0374 The Great Victory
Rooney stood at the free throw point and the referee blew the whistle.
Rooney assisted, one step, two steps, and shot.
The quality of this shot was pretty good, but Newcastle's Slovak national goalkeeper Dublavka, who was loaned from Sparta Prague in the winter transfer window, performed even more bravely. He reacted very quickly. No, to be precise, he believed in his judgment very much. When Rooney shot, he firmly threw his body's center of gravity and rushed to the right. He made the right judgment.
"Spend!" shouted John Motterson.
"Dublafka - he saved Rooney..." Ringer also shouted, and then he saw a red figure appearing in front of the goal.
The cheers of Newcastle fans in the stands at St James Park Stadium fell before they could fully rise. They watched a Manchester United player rushing to the goal, facing half of the empty goal, and pushed the football into the net with a push with his right foot!
"Harry Kane, he put the football in the net. Dublafka's performance was excellent enough. He saved Rooney's penalty, but even Dublafka had no choice in the face of Harry Kane's supplementary shot."
"2:0! Harry Kane scored his second goal today, Manchester United led Newcastle two away goals."
In the stands at St James Park Stadium, the Magpies fans booed the sky. Maybe they were booing the referee's decision, or maybe they were expressing their strong dissatisfaction with their team.
"Shit!" Benitez cursed very unhappy, very dissatisfied with the current situation. He was two goals behind Manchester United at home, and the game had just started for more than ten minutes. This was a situation that Benitez never dreamed of.
Not only that, he was a little confused now because he had never considered the plan under such circumstances.
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At this time, the live TV broadcast finally had time to fully replay this series of situations.
First, Serve's shot was blocked. The former Liverpool midfielder's shot flew towards the goal, and Valencia blocked the football. The slow motion showed that the football first hit Valencia's knee, and then bounced up and it really hit Valencia's right hand.
In this case, it depends on how the referee awarded the penalty. He can call this to be a deliberate handball, a penalty kick, or it can be considered that this is a thug and there is no handball.
Considering that this is St. James Park Stadium, Newcastle is at home. In more cases, the referee's whistle will sound and he will blow a penalty kick. This cannot be said that the referee favors Newcastle, which is the home advantage.
Of course, sometimes the referees in the Premier League will favor strong teams more. Just like this time, the referee believes that there is no handball and penalty kicks do not exist.
Then, Manchester United quickly launched a counterattack. Valdy made a series of breakthroughs and sent a second pass. Harry Kane stopped the ball, avoiding Paul Damit's robbery, and when he was about to shoot, Lejon was knocked down in the penalty area.
After several consecutive slow motion shots, it was impossible to determine whether Lejon's tackle first hit the ball or shoveled to the person first, or it can be understood as shoveling the ball with the person.
This is another controversial place. The referee can call Le Jon for a reasonable tackle, or even give Harry Kane a yellow card, call him a fake fall, and he can also call Le Jon for a foul on a shovel, which is a penalty kick.
For the same thing, the referee's subjective view can be at two extremes, and it makes sense.
In the end, this time the referee also made a judgment that was not conducive to Newcastle. No wonder Benitez was furious and was very dissatisfied with the referee's penalty.
After all, if the referee follows the unspoken rule of home court advantage, the score on the field should be 1:1, and Newcastle tied the score instead of falling behind 0:2 now.
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Less than twenty minutes into the game, Manchester United led Newcastle 2-0 away, which was something no one expected.
Especially Manchester United's second goal, the penalty was even traced back to the previous goal of Shelvey's shot blocked by Valencia. The referee did not recognize Manchester United's handball in the penalty area. This consecutive unfavorable penalty for Newcastle made Newcastle's players very dissatisfied, and it was a big blow to Newcastle's morale.
Then, after the next game began, Newcastle players obviously played with a bit of emotion. At the same time, experienced Manchester United also responded, and they suddenly strengthened their fighting efforts in the midfield and frontcourt.
