Aston Villawith Emiliano Dibu Martinez in the arc, e Manchester Unitedwith a restless Alessandro Garnachoenlivened a tense duel at the end of Sunday’s 24th matchday of the English Premier League, culminating in a tight 2-1 victory for the Red Devils and a celebration that went around the planet.
Dane Rasmus Höjlund and Scot Scott McTominay gave no saving options to the Argentine national team goalkeeper, who this time could not score a new clean sheet for the Birmingham team.
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In fact, a fixed presence every weekend in the tournament of football inventors, the man from Mar del Plata had almost no opportunities to show off: two of the five shots that arrived on target ended up in the net. Nothing to do for the world champion.
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Douglas Luiz had scored the temporary equalizer for the team led by Unai Emery, who gave a lot of work to Cameroonian André Onana. The Brazilian midfielder had become a trend for his peculiar celebration: in a mixture of homage to a rumbero and Mulatona, the captivating character of Clemente de Caloi, the midfielder shook his chest to celebrate before the amazed gaze the achievement that equaled history . rivals.
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With this win, Manchester United added three valuable points, closing the gap on Aston Villa and were just five points away from fifth place. Both teams currently occupy positions in the Europa League. It is a blow to the Villains who were trying to regain the fourth place in the table that Tottenham took away from them on Saturday after their 2-1 win over Brighton.
Source: Clarin
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