WHAT A MATCH IT WAS BETWEEN MAN UNITED VS FULHAM YESTERDAY! MAN UNITED MADE 452 PASSES, WITH A 76% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 20 SHOTS, WITH 9 ON TARGET, IN A FAST-MOVING MATCH, BUT BERND LENO’S GOALKEEPING GLOVES WERE WELL AND TRULY ON, AND HE MANAGED TO SAVE ALL BUT ONE OF THE POWERFUL MAN UNITED STRIKES, WHEN, AT 71 MINS. BRUNO FERNANDES BROKE THROUGH AND SCORED A BLINDER!
FULHAM AND LENO CELEBRATE
FULHAM MADE 666 PASSES WITH AN 87% PASS ACCURACY, WITH 60% POSSESSION, AND HAD 12 SHOTS WITH 6 ON TARGET, BUT WITH ONANA’S GOALKEEPING GLOVES EQUALLY WELL-FITTED, ONLY ONE GOAL GOT PAST HIM, WHICH WAS FROM CALVIN BASSEY AT 45 +1 MINS. SO, WITH NO FURTHER GOALS, THE GAME WENT INTO EXTRA-TIME, AND THEN PENALTIES, WHEN BERND LENO CUT SOME SERIOUS SHAPES WHILST SAVING 2 MAN UNITED PENALTIES FROM VICTOR LINDELOF AND JOSHUA ZIRKZEE WHICH RESULTED IN HOLDERS MAN UNITED LOSING 4 – 3 ON PENS – IN THIS 1 – 1 DRAW AND FULHAM SECURING THEIR SPOT IN THE QUARTER-FINALS WITH MAN UNITED EXITING THE COMPETITION.
RUBEN AMORIM SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
AMONGST OTHER THINGS, RUBEN AMORIM SAID AFTER THE MATCH “OUR GOAL IS TO WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE. MAYBE IT IS NOT WITH ME BUT OUR GOAL AS A CLUB, THE BOARD, IS WINNING THE PREMIER LEAGUE LIKE WE DID IN THE PAST, WITH ALL THE GREAT GLORIES AND THE LEGENDS OF THIS CLUB. WE WANT TO DO BETTER AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE IN A DIFFICULT MOMENT. AND I AM NOT NAIVE. (RESPONDING TO SOME RECENT PUNDITRY ARGEY-BARGEY.) THAT IS WHY I AM HERE COACHING MANCHESTER UNITED AT 40 YEARS OLD.”
MARCO SILVA SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH, PRAISING LENO (WHO ALSO WON MAN OF THE MATCH) “AND NOT JUST BECAUSE HE SAVED THE PENALTIES.”
“WE WAITED A LONG TIME FOR LENO TO COME TO OUR CLUB. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST GOALKEEPERS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE IN MY OPINION. HE HAS BEEN SHOWING THAT WEEK IN, WEEK OUT AND HE SHOWED THAT AT ARSENAL AND LEVERKUSEN TOO.”
