What effect will the decision have on Manchester City? If it is delayed, or possibly limited to a single season, I anticipate Pep Guardiola and a lot of City's best players to go. How will this decision effect the Premier League race this season? Now, the competition for fifth place might mean a lot more if the space left by Manchester City, who started Friday in second place, is filled by the club following the top four. Sheffield United's (now fifth position) potential of qualifying for the Champions League (together with Leicester City) implies that a lot of people will be pulling for the underdog. Of course, this also gives Spurs and Manchester United a far stronger chance.
From United's perspective, it was a bad goal. Once again, defenders failed to react fast enough, which was a recurring trend. Before half-time, Foden and Mahrez both found space to cause De Gea problems, and City's sustained pressure in the second half was enough to fool United into allowing a third goal in the 68th minute.
Recent matchups between these teams have favored the visiting side, with just one of the past nine meetings ending in a home victory. Additionally, none of the previous six have witnessed BTTS, and although we anticipate both teams to score today, the value option should be on Manchester United to take something from the game at 2.5 odds against, with the Red Devils having won their past three away encounters versus City. 2:2 final score
Ralf Rangnick, interim manager of Manchester United, tells Sky Sports: "I believe we played a competent, if not excellent, first half. We were adversarial. It's challenging to allow an early goal. We fought back, scored a fantastic goal of our own, and then surrendered another goal on the counter-attack. It was a challenging contest against one of the world's finest teams. In the last minute of the game, we surrendered a fourth goal. It's a challenging game that demonstrates how far we still have to go to close that deficit." It was effective. For us, it was obvious that if we had a chance to win the game, we needed to run a lot. You have to be aggressive and search for the ball, which we did in the first half. In the end, the third goal proved fatal.
