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Manchester United (Man Utd), who announced a reorganization under the ‘Ratcliffe system’, allowed a goal right before the end of the game and lost to Fulham (England) at home for the first time in 21 years.
Manchester United lost 1-2 to Fulham in the 26th round home game of the 2023-2024 English Professional Football Premier League (EPL) held at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on the 24th (local time).
It was the first time since October 2003 that Manchester United lost to Fulham at Old Trafford, the home stadium widely known as the club’s symbol.
The last time Fulham beat Manchester United, both home and away, was 15 years ago.Fulham had not beaten Manchester United since December 2009, but achieved a meaningful victory today. 카지노사이트
Just two days after British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, who became the co-owner of Manchester United, announced his grand ambition to catch up with Manchester City and Liverpool in three years, the team suffered a disgraceful defeat that will remain in the club’s history.
On the 22nd, Ratcliffe, the founder of global chemical group Ineos, announced in a media interview his intention to take office and elevate Manchester United to the world’s best club, surpassing Manchester City and Liverpool.
Contrary to the club owner’s aspirations, Manchester United, led by coach Eric Tenhag, was unable to gain an advantage over Fulham (9 wins, 5 draws, 12 losses, 12th place), a mid-tier team in the league.
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Manchester United, who were slightly ahead of Fulham in game indicators such as number of shots (21 to 17) and ball possession rate (57% to 43%), allowed the first goal in the 20th minute of the second half.
Taking advantage of the chaos in the penalty box right after the corner kick, Fulham’s central defender Calvin Bassey opened Manchester United’s goal, which was protected by Andre Onana, with a cool right-footed shot.
In the 43rd minute of the second half, Manchester United seemed to have increased their lead by at least one point when centre-back Harry Maguire scored the equalizer.When Bruno Fernands’ mid-distance shot was blocked by the goalkeeper and flowed towards the goal, Maguire calmly kicked the ball home.
However, Manchester United could not survive the extra time in the second half and collapsed.
With 9 minutes of extra time given, Fulham launched a counterattack about 6 minutes later.
Adama Traore, who drove the ball forward, stabbed it into the penalty box and passed it to Alex Iwobi.
Then, Iwobi’s right-footed shot hit the bottom corner of the goal, completing Fulham’s thrilling 2-1 victory.
Manchester United (44 points), who suffered their 10th loss of the season (14 wins, 2 draws), remained in 6th place.
The point gap with Aston Villa (16 wins, 4 draws, 6 losses, 52 points), which ranked 4th, which is considered the Maginot line to advance to the UEFA Champions League (UCL), has widened to 8. 토토사이트