Cristiano punishes Villarreal

The Villarreal He fell to Manchester United in a match that decided Cristiano Ronaldo (2-1) in the discount. Unai Emery’s team was superior to the English, but ran into an inspired David De Gea in the first half. Paco Alcácer opened the scoring and shortly after Telles tied. When it seemed that the tie was final, the Portuguese put on the hero suit and left the three points safely at Old Trafford and Villarreal at the bottom of group D.

Eager for the three points at stake on the second day of the Champions League group stage, Villarreal and Manchester United The faces were seen again after the last final of the Europa League. The red devils They received the Yellow Submarine at Old Trafford with a thirst for revenge after giving up the title on penalties and reinforced this summer with Varane, Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho, to those who Solkjaer put in the starting eleven.

Unai Emery, for his part, he repeated the last eleven of the team in the League with the exception of Trigueros by the sanctioned Coquelin: Rollers under sticks, Alberto Moreno and Foyth on the sides, Pau Torres and Albiol as a central pair; Capoue and Dani Parejo in the spinal cord and Danjuma, Alcácer y Yeremi Pino, in attack.

The locals soon took over the ball, forcing the Villarreal build a good block on defense and respond to the high pressure of the red devils in the exit of the ball. In minute 2, he threatened with the shot Cristiano Ronaldo, but he decided to give it to Bruno, who was shooting high. Shortly after, the Portuguese, who set a new Champions League record with 178 games, finished high with his head in a corner.

Forgive Villarreal

Not only the Villarreal resisted, but generated the first clear chance of danger with a shot from Danjuma that forced to stretch De Gea. Shortly after, Varane cut a great pass to the area of ​​the Dutch to Pablo Alcacer and both returned to put the goalkeeper’s reflexes to the test after a cross to the near post and a header from Torrent that the Madrid native repelled.

Followed the Villarreal stalking De Gea’s area, but the goal did not arrive, partly due to the goalkeeper. Danjuma missed after an internship after dodging Dalot, but sent it straight to the side of the net. Clearer was that of Paco Alcacer, after a recovered ball and a gift from Varane, but the Spaniard crossed it too much from the half moon.

The first shot between the three suits in the Manchester United I wrote it down Paul pogba, in the 38th minute. red devils at the time when Villarreal was already asking for rest. About was Alberto Moreno regretting an own goal after deflecting a cross from Pogba to Greenwood, who came close to the post. Shortly after, De Gea He was confirmed as the best of the English with another outstanding stop to Yeremi Pino, who left the 0-0 in the light with which they went to the changing rooms. Cristiano at the moment I was in mode Secondary actor.

Alcácer unblocks the meeting … a few minutes

He got the reward on Villarreal in minute 7 of the second half. In a counter started by Trigueros, he filtered the pass to Danjuma and he attended Paco Alcacer He was unforgiving and made it 0-1 at Old Trafford. Shortly after, Torrent left the field with discomfort in the calf and Dia entered.

The yellows’ lead hardly lasted, as Telles drew a perfect volley from the edge of the area that sneaked into Rulli’s goal. The 1-1 brought United back to life.

Unai Emery exhausted the changes after removing Trigueros and putting Estupiñán and then making a triple change with Moi Gómez, Aissa Mandi and Rubén Peña for Pino, Albiol and Moreno. Solkjaer also moved the bench and gave entry to Cavani for Pogba, with 15 minutes remaining. The Uruguayan was the trigger that the Norwegian coach was looking for, but he missed the clearest he had in a header. Villarreal also touched the goal, after a shot by Moi. The rejection came to Dia who found the ball in his chest and failed to finish.

United squeezed in discount, but a cross from Cristiano Ronaldo’s right was left without a finisher. Afterward, Rulli watched for a shot from McTominay. Unai Emery held her breath before United’s last-minute barrage and then appeared to Cristiano Ronaldo to become the man of the night and give the winning goal to the Red Devils. A defeat for Villarreal that also left them bottom of the group.

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