Manchester United Bangkit karena Gol Jones, Rooney and Welbeck
Jones, Rooney and Welbeck Gives Manchester United Bounce Back
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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London (B2B) - Manchester United yang sebelumnya terseok-seok, Sabtu, meraih kemenangan kedua beruntun ketika mereka membungkam West Bromwich Albion 3-0 di Hawthorns.
Phil Jones membuka keunggulan Manchester United melalui sundulan kepalanya pada menit 34, menyelesaikan umpan silang matang dari Robin van Persie.
Gol Jones tercipta setelah Chris Brunt melanggar Rafael dan wasit Jonathan Moss menghadiahi Manchester United dengan tendangan bebas di sayap pertahanan West Bromwich, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Adnan Januzaj nyaris menambah keunggulan bagi Manchester United pada menit 36, ketika tendangannya masih melebar dari gawang West Bromwich.
Sementara tuan rumah, beberapa kali gagal untuk menyamakan skor, di antaranya melalui Claudio Yacob yang memanfaatkan umpan Jonas Olsson.
Menginjak menit 40, pelatih West Bromwich Pepe Mel menarik Claudio Yacob yang cedera dan mengantinya dengan James Morrison.
Sampai babak pertama berakhir, Manchester United unggul 1-0.
Wayne Rooney kemudian menambahi keunggulan Manchester United dengan golnya menit 65, juga melalui sundulan, memanfaatkan umpan silang Rafel.
Dany Welbeck melengkapi kemenangan Manchester United menjadi 3-0 berkat golnya pada menit 82 dengan tendangan kaki kanan, bola masuk ke kanan bawah gawang West Bromwich.
Kemenangan di kandang West Bromwich itu merupakan kemenangan kedua beruntun United setelah sebelumnya menang 2-0 dari Crystal Palace.
Hasil itu sekaligus membawa Manchester United naik satu peringkat ke posisi 6 papan klasemen Liga Utama Inggris hari ini dengan poin 48.
London - Manchester United kept their fading hopes of Champions League qualification flickering with a breezy 3-0 victory at West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Saturday.
Goals from Phil Jones, Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck gave United back-to-back league wins for the first time since December, following their 2-0 success at Crystal Palace last month.
Victory took the defending champions to within nine points of fourth-place Manchester City, although they have played two more games, while Pepe Mel´s West Brom remain just above the relegation zone in 17th place.
United´s last game at The Hawthorns had been Alex Ferguson´s final match as manager and his successor was looking for a reaction to his side´s shock 2-0 loss to Olympiakos in the Champions League.
After Marouane Fellaini had seen a header cleared off the line and West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster had tipped a header from Rafael da Silva onto his crossbar, United broke through in the 34th minute.
A free-kick wide on the right gave Van Persie an opportunity to whip a cross into the box and Jones stole in front of a clutch of defenders to beat Foster with a glancing near-post header.
In reply, Claudio Yacob and Victor Anichebe each went close for West Brom, but Foster was fortunate to escape censure after he miscalculated an attempt to control a lofted pass from Mata outside his area and the ball struck him on the hand.
West Brom forced United onto the back foot early in the second half, with Zoltan Gera testing David De Gea at his near post and Mata hooking away a low cross from Anichebe.
However, United tightened their grip on proceedings in the 65th minute, with Rooney nodding in a cross from Rafael at the back post to claim his 11th league goal of the campaign.
Gera worked De Gea again as West Brom probed for a path back into the game, but Welbeck killed off the home fans´ hopes of a comeback in the 82nd minute when he ran onto Rooney´s through ball to curl a shot past Foster.
