MU Bombardir Gawang Tottenham di Babak Pertama, Skor 3-0
Fellaini, Carrick and Rooney`s First-half Strikes Sink Pitiful Spurs
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Manchester (B2B) - Manchester United sukses mengalahkan Tottenham Hotspurs dengan skor meyakinkan 3-0 pada lanjutan Liga Utama Inggris pekan 29 di Old Trafford, Minggu.
Manchester United membuka keunggulan melalui aksi Marouane Fellaini memanfaatkan umpan Michael Carrick di menit ke-9.
Stadion Old Trafford bergemuruh ketika Michael Carrick menciptakan gol kedua United dari situasi kemelut di depan gawang Tottenham pasca-tendangan sudut pada menit 19.
Unggul dua gol tidak membuat tim asuhan Louis Van Gaal mengendurkan serangan. Sebuah aksi individu Wayne Rooney menghujam gawang Spurs yang dijaga Hugo Lloris menit 34. Skor 3-0 keunggulan MU bertahan hingga jeda babak pertama, seperti dilansir Yahoo! Sports.
Pada babak kedua menit 47, gelandang Spurs Moussa Dembele melepaskan sepakan jarak jauh ke arah gawang United namun bolanya melambung.
Tottenham kembali menciptakan peluang melalui aksi Mason yang menendang bola di depan kotak penalti namun bolanya melenceng ke sisi kiri.
Tim berjuluk Setan Merah akhirnya kembali menciptakan peluang melalui tendangan Ander Herrera menit 65 namun tidak berbuah gol.
Tendangan keras Ander Herrera setelah menerima umpan Rooney kembali merepotkan lini pertahanan Tottenham namun lagi-lagi tidak menjadi gol pada menit 76. Skor 3-0 kemenangan Manchester United bertahan hingga laga usai.
Kemenangan ini mengamankan posisi Manchester United di empat besar klasemen Liga Inggris dengan koleksi 56 poin dari 29 laga. Di sisi lain, Tottenham Hotspurs tetap berada di peringat tujuh dengan 50 poin dari 29 laga.
Manchester - Michael Carrick was instrumental on his return to the Manchester United line-up as Louis Van Gaal’s side romped to a resounding 3-0 victory over a dire Tottenham at Old Trafford.
Carrick set up Marouane Fellaini who impressively finished left footed, before Carrick himself got on the scoresheet with a well directed low header to double United's advantage with barely 20 minutes played.
Wayne Rooney notched his 11th league goal of the campaign before half time to make it three for the hosts, applying a celebration to match the quality of the finish which mocked a recent viral video of the England captain.
Van Gaal’s side saw out an uneventful second half to increase their stranglehold on the final Champions League place, whilst Spurs simultaneously lost ground on their opponents.
After nine minutes Carrick produced his first telling moment, finding Fellaini with a perfectly weighted through ball and the Belgian confidently struck low past Hugo Lloris.
Ten minutes later, the 33-year-old turned goalscorer after Fellaini’s initial header was diverted straight to the playmaker, who arrowed a header of his own into the bottom right hand corner.
Rooney completed a blistering first half for the hosts as he capitalised on hesitant defending from Nabil Bentaleb and Eric Dier to calmly stroke past Lloris and extend the advantage.
The United captain’s celebration was particularly resonant, imitating a video that emerged on Sunday morning of him supposedly being knocked out during a play fight with Phil Bardsley.
