecutively.
Just 6 minutes into the opening, Manchester United almost scored! Sancho sent a straight plug, C Ronaldo's single knife flashed the door opener! Unfortunately, Ronaldo's push was cleared by the defender.
In the 21st minute, Manchester United broke the deadlock! B Fee sent a wonderful pass, Rashford sprinted on the right, and then sent a cross! Sancho's right-footed shot from the back post deflected into the net on Petez's leg and United led 1-0! After joining Manchester United, Sancho finally scored his first home goal in the Premier League.
Before the end of the half, C Ronaldo assisted Pogba to score a goal, but the referee raised the flag to signal that C Ronaldo was offside.
Southampton equalised in the 48th minute: El Yunusi's direct pass and Adams' push from the left side of the penalty area hit the far corner, 1-1!
United's loss of the ball was a clear defensive misconduct – the staring was not tight, the pressure was not strong enough, and Varane glanced at Dalot and blamed him for his mistake. C Luo was also angry and raised his hand to express his dissatisfaction.
In the 72nd minute, B Fei's free kick cross was met by Sancho assisting Ronaldo to break the goal, but Ronaldo was clearly offside and the goal was blown. In this game, Cristiano Ronaldo staged an "offside pass": an offside position before assisting Pogba, and the goal was also offside. Manchester United No. 7 looked for a referee theory, but it was only in vain.
In the 88th minute, Maguire stepped on the latter's calf while defending Broia! The referee determined that Maguire had acted unintentionally and did not show a red card.
Maguire was on the verge of death
Manchester United played more and more impatiently, and in the 90th minute, The substitute Jesse Lingard was yellowed because of complaints, and the anxious emotions of the whole team were written on the face and movements. In the 92nd minute, Manchester United almost scored a dead end, and Maguire's header was magically saved by the goalkeeper!
In the rainy battle, Manchester United failed to win Southampton at home 1-1, and the planned 3 points were changed to 1 point. The 70,000 Manchester United fans at the scene issued a boo. For United, it was another blow: winning would temporarily make it into the top 4, but the Red Devils missed the chance.