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【Youth Daily】 Manchester United (hereinafter referred to as Manchester United), a British professional footballer, continued their undefeated march for 10 consecutive games, tying the score with the lead Liverpool.
Manchester United won 2-1 in the home game against Aston Villa at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on the 2nd (Korean time) thanks to Fernandez’s final goal of penalty kick.
With the victory on this day, Manchester United recorded undefeated (8 wins, 2 draws) in 10 regular league matches from Everton on November 7 last year, including their recent 2 consecutive wins.
Manchester United recorded 33 points (+9 goals) and the same points as Liverpool, the league leader (33 points, +17 goals), but was pushed back from the goal and held second.
The difference between 3rd place Leicester City (29 points and +9 goals) was widened to 4 points.
Aston Villa, aiming to leap to the top, finished sixth with 26 points.
In the EPL, the current 5th place Chelsea to 10th place West Ham all have the same score of 26, and fierce competition for the upper-middle ranks is unfolding.
Manchester United led the game by scoring the opening goal in the 40th minute of the first half of the day.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s cross from the right flank was finished with a header by Marsial to score the team’s first goal in the new year.
Aston Villa chased after Bertrand Traore’s equalizer in the 13th minute of the second half, but Manchester United got a chance to take a penalty.
Paul Pogba stumbled over the opponent’s defender and a penalty was declared, and Fernandes, who played the kicker, calmly succeeded and scored the final goal.
Fernandes, who scored 11 goals in the regular league this season, climbed a tie for second place in the league scoring with Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Dominic Calbert Ruin (Everton) and Jamie Bard (Leicester City).
【Youth Daily = Reporter Kim Doo-hwan】
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