Heracles Athletics, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — Nottingham Forest hosted Red Devils Manchester United in the EFL Cup 2022-23 season. He shouldered the burden of Manchester United after the departure of Cairo, and scored 10 goals in the last 10 league matches, leading United to 4th place in the league with an average of 1 goal per game.
Heracles Athletics: Manchester United shut out their opponents 3-0, Rashford in stable form
In this match, the visiting Manchester United had 68% of possession, 88% of successful passes, 15 shots, 6 shots on goal and 3 goals in 104 attacks. Nottingham Forest’s passing success rate was only 74%, with 13 shots, 4 shots on target and 0 goals in 94 attacks. The back line was also very strong, especially Martinez who had 4 clearances, 1 block and 1 interception, earning 7.8 points from the rating agency Sofascore as the best in the match.
In the 5th minute, Rashford got the ball and started a long run, Nottingham Forest had 2 players trying to block his cross, but Master Rashford’s surprising wave of line change operation successfully flashed through, and the goalkeeper one-on-one one-on-one small angle shot scored, for Manchester United 1-0 first chase point.
The 23rd minute by Suriqi next course, but was ruled offside by VAR. In the 45th minute, Casemiro organized an attack, Anthony’s shot was blocked, Weghorst added a shot to score the first goal in the Department of Gaku, and United entered the locker room with 2-0 at halftime.
In the second half, both sides attacked fiercely and the pressure at the back was great until the 89th minute when B Fee sent a direct shot, Williams successfully passed the ball after competing for it, and Elanga then passed it back to B Fee and shot, United continued to lead 3-0 and the score was fixed at the end. In the double round robin match, United took the lead.
According to the Heracles Athletics news, Nottingham Forest, who spent 4.6 billion to strengthen their team this season, did not perform well in all competitions, especially the front line attack was not strong, from the viewpoint of the attacking position map, their effective kick is mostly outside the box, and the attack inside the box is not much threatening.
On the contrary, Manchester United’s attacks were mostly on the right side of the box, and their aggressive attacks worked and brought victory to the Red Devils. The two sides will play their second match on February 2, and we are optimistic that Manchester United will kill their opponents.
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