West Bromwich Albion versus Manchester United: Second half review – English Premier League
After a disappointing end of the first half for Manchester United, the Red Devils were dealt a blow at the start of the second half as well as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson’s men shortly after the restart
of the match as he had pulled a muscle in his leg. The Serbian centre back signalled towards the bench for a substitution and he was replaced by Johnny Evans in the 52nd minute. Evans replaced the experienced centre back in the Manchester United
back line as he slotting in aside http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rio-Ferdinand-c31173 without any trouble.
In the 53rd minute, Ashley Young whipped in a wonderful free kick into the West Bromwich Albion penalty area but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 was only able to get a flick on the ball which was not enough to guide it into the back of
the net as the score line remained at one all. In the 56th minute, Ashley Young went into the referee’s book as he committed a late challenge on Shane Long to stop West Bromwich Albion from progressing on a counter attack. It was a smart foul by
the former Aston Villa man but he was booked by the referee for his troubles.
In the 65th minute of the match, Manchester United opted to change things around as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254 off the bench. It was a positive change by the Red Devils who looked to change the course
of the match in their favour by bringing on last season’s top goal scorer for the English champions. In the 75th minute of the match, Manchester United were dealt another injury worry as Rio Ferdinand went down with a hamstring problem. Ferguson
acted quickly and replaced the Englishman with his summer transfer window’s young signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Phil-Jones-c29903.
With a central defensive pairing of Evans and Jones with Smalling at right back, United started to look weak at the back but they had reserved their best for the last ten minutes of the match. In the 80th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Anderson-c5565
went into the referee’s book for talking back to the referee. It was a harsh booking for the Brazilian but with the new respect for referee’s rules in effect, it seemed justified in the end.
In the 81st minute, Manchester United regained control of the match with a superb run by Ashley Young. The winger went down the left hand side and fired in a low cross towards the West Bromwich Albion penalty area but
his low cross took two deflections before ending up in the back of the net as a reward for his persistence. It was a fortunate goal for Sir Alex’s team but they held onto their one goal lead till the end of the match as the eventual score line rested at 2-1
in favour of the away side.
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