However, although Manchester United frequently steals Newcastle, it is difficult for them to play an effective offensive. Because Newcastle players will choose to foul the first time to prevent Manchester United's attack.
Moreover, Newcastle's players are very active, but I don't know if it is because the referee feels that the previous two penalty decisions are not good for Newcastle and starts to find a balance. Although the game is frequently interrupted by whistles, Newcastle players did not receive even a yellow card.
In this way, Manchester United is also very dissatisfied with the referee's penalty. The referee is not pleased with both sides.
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This Newcastle still has the strength, and Benitez has been their head coach for almost two years, especially after experiencing the relegation to the Championship and then rushing to the Premier League together. Benitez still has the prestige in this team.
After midfield adjustment, Newcastle returned to normal. After the start of the second half, they performed significantly better than the first half.
Manchester United's side may have become a little slack because they took two goals early. This led to Newcastle's sneak attack in the 65th minute of the second half, rewriting the score on the field to 1:2.
Shelvey took a free kick from the left side of the frontcourt to the far end, but De Bruyne, who was marking Lejon, suddenly retreated and gave the home team's central defender the opportunity to head the ball calmly. Gale in the middle blocked the ball to the other side, and Matt Rich, who was unmarked, shot hard from 7 meters from the left foot and sent the ball into the lower right corner of the goal.
1:2, Newcastle won a game back.
After conceding the ball, Ye Sulian replaced two people and replaced De Bruyne and Mata with Bruno Fernandez and Fellaini.
In today's game, De Bruyne and Mata were in a normal state and looked a little tired.
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After Manchester United completed the substitution, the defensive power was significantly enhanced. Especially Fellaini's appearance, Kante had a partner. The two built a wall in front of Manchester United's defense line. Newcastle's attack repeatedly hit the wall.
In the 67th minute, Shelvey tried to cooperate with his teammates, but Kanter suddenly grabbed the ball and intercepted the ball in the middle. Then, the French midfielder directly moved the ball with a diagonal kick and sent the ball to the left.
There, Newcastle's right-back Yedlin had just pushed out to support the attack. At this time, he saw Manchester United aiming at him to counterattack and quickly braked and chased back.
After Vardy received the ball, he quickly dribbled the ball forward. His dribbled ball attracted Lasceles's robbery. Valdy suddenly stopped urgently and then acted to pull it horizontally, which attracted Lasceles to intercept it, but after pushing it with a arch.
Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw inserted at high speed.
Harry Kane followed in the middle, raising his hand to signal the pass to him.
Luke Shaw glanced at the team center and raised his right foot.
Lejon rushed up cleverly, not to make an interception, but to make an offside.
With Lejon's sudden pressure, Kane was immediately in an offside position.
And at this moment, Luke Shaw passed a slash.
"Offside!" Lejon shouted with his hand raised.
However, the referee's whistle did not sound, the referee was running, and the lineman was running.
"No offside! Paul Damitto is behind!" Reinkell stood up suddenly and shouted excitedly.
"Rooney!"
On Youlu, Rooney appeared in everyone's sight. He rushed up from Paul Damitt, who had been slowing down for half a beat, and rushed to the front of the football.
St James Park Stadium booed at this moment.
Amid the harsh boo, Rooney, who had already formed a single shot, shot a low shot. The football flew past Dublafka's left foot, continued to roll, and rolled into the ball net.
"goooooooooooooooallllll!!!!" John Motson yelled loudly.
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Ye Su stood on the sidelines. When Luke Shaw was passing the ball, he tiptoed, put his hands in his pockets, stared at Newcastle's goal direction, saw Luke Shaw sending a diagonal pass, saw Lejon making an offside, saw Kane on the offside, and saw Paul Damit dragging behind, and saw Rooney crossing Paul Damit, facing the rolling football, and shot low-shot into the net!
The Manchester United head coach suddenly took out his hands from his pockets, raised his arms, ran excitedly to celebrate, and had a beautiful job!
