Tottenham vs. Manchester United: Controversial Gesture and Expected Cross between Christian Romero and Wout Weghorst

Date 33 of the Premier League ended with a great game between Tottenham y Manchester United, who came to dominate the process by two goals difference, but could not sustain the advantage. It was a 2-2 draw in London in a match that stood out for the expected cross between Christian Romero y Wout Weghorst.

The entry of the Dutchman 25 minutes into the plugin inevitably presaged that there would be a confrontation between the two protagonists due to the fresh history between Argentina y Netherlands for the quarterfinals of Qatar World Cup. And the thoughts weren’t wrong at all. Five minutes after his entry, the world champion came face to face with the striker.

The action took place in the field of the Red Devils. Weghorst defended the ball against Oliver Skipp, but he raised his arms more than necessary and slapped the midfielder when he came to help at the mark. The referee Anthony Taylor He did not hesitate to collect the foul in favor of the local. Immediately, Holiday He approached the striker to defend his teammate, confronted him and said a series of insults on several occasions to impose the rigor of a crucial match in the fight for entry to the international cups.

It should be remembered that the rivalry was born during the World Cup and has as its main axis Lionel Messi. The European was the executioner of the Argentine national team in the 90 minutes and the victory Albiceleste On penalties, the story ended with the ticket to the semifinals, but the disagreements due to verbal exchanges on the field continued outside the lime line. Weghorst He approached the captain to ask for his shirt, Messi He refused due to his dedicated attitude on the field of play and exploded at his colleague’s incomprehension: “What are you looking at silly? go there”. A phrase that went viral and even caused Lisandro Martínez nicknamed him that way on his arrival in Manchester.

Your input instead of Antony could not prevent equality in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. In addition, he had to watch a frantic first half from the substitute bench. Jadon Sancho marked the first of the visit, which suffered each offensive escalation on the side of Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Precisely, Ivan Perišić filtered through that flank and failed a one-on-one against David De Gea. Seconds later, Marcus Rashford widened differences in England.

* The summary of the tie between Tottenham and Manchester United

This deepened the bad topicality of the Spurswho reached their third consecutive defeat and had just lost 6-1 against Newcastle as a visitor. However, the defensive alerts in the opposition’s back line never failed to go off, a problem that the coach could not solve. Erik ten Hagwho still does not have Martínez y Raphael Varane, injured. the many of Pedro Porro y Son Heung-Min In the complement they recovered the vitality of the home owner and it seemed that they could take the victory, but in the last moments they were content with parity.

It should be remembered that this was the presentation of Ryan Mason as coach until the end of the season after the management fired Cristian Stellini, who in turn had replaced Antonio Conte last March. The first internship lasted less than a breath after the resounding fall in St. James’s Park.

The support offered by the Holiday Romero was crucial to break the string of bad results in a very particular day in the life of the Cordovan: this Wednesday he turned 25 years old. And he celebrated it with brilliant statistics, which show his defensive solidity because he was the best player on the team in different categories, such as clearances, recoveries, in his effectiveness in melee with 10 of 12 duels won and in the precision of passes with more than 90% effective.

After this performance Tottenham was in fifth place with 54 points, 6 behind Unitedlast classified to the UEFA Champions League. Currently, you are getting one of the tickets to the Europa League and this sunday will visit Anfield to measure up to Liverpool, who breathes on the neck (53). In the same tune, his rival will receive the Aston Villa by Dibu Martínez, who shares the same location as the London cast (54).

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