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Date: 2023-12-02 19:10:37 | Author: Worldcup 2026 | Views: 855 | Tag: peraplay
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Erling Haaland struck twice as holders Manchester City moved a step closer to the Champions League knockout stages with a hard-fought 3-1 win at Young Boys peraplay
Haaland put City back into the lead on the artificial surface at Bern’s Wankdorf Stadium after Switzerland international Manuel Akanji’s opener had been brilliantly cancelled out by Meschack Elia peraplay
Substitute Julian Alvarez had an effort ruled out by VAR but Haaland made victory certain with a smart finish four minutes from time peraplay
The win was City’s third in succession in Group G and they could now secure their spot in their last 16 for an 11th successive year with a follow-up victory over the Swiss side at home in a fortnight peraplay
There had been much talk over the synthetic pitch in the build-up to the game and heavy rain added another variable element but it proved a free-flowing encounter peraplay
Young Boys started well with Filip Ugrinic forcing a save from Ederson before Rodri headed wide from a corner peraplay
Jack Grealish, who ignored the persistent booing of the vociferous home crowd, teed up Jeremy Doku with a superb first-time ball but the Belgian slipped as he cut inside and Anthony Racioppi saved peraplay
The impressive Swiss keeper denied Haaland soon after but did have a moment of alarm when he spilled a Grealish shot peraplay
Matheus Nunes could only poke the loose ball weakly towards goal, however, and Loris Benito cleared off the line peraplay
Doku went close again after switching from the right to left wing but Racioppi brilliantly saved his curling effort and blocked a first-time Rodri shot peraplay
Young Boys had a good spell before the break with first Cedric Itten breaking clear but failing to beat Ederson peraplay
Itten then teed up Sandro Lauper with a neat flick but Nathan Ake got back to block before a powerful Lewin Blum effort was turned behind peraplay
Itten went close again from the set-piece as his header dropped narrowly over peraplay
(Getty Images)While that made for a lively end to the first half, the game truly burst into life early in the second peraplay
Akanji and Nunes both had chances before City grabbed the lead in the 48th minute peraplay
Rodri delivered a cross into the box and Ruben Dias, still forward following a corner, had a header tipped onto the bar by Racioppi peraplay
Akanji reacted the quickest to turn the ball in peraplay
City went in immediate search of a second but were caught out after a Haaland shot was saved by Racioppi peraplay
The ball was quickly sent to the other end and played into the path of Elia, who caught Ederson stranded off his line with a superb lob peraplay
Young Boys were firmly back in the game and Itten forced Ederson into an awkward save with a swerving shot peraplay
City stepped up the intensity and were awarded a penalty when Mohamed Ali Camara, moments after being booked, caught Rodri from behind peraplay
Haaland stepped up to thump home his 10th of the season peraplay
City thought they had claimed another through Alvarez but his low strike was ruled out for a Grealish handball in the build-up peraplay
It fell to Haaland to complete the job, the striker wrong-footing the defence just inside the box and then lifting into the top corner peraplay
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Erik ten Hag admitted Manchester United’s first-half performance in their 2-1 win at Sheffield United was not a fitting way to remember Sir Bobby Charlton peraplay
United are mourning one of their greatest ever players following Charlton’s death aged 86 on Saturday morning and goals from Scott McTominay and Diogo Dalot ensured they remembered him with victory peraplay
But Ten Hag’s side could not be much further away from the one that Charlton famously led to European Cup glory in 1968 as they were lacklustre against a team who have picked up just one point this season peraplay
Defender Dalot was the unlikely hero as he saved their blushes with a 20-yard curler 13 minutes from time after Oli McBurnie’s first-half penalty had cancelled out McTominay’s opener peraplay
Ten Hag said: “We are happy we did that, we have to pay attention and do it in a good way and first half I think it wasn’t the standard for Sir Bobby Charlton and the second half was a bit peraplay better peraplay
“But of course the news arrived and we are very sad and our thoughts are with his family and especially his wife Lady Norma, his children and his grandchildren peraplay
“I heard some players got some inspiration from it and they wanted a win to mark it peraplay
It was an extra motivation, absolutely peraplay
“But the first half was not a good game peraplay
We can talk long or we can talk short, it was a poor game from our side and you see it often after internationals, especially us with so many changes, the routines are not there peraplay
In the first half we allowed them to make it their game peraplay
“We were too direct, no good organisation, second half we made some changes and you saw we got peraplay better, we were more composed and kept the ball peraplay
“We controlled the game and created the chances and then finally we deserved the win and it was a beautiful goal peraplay
”Blades boss Paul Heckingbottom began his playing career at Old Trafford as a teenager and remembers Charlton fondly peraplay
“He was there the day I signed as a 14-year-old,” he said peraplay
“He is a man that represented everything that United wanted to be, certainly in terms of developing youth players and getting youth players into the first team peraplay
“It is not only Manchester United that will miss him, English peraplay football and I think he was a peraplay football icon across the world as well, so there will be a lot of people remembering him, stories they have heard, games they have seen peraplay
”The Blades may feel they deserved something out of the game, especially on the back of a lively first-half performance, but they slipped to an eighth defeat from nine games and a long winter looks on the cards peraplay
But Heckingbottom took the positives peraplay
“In most games we have shown more than enough that we can compete,” he added peraplay
“Lots of things that please me in that peraplay
“We have suffered horrendously with injuries in the last 10 days, captain, vice-captain and a couple of other players peraplay
We are not going to sulk about it, it is an opportunity for others peraplay
“We looked more of a threat tonight peraplay
There are lots of things tonight that we have to build on peraplay
It was close peraplay
What we had today was more of an all-round threat peraplay
”More aboutPA ReadyBobby CharltonManchester UnitedErik ten HagDiogo DalotScott McTominayCharltonSheffield UnitedPaul HeckingbottomEnglish1/1United’s first-half display did little to honour Sir Bobby Charlton – Erik ten HagUnited’s first-half display did little to honour Sir Bobby Charlton – Erik ten HagManchester United manager Erik ten Hag was far from pleased with United’s first-half display (Richard Sellers/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today peraplay
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