"Rooney! He scored Manchester United's third goal in this game!" John Motterson shouted excitedly, "This is Rooney's 270th Premier League goal in his career. He continues to expand his lead in the Premier League's historical scorer list and chases the senior scorers on the England top league historical scorer list!"
Ringer also praised the double captains of England and Manchester United: "Rooney! The 32-year-old veteran is continuing to move forward. This is his 20th goal in the Premier League this season and his 30th goal in all competitions! He has already led Hiller 10 goals in the Premier League history scorer list, but he is still 13 goals behind Hiller in the England top league history scorer list."
Rooney ran to celebrate the goal, and he was so excited. He really didn't expect that he would score 270 Premier League goals so quickly.
The running Rooney teammates intercepted him, hugged him, and finally pushed him down to celebrate.
On the sidelines, Ye Su had returned to the coaching seat. Rooney's goal gave him a lot of peace of mind. 3:1, Manchester United basically locked in the victory of this game.
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Benitez cursed on the sidelines. He was just about to take advantage of the momentum of regaining the ball and set off an offensive wave and strive to equalize the score as soon as possible. The ultimate goal was to overtake the score. Unexpectedly, Manchester United's counterattack was successful after a steal.
Three minutes later, Newcastle made a substitution, and Benitez replaced Gael with Spanish high center Joseru. The famous Spanish coach has decided to compete with Manchester United, and he cannot lose in this game!
As for the Newcastle defense line that frequently exposed problems, Benitez hesitated and did not make any adjustments.
Then, the Newcastle head coach was very upset about his hesitation.
In the 76th minute of the game, players from both sides fought in the midfield. Shelvey took the ball and tried to break through Kanter without success. He was finally forced to pass the ball to Diame, and Diame immediately passed it to Kennedy. Kennedy, nicknamed "New Neymar", dribbled the ball along the left road at a high speed, suddenly changed direction and dunked over Valencia at the top of the penalty area, and then tried to take a long shot.
"Stop! Van Dijk, the Dutch defender blocked the football with his body."
The Manchester United head coach suddenly took out his hands from his pockets, raised his arms, ran excitedly to celebrate, and had a beautiful job!
"Rooney! He scored Manchester United's third goal in this game!" John Motterson shouted excitedly, "This is Rooney's 270th Premier League goal in his career. He continues to expand his lead in the Premier League's historical scorer list and chases the senior scorers on the England top league historical scorer list!"
Ringer also praised the double captains of England and Manchester United: "Rooney! The 32-year-old veteran is continuing to move forward. This is his 20th goal in the Premier League this season and his 30th goal in all competitions! He has already led Hiller 10 goals in the Premier League history scorer list, but he is still 13 goals behind Hiller in the England top league history scorer list."
Rooney ran to celebrate the goal, and he was so excited. He really didn't expect that he would score 270 Premier League goals so quickly.
The running Rooney teammates intercepted him, hugged him, and finally pushed him down to celebrate.
On the sidelines, Ye Su had returned to the coaching seat. Rooney's goal gave him a lot of peace of mind. 3:1, Manchester United basically locked in the victory of this game.
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Benitez cursed on the sidelines. He was just about to take advantage of the momentum of regaining the ball and set off an offensive wave and strive to equalize the score as soon as possible. The ultimate goal was to overtake the score. Unexpectedly, Manchester United's counterattack was successful after a steal.
Three minutes later, Newcastle made a substitution, and Benitez replaced Gael with Spanish high center Joseru. The famous Spanish coach has decided to compete with Manchester United, and he cannot lose in this game!
As for the Newcastle defense line that frequently exposed problems, Benitez hesitated and did not make any adjustments.
Then, the Newcastle head coach was very upset about his hesitation.
In the 76th minute of the game, players from both sides fought in the midfield. Shelvey took the ball and tried to break through Kanter without success. He was finally forced to pass the ball to Diame, and Diame immediately passed it to Kennedy. Kennedy, nicknamed "New Neymar", dribbled the ball along the left road at a high speed, suddenly changed direction and dunked over Valencia at the top of the penalty area, and then tried to take a long shot.
Chapter completed!