At 23:30 on the evening of April 2, Beijing time, in the 29th round of the 2022-23 Premier League season, Manchester United went to St. James's Park to challenge Newcastle United away. In the first half, De Gea saved the goal without losing it; In the second half, Willock and Wilson scored with back-to-back headers. In the end, Manchester United lost 2-0 away to Newcastle United, suffered a three-game winless run, and was overtaken by their opponents in points, and the two teams accumulated 50 points, and Manchester United slipped to fourth place due to goal difference.
Manchester United have won six consecutive cup competitions (Europa League, League Cup and FA Cup) but suffered a winless run in two league matches, including a 7-0 defeat against Liverpool. The two teams met just a month ago in the Carabao Cup final, with Manchester United beating Newcastle 2-0 to win the title. This match is a direct match between the two teams for Champions League qualification.
In the 12th minute, Manchester United made a tackle, Anthony dribbled the ball from the right flank and sent it straight in front of the box, Westhorst stepped forward to the right side of the box and volleyed right-footed, the ball hit the side netting. In the 16th minute, Murphy received the ball from the right and picked out a cross in front of the goal, Isaac nodded in front of the goal and was saved by De Gea, and Willock's close-range shot was again blocked by De Gea.
In the 18th minute, Anthony received a diagonal plug from the middle on the right side of the penalty area and fired a left-footed shot into the far corner, and the ball was slightly deflected. One minute later, Saint-Maximin swung a left-footed cross from the left side of the penalty area and Longstaff's header from the centre was deflected, who was also offside.
In the 31st minute, Newcastle played a quick counter-attack when Willock fired a right-footed shot from distance in front of the box and the ball deflected off the line. In the 33rd minute, Manchester United countered with a long pass from the back, and B Fei on the left side of the front picked up a cross in the middle, Dalot's right-footed push was not strong, Pope held the ball. In the 37th minute, B Fei was knocked down from behind when he received the ball in the Newcastle penalty area, and the referee determined that it was not a penalty.
In the 38th minute, Saint-Maximin came to the front with the ball and crossed, and Lanstaff on the right pulled out his foot and shot angrily, and the ball deflected off the upright. In the 40th minute, Newcastle counter-attacked, St. Maximin dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area, and Willock's powerful volley from the back post went slightly above the crossbar.
In the 42nd minute, Luke Shaw drove a corner kick from the right into the box and Anthony's left-footed shot high was unguarded at the back post. At the end of the first half, neither team scored.
In the 56th minute, B Fei passed the ball to the left side of the box, Anthony swung a left-footed shot from the defender, and Pope held the ball. In the 57th minute, Scheer took the ball and advanced into the box with a long-range right-footed shot that was slightly deflected. In the 62nd minute, Martial, who returned from injury, replaced Westhorst.
In the 65th minute, Isaac split the ball to the right at the top of the arc, Guimaraes picked out the post, St. Maximin crossed in front of the goal, Willock relayed a header from the goal line into the empty net, Newcastle led Manchester United 1-0.
In the 75th minute, Buffy picked out a cross from the left side of the box to the right of the penalty area, Varane headed it over the goal, Pope took the ball. In the 76th minute, Trippier drove a corner kick from the left into the box, Jolrington headed the ball, the ball was saved by De Gea and bounced off the crossbar, Scheer's header was added and Martial headed away from the goal line.
In the 82nd minute, Baffy on the left side of the front picked out a cross on the right flank, Martial stopped the ball and shot with his left foot, and the ball hit Scheer's back and went out of the line. One minute later, Luke Shaw took a corner kick from the right and Lindelof in front of the box flicked his header over the top of the goal. In the 86th minute, Newcastle took advantage of a corner kick to organise a second attack, Anderson crossed from the left and Dan Byrne in front of goal headed wide.
In the 88th minute, Newcastle won a free-kick near the corner area on the right side of the pitch, Trippier crossed and Wilson in the box scored with a header to give Newcastle a 2-0 lead over Manchester United.
In the 94th minute, Scheer came to the box with the ball from midfielder and worked with Guimarães, who crossed and Scheer's right-footed shot in the middle of the box was slightly high. In the end, the game was over, and Manchester United lost 2-0 away to Newcastle United.