Playing on home
turf, Old Trafford, United appeared to attack from the start. Attack of the Red
Devils resulted in 12 chances in the first half, while Stoke only created five
chances.
Although of the
performance of MU is still inconsistent in this season, but Manchester United
successfully won a big victory in this fight. The Red Devils reached a 3-0
victory over Stoke
City through goals Jesse
Lingard, Anthony Martial and Wayne Rooney.
Manchester United's 3-0 reached victory over Stoke City on 24th matchday of English Premier League |
United started the
game with confidence, they've controlled the game from the beginning. Stoke
opted the strategy of wait and see, while they were predicting the style and
strategy the game host that is played in this match.
The United's first
chance has come via Wayne Rooney's attack which was born on the 5th minute. The
captain kick came from outside the penalty box after he played a successful
gimmick to trick the defender, but the ball was still caught goalkeeper James
Butland and kept it well.
In the 13th
minute, publicly Old Trafford rumbled after Jesse Lingard scored the opening
goal for United. In a standing position at the mouth of the goal, the
23-year-old player headed the cross ball of Borthwick-Jackson.
Red Devils need to
wait until the 23rd minute to double the lead. The striker was carried off from
AS Monaco with a tag of 36 million pounds, Anthony Martial, conquered Butland
through a stomach shot lodged in the left side of goal for the visitors.
The Martial's goal
was the last goal in the first half. Manchester United was bagging a 2-0
advantage in the end of the first half time.
In the second
half, precisely the 52nd minute, the coffers scored of United grew. By starting
operand Juan Mata in the penalty box, Martial released the horizontal feed to
the mouth of the goal Stoke were then resolved by Rooney's flicking.
United was choose
to more survive after a 3-0 lead. Until the referee blew the whistle ending the
game, no additional goals are created.
With this result,
Manchester United remains at the top five of the standings with a collection of
40 points. Meanwhile, Stoke perched in ninth with 33 points.
Manchester United
sticks to the fifth place. Because of Louis van Gaal's troops collecting 40
points, so they should not lose any more points on the matches ahead in the
pursuit of the next Champions League at the season later.
Meanwhile
Tottenham Hotspur a 3-0 win over host Norwich City
thanks to the opening goal from Dele Alli, before Harry Kane added two goals.
The result made Tottenham Hotspur up to third, shifting Arsenal with the only
score 0-0 draw against Southampton. Tottenham
collects a total of 45 points, on goal difference ahead of the Gunners.
Statistics
Manchester
United vs Stoke City:
Man United 3-0 Stoke
(Jesse Lingard 13
', Anthony Martial 23', Wayne Rooney 52 ')
Control of the
ball: 47% - 53%
Shot (on goal): 15
(5) - 10 (0)
Violation: 13-13
Offside: 3-1
Yellow cards: 2-1
Red card: 0-0
Man United: David
De Gea, Matteo Darmian, Chris Smalling, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Michael
Carrick, Marouane Fellaini, Juan Mata, Daley Blind, Jesse Lingard, Wayne
Rooney, Anthony Martial
Stoke:
James Butland, Erik Pieters, Glen Johnson, Muniesa, Philipp Wollscheid, Ibrahim
Afellay, Glenn Whelan, Peter Crouch, Jonathan Walters, Bojan, Marko Arnautovic