Despite being 2-0 ahead of Nottingham, MU still came back spectacularly with a Casemiro brace and a 3-2 victory on Bruno Fernandes’ penalty in the third round of the Premier League.
Entering the match in the third round of the Premier League, MU is more appreciated, playing at Old Trafford, but Nottingham Forest is the team with the lead goal. In the second minute, starting from an unsuccessful corner kick, Nottingham counterattacked quickly, Awoniyi quickly eliminated Rashford before beating Onana to open the score 1-0.
Before understanding what happened, MU received a second goal, in the 4th minute, from the direct free kick situation, Johnson put the ball in the right position of Boly, this player easily hit the connector, increasing the score. up 2-0 for Nottingham.
Receiving 2 goals in 4 minutes, the entire Red Devils squad was stunned by the speed of the visitors’ play. Forced by the opponent in the first minutes of the first half, MU gradually regained its advantage and began to counterattack, unfortunately, Bruno Fernandes’ long shots failed.
MU’s attacking efforts finally paid off. In the 17th minute, Rashford took the ball on the left wing before stretching it to Eriksen to cushion the ball into an empty net, shortening the score to 1-2.
Having a goal to shorten the score, the spirit of the MU strikers gradually returned, under the pressure of the Red Devils, Nottingham actively gave up the game and focused on defense. In the 26th minute, Casemiro had a good chance to hit his head in an unaccompanied position, unfortunately, the Brazilian midfielder sent the ball off the post.
In the last minutes of the first half, the MU defense witnessed Nottingham’s quick counter-attacks, if more accurately, the third goal came to Nottingham’s away team. Despite trying very hard to attack in the last minutes of the first half, MU was still stuck in front of Nottingham’s crowded defense.
In the second half, MU did not hide his intention to find an early equalizer, it only took a few minutes when the whistle started, the Red Devils had a goal to equalize the score 2-2.
In the 51st minute, from the quick free kick arrangement, Bruno Fernandes sneaked down behind the Nottingham defense to make a header for Casemiro to finish, MU’s equalizer took place very quickly, making the Nottingham defense surprised.
Got the equalizer, but the mental advantage belonged to MU, in the 67th minute, Bruno Fernandes went down to face the goalkeeper forcing Worrall to make a mistake from behind, the referee immediately drew a red card directly, and Nottingham only had to play. with 10 people on the field.
Playing more people and rising spirit, MU easily got the 3rd goal. In the 76th minute, Rashford broke through on the left, causing Danilo to make a mistake in the penalty area, the referee gave MU an 11m kick. On the penalty spot, Bruno Fernandes easily defeated the Nottingham goalkeeper to raise the score to 3-2.
In the last minutes of the game, Nottingham rushed to attack, but before MU’s disciplined defense, Nottingham’s strikers were helpless and accepted a 3-2 defeat.
In the match on the same day, Arsenal were suddenly held to a 2-2 draw by Fulham, Tottenham beat Bournemouth 2-0, Brentford drew with Crystal Palace 1-1.
