Even Ronaldo "surprised": Manchester United celebrates "more than victory"
Rashford beat West Ham in extra time, Ronaldo "Cedar and Firgen", Rangnick "offensive" optimistic, Martial looking for a solution, United celebrated Top-4
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23/01/2022
Sunday, 23 January 2022, 06:32
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Summary: Manchester United - West Ham 0: 1 (Sport 1)
Much more than three points: Manchester United defeated West Ham 0-1 yesterday (Saturday) and qualified at the expense of their rival for fourth place.
Beyond being in the top 4, United know that victory is a source of optimism for a variety of reasons: it starts with a win, with a 93rd-minute goal, drawn by the conqueror, Marcus Rashford, one of the crowd-pleasing players who finally lands, and drawn to the atmosphere itself.
United players looked happy together, with Anthony Martial also getting hugs from his teammates after speculation about his departure.
Coach Ralph Rangnick talked about the joy and celebration in the locker room, and also Cristiano Ronaldo, who is sometimes accused of selfishness, looked happy for his friend and demonstratively celebrated the goal.
He then uploaded to Instagram a photo of himself hugging Rashford, and congratulated him.
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Rashford prevailed in the 93rd minute and Manchester United climbed to fourth place
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What an important goal, how much he deserves.
Rashford (Photo: Reuters)
Paragons from all directions.
United (Photo: Reuters)
Lots of attacking players, Ronaldo attracted the defensive players?
Kabani (in doubt) (Photo: Screenshot, Sports 1)
And speaking of Ronaldo, after the Portuguese did not score again, but according to Samuel Lakhurst of the Manchester Evening News, "one of West Ham's analysts said towards the end that 'Ronaldo kills us in the attacking space'. "And he attracts two players, and makes room for Kabani and Marcial."
United may have played a pretty disappointing game against the Hammers, but could draw optimism from the approach, as Rio Ferdinand tweeted - "United's front at the time of the winning goal: Ronaldo, Rashford Cavani and Martial. Really did not settle for a point!".
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Rashford on goal: "I'm satisfied, I'm happy, it's important for the team. We've achieved two important victories, both in a different way, and that should give us confidence."
On the result: "Obviously it has great significance. There are some teams below us that are missing a few games, but it's nice to take a break in fourth place. In the Premier League you never know what will happen, so we have to concentrate only on ourselves."
English League 2021/22
Group
Games
Victories
draw
Losses
Gates
Points
1
Manchester city
23
18
3
2
14-55
57
2
Liverpool
21
13
6
2
18-55
45
3
Chelsea
23
12
8
3
18-46
44
4
Manchester United
22
11
5
6
30-36
38
5
West Ham United
23
11
4
8
31-41
37
6
Tottenham
19
11
3
5
22-26
36
7
Arsenal
20
11
2
7
25-33
35
8
Wolves
21
10
4
7
16-19
34
9
Brighton
21
6
11
4
22-22
29
10
Aston Villa
21
8
2
11
32-28
26
11
Leicester City
19
7
4
8
36-33
25
12
Southampton
22
5
10
7
34-26
25
13
Crystal Palace
21
5
9
7
31-30
24
14
Brentford
23
6
5
12
38-26
23
15
Leeds
21
5
7
9
40-24
22
16
Everton
20
5
4
11
35-24
19
17
Norwich
22
4
4
14
45-13
16
18
Newcastle
21
2
9
10
43-21
15
19
Watford
20
4
2
14
40-23
14
20
Burnley
17
1
8
8
27-16
11
Coach Rangnick praised the atmosphere: "It could not have been better. The Red Army pushed us, it was amazing, a great atmosphere. I want to congratulate the crowd and compliment them."
The German was asked if this is his team's performance since arriving: "I will definitely say yes. We did not let them get opportunities, and it was not easy against them. But I am still not completely happy with the way we played when the ball was with us."
On Martial, Rangnick said: "He is an excellent player, one of the best strikers in the Premier League, but we have more players in his position, and he wants to leave, and as I told him, it takes a few sides to reach an agreement."
Summary: Southampton - Manchester City 1: 1 (Sport 1)
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Manchester City were stopped after 12 consecutive league wins with 1: 1 against Southampton. Champion coach Pep Guardiola said: "It was a good and fun game. We had an outstanding performance. The last 25 minutes of the first half and the whole second half were great. We would very much like to score more goals and win, but we are happy with our performance. We played much better than "We played against Arsenal, where we won. This is our best performance against Southampton in the last two or three years."
Guardiola went on to say: "As a coach I feel confident for the future with the way we play. Without the ball each player helps the other. I know how hard it is to play in this stadium with the way they played. I do not understand people saying that now the championship race is closed and before "The game they said is over. But it's your job, to talk about it. I would be happy to be 40 points behind Liverpool and Chelsea, but it's not possible."
American Laporte, who scored the equalizer, said: "It's hard. I think we deserved a little more. We lost two points, but it happens sometimes. We played very well. Achieving 12 consecutive league wins is unbelievable and I'm glad we did it. Now let's concentrate "In the next game. We want to win every game so obviously we are not happy to lose points, but we will fight to the end."
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