Manchester United collects
Led for the first time by the German Ralf Rangnick, Manchester United continued their good streak by beating Crystal Palace, to get back in the race for the Champions League.
With 24 points, the Red Devils are only three units behind West Ham which occupies 4th place, the last which qualifies for C1 at the end of the season.
After receiving his work permit in the middle of the week, Rangnick did not have much time to push new things into the team and he renewed the eleven who had disposed of Arsenal (3-2) on Thursday, for interim Michael Carrick’s last game.
During the first half of the first act, we still saw a much more active Manchester United on the pitch, pressing high and sparing no efforts, like a very restless Marcus Rashford on the front of the attack.
The deliverance came on a goal from Fred, a strike in the skylight, less than a quarter of an hour from the end (1-0, 77th), a few moments after Jordan Ayew had missed a huge opportunity, on a corner (74th), for the team of Patrick Vieira.
This success owes much to the fact that, for the first time this season, Manchester did not concede a goal at home, one of its big weak points so far.
If certain options, such as placing Bruno Fernandes on the side, have not necessarily convinced, the match against Bern in C1, which will count for butter, Wednesday, will give Rangnick a little time to really make his mark on the team.
With a guaranteed qualification as first in the group for the round of 16 and its place in ambush in the league, Manchester United are still in position to have a satisfactory season.
We don’t stop Tottenham anymore
After victories against Leeds and Brentford, Spurs continued to capitalize against teams within their grasp by easily dominating Norwich (3-0), red lantern since Newcastle’s first league victory on Saturday against Burnley (1-0) .
A success against Canaries who had not lost for 4 days and which even allows Londoners, with 25 points, to place themselves in the wheel of West Ham (4th with 27 units).
If Harry Kane was still silent, Lucas Moura, from the 10th minute, opened the scoring (1-0), before Davinson Sanchez doubled the score in the second half (2-0, 67th) and Son Heung-min does not close the mark (3-0, 77th).
While a decisive match for the qualification in the Europa League Conference is announced on Thursday, against Rennes, the Spurs have been full of confidence and display a face poles apart from the apathy manifested under Nuno Espirito Santo at the start of the season.
