The match day 29th
English Premier League games bring West Brom
against Manchester United. This match was held at The Hawthorns on Sunday
(06/03).
Manchester United
could appear dominant, but they have lost Juan Mata because he gets a yellow
card twice. Salomon Rondon scored the lone goal in this match to bring West Brom won 1-0.
Manchester United
showed high confidence in the early game. The series of good results and slick
performance in recent games make the Manchester United appear boldly.
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Juan Mata gets a yellow card twice - Brom vs Manchester United: Score 1-0 |
From the start,
Manchester United has taken the initiative to attack and confine the defense of
West Brom. Because of the dominance of
Manchester United, West Brom recently launched
its assault when the game nine minutes.
But West Brom slowly began to show calmness and self
confidence. Although only rely on counterattacks, but West
Brom who successfully passes through the threat of their distance.
The game entered a
different phase when Juan Mata got two quick yellow cards. Two violations that
actually do not need to be done to make the referee Mike Dean had no choice but
to eject the Manchester United midfielder. This was the first red card of his
career in the Premier League.
Despite losing one
player, Manchester
United still quite dominant. They can threaten with the speed and skill of the
player if the ball ahead of them. Despite threatening each other, both teams
still could not break the deadlock until the interval.
In the second
half, Manchester United still was trying to appear aggressive. Led by Anthony
Martial, Manchester United's front line can still provide a constant threat to
goalkeeper Ben Foster.
Finally broke the
deadlock in the 66th minute. The substitution player, Sebastian Pocognoli kicked
off a cross from the left wing. Salomon Rondon unmarked in the penalty area and
calmly controlling the ball and took a shot that lodged in the bottom corner of
goalkeeper De Gea.
After scoring, West Brom tried hard to defend their lead. The way in
which of course has slowed the tempo of the game. Manchester United who lost
one player was followed by a host of tactics.
Although both
coaches made some changes of players, but there is no additional goals are
created until the end of the game. It was the first defeat of Manchester United
at The Hawthorns in Premier League history.
With this result, West Brom now occupies position 13 standings with 36
points. Meanwhile, Manchester United is now ranked sixth with a collection of
47 points.
Stats West Brom vs Manchester
United:
Control of the
ball: 47% - 53%
Shot (on goal): 9
(2) - 7 (1)
Violations: 8-7
Offside: 5-1
Yellow cards: 1-2
Red cards: 0-1
Teams West Brom: Foster; Dawson (Pocognoli, 55 '), McAuley,
Olsson, Chester;
Sessegnon (McClean, 68 '), Yacob, Fletcher, Gardner; Rondon, Berahino (Sandro,
88 ').
Lineups Manchester United: De
Gea; Darmian (Fosu-Mensah, 83 '), Smalling, Blind, Rojo; Herrera (Schneiderlin,
62 '), Carrick; Lingard, Eye, Martial; Rashford (Depay, 74 ').