Manchester City v. Manchester United – Second half review: F.A Cup (Part 2)
Following Manchester City’s goal in the 49th minute of the second half, Manchester United adopted a counter attacking mentality as City piled on the pressure on Sir Alex Ferguson’s outfit at Wembley stadium in London.
To signal his team’s attacking intent, Manchester United’s manager Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Antonio-Valencia-c6345.
The Ecuadorian winger was ineffective in both, the first and the scond half , of the match. His lack of contribution and directness was a huge factor in Manchester United’s lack of creativity throughout the match. With Hernandez
on the field, Dimitar Berbatov dropped a bit deeper to play as a link-up man between Manchester United’s midfield and their Mexican starlet.
In the 66th minute, Manchester United had a wonderful chance to draw level as Luis http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nani-c27299 took a free kick from just outside the Manchester City penalty area. The Portuguese winger rattled the cross bar with his shot which
was tipped onto the woodwork by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699.
In the 68th minute, Manchester City’s striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937 was shown a yellow card by the referee for his rash tackle on Paul Scholes. Balotelli’s tackle prompted a shower of jeers from United’s fans inside the stadium
as they perceived his challenge to be aggressive.
Nonetheless, disaster struck for Manchester United in the 72nd minute as Paul Scholes was sent off by the referee for his high footed tackle on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pablo-Zabaleta-c29022. Scholes missed the ball completely as his studs made contact
with the Argentinean full back's thigh. The referee was on spot to see the dangerous tackle and immediately produced a red card for the Englishman.
In the 74th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Anderson-c5565 was introduced into the match as the Bulgarian’s replacement. In the 75th minute, United’s Brazilian playmaker was hacked down by
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323 looked towards cementing his team’s winning position in the match.
In the 87th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrick-Vieira-c29316 replaced David Silva for Manchester City but this change made little difference to the proceedings because Manchester United failed to create a clear cut goal scoring opportunity after
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-Scholes-c29394 dismissal.
Thus the match finally came to a close with Manchester City’s win over their city rivals. It was a close encounter but City just nicked the win at the end to make it to the final of the FA Cup.
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