…Mourinho’s army keeps EPL title celebration on ice, inflicting 2-3 home defeat on Man. City
Pride, determination, shock and a little bit of desperation were all on show yesterday in Manchester, as the Red Devils came from two goals down to silence their ‘Noisy Neighbours’ in a Manchester derby that seemed to have nothing but pride at stake.
And midfielder Paul Pogba, who put up a man-of-match performance, would capture it in his post-match interview with Arsenal and France legend Thiery Henry. According to Pogba, it was unthinkable that Man. United fans would be the ones to sit at the stadium, in the blue half of Manchester, and watch the Citizens celebrating the league win, having literally been handed the trophy by, of all teams, their bitter city rivals.
Surely, this has got to be one of the most exhilarating comebacks ever made this Premier League (2017/2018) season.
It was a beautiful game at the Etihad stadium in Manchester as the Red Devil fought hard to win the game. It was a bleak first half for Manchester United as Manchester City took the lead with a header scored by Captain Vincent Company followed by Ilkay Gundogan’s wonderfully crafted goal.
Man. City’s Manager, Pep Guardiola must have been furious with the number of scoring chances missed by his team, particularly Raheem Sterling. Five minutes into the first half, there was a controversial decision made by the referee not to grant City a penalty, arising from Ashley Young’s dangerous tackle.
The Citizens had the statistics in their favour but sadly, United woke up from their slumber in the second half. Pogba’s brace within two minutes (53rd and 55th) and the third from Smalling at the 69th minute, sealed United’s victory. Pogba (man of the match) redeemed himself with this comeback as fans hadn’t been satisfied with his previous performance.
Guardiola who had rested some of his key stars, ahead of Wednesday’s decisive Champions League quarter-finals return leg with Liverpool, later brought on Sergio Aguero, but it still did not change the fortunes of his team.
City will now have to wait a bit longer to be crowned premier league champions, possibly at their next game with Tottenham this Saturday.