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Friday 7 April
Diallo-dobbel i Championship-drama
On Friday night, Sunderland met Hull in the Championship. The match contained a total of eight goals, two of them signed by Amad Diallo. The 20-year-old on loan scored the second goal from the penalty spot. The match ended 4-4, after Hull scored on a penalty eight minutes into overtime.
Watch Diallo’s first goal below:
🚨 Loan Watch: Amad Diallo scores for Sunderland. #MUFC ✅ pic.twitter.com/AGsUmkBady
— UtdPlug (@UtdPlug) April 7, 2023
New super goal from United’s great talent
15-year-old Shea Lacey is perhaps the most exciting of all the young talents at United at the moment, and now he has also delivered a gem of a goal for England U16 against Belgium.
England won 3-0, and have won all their group games at the Montaigu tournament in France. They face Romania in the last group game on Saturday, but are already ready for the semi-finals of the tournament
Shea Lacey’s goal from yesterday’s game vs Belgium pic.twitter.com/u8K0ys7p4Y
— utdreport Academy (@utdreportAcad) April 7, 2023
Solskjær current as Brugge manager
Ole Gunnar Solskjær will be considered for a new coaching job. It is reported from Belgium. It is the big club Club Brugge who are on the hunt for a coach, after they failed to hire Scott Parker earlier in the season. Brugge is in 5th place in Belgium, but played this season in the Champions League. Norwegian Ronny Deila will be another candidate.
🔴🚨 Ronny #Share thinks about his future #Standard & requested sporting guarantees from its management at the level of #market. Otherwise, the coach 🇳🇴 could give in to the sirens of the #Clubbrugge who placed it – with Dino #Topmoller & AND #Solskjaer – in his shortlist. pic.twitter.com/59hhsjRIHi
— Sacha Tavolieri (@sachatavolieri) April 5, 2023
Thursday 6 April
United fined
Manchester United have been fined £65,000 after surrounding the referee during their FA Cup match against Fulham on Sunday 19 March.
It became clear a few days ago that Fulham manager Marco Silva was fined £20,000 for his conduct during the match and given a two-match ban from the touchline, while Aleksandar Mitrovic ended up with a total of eight-match bans and a £75,000 fine pound. Fulham as a club were also fined £40,000.
— FA Spokesperson (@FAspokesperson) April 6, 2023
Lampard back at Chelsea
Chelsea recently fired Graham Potter as manager, and now it is clear that Frank Lampard will lead the London club until the end of the season.
Chelsea are currently in 11th place in the Premier League, and are among the very worst of all the teams not fighting feverishly to avoid relegation.
United will play at home against Chelsea in May in a postponed match, but the date is not yet clear.
Lampard was fired from Chelsea in January 2021. In January 2022, he got the Everton job, before in January 2023 he was fired from an Everton team in the relegation battle.
Frank Lampard returns as Caretaker Manager until the end of the season. 🤝
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 6, 2023
Tuesday 4 April
Brighton and Aston Villa cut United’s lead – a draw between Chelsea and Liverpool
Several of the teams behind Manchester United in the table were in action on Tuesday. Brighton continued their good form and beat Bournemouth 2-0 away to cut United’s lead in 5th place to four points.
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Aston Villa are also in good form under manager Unai Emery and beat managerless Leicester 2-1 at the King Power Stadium.
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Tuesday’s big clash between Chelsea and Liverpool ended in a 0-0 scoreline.
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In the last match on Tuesday evening, Leeds won 2-1 at home against Nottingham Forest.
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The women’s match against Arsenal moved
Manchester United’s women’s team are fighting at the very top of the WSL and still have a home meeting with Arsenal again this season. The match, which was originally scheduled for 22 April, has now been moved back and will be played on 19 April with kick-off at 20.15 Norwegian time.
This is because Arsenal are through to the quarter-finals of the women’s Champions League, where they face Bayern Munich.
The away meeting at the Emirates Stadium in November ended with United winning 3-2 after a late turnaround and goals from Millie Turner and Alessia Russo.
Long quarantine for Mitrovic
Aleksandar Mitrović has been suspended for eight games after he pushed referee Chris Kavanagh in the FA Cup match between Manchester United and Fulham on 19 March.
The forward has already served the first of his eight games and will therefore miss the next seven games for Fulham in the Premier League.
The Serbian is therefore only available in the last three league rounds of this season and ready for the match against United at Old Trafford in the last league round.
Manager Marco Silva, who was also sent off in the same match, has received a two-match ban.
Monday 3 April
Only a draw for Tottenham after a late equaliser
With a win against Everton on Monday night, Tottenham wanted to climb past United and at the same time gain a gap of two points before United meet Brentford on Wednesday.
United-linked Harry Kane gave Tottenham the lead from a penalty midway through the second half and Tottenham looked to be in control, but as the clock approached 90 minutes played, Ex-Red Michael Keane tapped in with a long-range shot from 25 yards, a shot that gained momentum as a projectile and whizzed into the net behind Hugo Lloris.
Tottenham still climb past, but are only ahead of United on goal difference.
Also worth mentioning that Everton player Abdoulaye Doucoure picked up a straight red card after getting in Harry Kane’s face, which in all likelihood will lead to the striker being suspended for the game against United next Saturday.
See highlights from the match here:
