It has been nearly two seasons in charge of Manchester United, and Ten Hag still has not brought any improvement to the Red Devils, losing to Crystal Palace and Arsenal in the past two rounds, and has completely bid farewell to next season's Champions League; Even after reaching the FA Cup final, Ten Hag's position still looks like it will be in flux. In the 34th round of the Premier League in midweek, Manchester United and Newcastle met again, and the three young players Mainou, Diallo and Hoylen each made a contribution, and Manchester United won 3-2 at home.
Newcastle are sixth in the table, six points ahead of Manchester United, in a battle for a place in next season's European competition. In this game, Ten Hag actually lined up a set of strikers, Hoylen and Rashford were both on the bench, and B Fee, who missed two games, returned to partner with Diallo and Garnacho in the front; Scott McTominay, Menou and Amrabat form a midfield combination; Diogo Dalot, Evans, Casemiro and Aaron Wan-Bissaka built the backline, with Onana in front of the goal line. On Newcastle's side, the main players including Kieran Trippier, Guimaraes, Gordon, Isak, and Murphy also appeared in the starting line-up.
After the start of the game, Manchester United rarely played a rather pressing half, in the 10th minute, Amrabat headed into the box, Casemiro barbed high; In the 15th minute, Diallo cut in laterally and shot with his left foot from outside the penalty area, and Dubravka quickly went down to save the ball; In the 26th minute, B Fei sent a pick-up pass, Garnacho quickly stepped forward and volleyed from a small angle, and Dubravka made a decisive attack to save the ball from the bottom line.
In the 32nd minute, Diallo received Amrabat's transfer on the right side and then cut inside and crossed, the ball was refracted in the middle, and the ghost almost came to the penalty spot, and Menou came to push directly into the net without any effort, 1:0! The 19-year-old has scored his fourth goal of the season, more than Anthony.
In the 36th minute, Anderson outflanked the header at the back post, Onana was out of reach, and Casemiro completed a limit header clearance on the goal line! In the 43rd minute, Guimaraes jumped to the top of the header in a corner kick, and after half-time, Manchester United did not have much possession, but the chances created and the number of shots on goal were the dominant side.
However, as soon as he came back in the second half, Manchester United quickly conceded the goal, in the 48th minute, Onana made a long pass in the backfield, Newcastle won the ball in the backfield and hung it forward, Isak got rid of the back diagonal plug, Murphy spun to the penalty area on the right, Gordon outflanked the volley to equalize, 1:1! Gordon has 12 goals and 10 assists this season and is likely to be named in England's squad for the European Championships.
In the 52nd minute, Wan-Bissaka made a mistake in receiving the ball in the middle circle, Newcastle launched a counterattack, Gordon drove straight into the cross, Amrabat made a great tackle to destroy Isak's close shot; In the 57th minute, B Fei took a corner kick to the front point and was cleared, and the unmarked Diallo at the back point scored in the far corner, 2:1! The goal was Diallo's first Premier League goal, and his first senior goal came against Liverpool in the FA Cup.
In the 66th minute, Isak made a backheel back, Guimaraes went through, and Almiron pushed and was blocked by Onana; In the 72nd minute, Almiron went straight to the front of the penalty area, and Gordon inserted the ball into the penalty area on the left side to get rid of the push and slide the far corner of the goal! In the 84th minute, Newcastle pressed all the pressure to cause a void in the back defense, B Fei advanced on the left side and counterattacked and sent a cross through the crotch, and Huo Yilun, who had just come off the bench, carried the push into the far corner with his physical advantage, 3:1!
In the 92nd minute, Newcastle's corner kick was cleared, and Hall stopped the ball in front of the arc to blast out the world wave and chase another goal, 3:2! However, Manchester United still held on to the one-goal advantage, winning three points 3:2 to win this crucial European place battle; And avoid losing more than 10 home games in a single season for the first time in team history. However, because of the disadvantage of goal difference, Manchester United can still only sit in 8th place in the table, and if they fail to upset Manchester City in the FA Cup, the Red Devils will even miss out on next season's European places.