Anglo-American, Stoke City vs. Manchester United (Sun Jan 12) Stoke City | Manchester United 4-1-3-1-1 P | 4-4-2 A Carlos Granados | Tom Wright | M_ter_Stegen GK | GK D_de_Gea A_Christense DF | DF B_Kamara R_Sweeney DF | DF M_Rojo A_Barreca DF | DF G_Arana Filipe_Luis DF | DF S_Heathcote Lucas DM | MF P_Pogba L_Pellegrini MF | MF A_Januzaj B_Oviedo MF | MF D_Poyet X_Shaqiri MF | MF T_Alcantara L_Freeman AM | FW P_Pellegri D_Mertens FW | FW A_Martial | J_Haygaard SUB | SUB D_Henderson J_Jolebas SUB | SUB A_Tameze Lucas_Moura SUB | SUB R_Varane G_Evans SUB | SUB E_Lamela S_Aguero SUB | SUB A_Yarmolenko Min. 2 :(sto) Filipe_Luis runs down the flank ... He plays the ball in to D_Mertens ... G_Arana slides in hard! ... And knocks the ball out for a throw! Min. 3 :(mnu) P_Pogba drives it forward to A_Martial ... A_Christense wins the ball with a clear tackle Min. 7 :(mnu) P_Pogba leaves A_Barreca standing ... P_Pogba attempts a low drive! ... M_ter_Stegen fists it away Min. 8 :(sto) D_Mertens beats G_Arana ... He muscled him off the ball ... G_Arana goes in hard to win the ball back Min. 9 :(mnu) P_Pogba with the header on ... He finds T_Alcantara in space ... Filipe_Luis seizes control of the ball ... He hoists it forward Min. 12 :(mnu) G_Arana with a pinpoint pass to A_Martial ... But A_Christense clears the danger Min. 15 :(sto) L_Pellegrini has found himself in space ... He looks up for his team mates ... He swings the ball in ... A_Christense gets on the end of the pass ... He is in space! ... A_Christense gets his head to the ball ! ... The net bulges! ... OH!! He has hit the side netting ... Goal kick given Min. 17 :(sto) L_Pellegrini pulls it back to L_Freeman ... D_Poyet with an awful challenge Min. 18 :(sto) Lucas with a pinpoint pass to L_Pellegrini ... A vicious shot by L_Pellegrini ! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... But it sails past the post !! ... D_de_Gea never had a chance! Min. 18 :(mnu) A_Januzaj looks up for support for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... A_Martial receives the pass and heads towards the goal ... A_Martial has a go! ... M_ter_Stegen gets a hand to it!! ... But he picks up the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH !! ... It's pushed behind ! ... CORNER! ... B_Kamara lofts the ball in! ... M_ter_Stegen jumps well to claim it! Min. 19 :(mnu) P_Pogba holds the ball up and waits for support ... He knocks the ball across to A_Martial ... B_Oviedo with an ugly foul ... That looked malicious ... The Referee tries to calm him down Min. 19 :(mnu) A_Januzaj crosses into the box, finding P_Pellegri ... A_Christense cuts out the pass ... That was close! Min. 21 :(mnu) A_Januzaj with an incisive pass to P_Pellegri ... P_Pellegri has his eyes on the goal! ... He shoots! ... M_ter_Stegen with a fantastic point blank save ... He shows why he is the number 1 Min. 22 :(mnu) D_Poyet controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball into the middle! ... P_Pellegri gets onto the end of the pass! ... P_Pellegri controls the ball well! ... He hits the shot towards goal! ... He hits the post ... He follows it up! ... But puts it wide! ... He'll be disappointed with that Min. 23 :(sto) L_Freeman with a neat pass into D_Mertens ... D_Mertens beats the offside trap! ... He is clean through ... D_de_Gea comes towards him ... He rounds D_de_Gea ... He thumps it towards the goal! ... D_de_Gea somehow manages to get to it !! Min. 24 :(sto) D_Mertens sprints past the defender ... D_Mertens sights up the goal ... He shoots! ... D_de_Gea just watches float over the bar! Min. 24 :(mnu) The ball goes loose! ... P_Pellegri seizes control of it and thinks about the shot ... D_Mertens rushes in with a clumsy tackle!! ... That’s a foul!! Min. 34 :(sto) B_Oviedo nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully ... He only has going for the goal in mind! ... B_Oviedo with the header ! ... D_de_Gea just watches it drift out of play! Min. 37 :(mnu) T_Alcantara with a reverse pass to A_Martial ... A_Martial has his eyes on the goal! ... He shoots! ... M_ter_Stegen parries it ... The defender clears it Min. 42 :(mnu) D_Poyet with a pinpoint pass to P_Pellegri ... P_Pellegri tries to chip the ball over M_ter_Stegen! ... It's beaten M_ter_Stegen ... GOAL !! ... Lets see if Manchester United can hang onto that lead! ... Stoke City 0-1 Manchester United ... Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Stoke City 0-1 Manchester United Min. 49 :(sto) X_Shaqiri gets a bottle of Lucozade and sprays it at A_Januzaj ... He deserves punishment for that! ... The Referee calls him over ... The ref is taking his time with him! ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 49 :(mnu) T_Alcantara plays a long ball to A_Martial ... A_Martial fires off a right-footed shot ! ... M_ter_Stegen makes a comfortable save ... He makes it look so easy Min. 50 :(mnu) P_Pogba chips the ball over the defence and finds P_Pellegri ... A_Barreca is late with that one ... I think he was just trying to get to the ball Min. 51 :(sto) D_Mertens fires over a low cross to A_Barreca ... But B_Kamara slides in Min. 51 :(sto) L_Freeman gets a bottle of Lucozade and sprays it at P_Pogba ... He's lucky to be let off for that one ... Carlos Granados looks relieved ... Tom Wright is far from happy with that decision Min. 53 :(mnu) T_Alcantara holds the ball up and waits for support ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to A_Martial ... A_Martial is miles offside! ... The flag stays down ... M_ter_Stegen tries to close down the angle ... He dinks it over M_ter_Stegen ... It goes wide!! Min. 54 :(mnu) D_Poyet feeds the ball through the middle ... P_Pellegri runs onto it ... He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender ... Excellent sliding challenge from A_Christense ... He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful Min. 57 :(mnu) E_Lamela is being prepared to come on ... A_Januzaj is leaving the pitch ... He applauds the crowd ... Looks like his replacement will play MF Min. 57 :(mnu) A_Yarmolenko will replace A_Martial and play FW Min. 57 :(mnu) A_Tameze is going to be brought on ... B_Kamara is leaving the pitch ... He applauds the crowd ... Looks like his replacement will play DF Min. 62 :(mnu) A_Yarmolenko skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to P_Pellegri ... P_Pellegri with a scorcher of a shot ! ... M_ter_Stegen fists it away ... That was a good save! Min. 62 :(sto) A_Barreca looks around for some movement ... He knocks the ball across to X_Shaqiri ... A_Tameze with a bad challenge ... The Referee wants a word ... It’s just a warning Min. 62 :(mnu) M_Rojo twists his ankle! ... He isn't going to continue! ... And they have used all of their substitutions Min. 63 :(sto) L_Freeman with a fantastic turn that puts him through on goal ... L_Freeman with the goal bound shot! ... Looks like it should be D_de_Gea's ... Oh he's let it go through his legs ... But drifts inches wide !! ... D_de_Gea looks embarrassed! ... He was relieved to see it go wide! ... Goal kick given, amazing decision there! Min. 71 :(sto) The ball goes loose! ... L_Pellegrini gains possesion and thinks about the shot ... A_Tameze knocks the ball back to D_de_Gea ... Ohhhh no!! ... It’s gone past D_de_Gea! ... And just creeps wide!! ... CORNER! ... L_Freeman hits it into the box! ... The danger is dealt with by S_Heathcote Min. 71 :(mnu) T_Alcantara unselfishly lays the ball back to D_Poyet ... D_Poyet pounds a rocket on goal ! ... The shot slips through M_ter_Stegen's hands ... GOAL !! ... What a terrible mistake ... Carlos Granados looks gutted ... Stoke City 0-2 Manchester United ... Min. 77 :(sto) L_Pellegrini with the towering header to D_Mertens ... D_Mertens has a dig at goal! ... D_de_Gea gets a hand to it!! ... But he picks up the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH !! ... He's put it over Min. 77 :(mnu) D_Poyet flicks it over A_Barreca and runs onto it ... He showed great skill and pace there ... But D_Mertens puts the ball out of play Min. 78 :(sto) Filipe_Luis with the deft touch ... He takes it past A_Tameze ... He knocks it to D_Mertens! ... D_Mertens tries to chip the ball over D_de_Gea! ... It grazes the post! ... And hits the side netting ... Goal Kick! Min. 80 :(mnu) P_Pellegri beats his marker ... It looked like he pushed his marker ... "Play On!" Waves The Referee ... B_Oviedo makes the challenge and clears the ball ... But it drifts out of play ... CORNER! ... P_Pellegri plays it into the danger area! ... M_ter_Stegen catches it! Min. 81 :(mnu) T_Alcantara with the heel pass to A_Yarmolenko ... A_Yarmolenko hits the ball on the bounce ! ... Terrific shot ... It takes a bounce of the defender ... The deflection takes it just wide ... That's unlucky! ... CORNER! ... P_Pogba chips the ball into the area! ... The ball finds its way to A_Yarmolenko ... He gets the shot away ... It's beaten M_ter_Stegen ... It goes wide !! Min. 83 :(mnu) D_Poyet looks around for some movement ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to P_Pogba ... P_Pogba with the shot ! ... It hits the bar!! ... But he beats the defender to the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH !! ... He's put it wide Min. 85 :(sto) L_Freeman jumps over A_Tameze's challenge ... Oh, beautiful nutmeg ... He's clean through ... L_Freeman with a thundering shot! ... D_de_Gea with the diving save ... He must have spotted the TV cameras! Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on Min. 90 :(mnu) P_Pellegri times his run well ... P_Pellegri looks to see where M_ter_Stegen is! ... He rifles in the shot! ... But M_ter_Stegen hits it away ... He could have held onto that! Min. 92 :(mnu) A_Yarmolenko beats his marker ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... D_Mertens with a nasty foul ... The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!! ... He is ordered to cool off ... FREE KICK! ... The Referee signals that it is indirect ... P_Pogba swings it in ... A_Yarmolenko gets on the end of it ... A_Yarmolenko with his head down lets it go ! ... It goes wide! ... He made that look harder than it was!! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : bet365 Stadium Attendance : 30,119 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stoke City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : D_Mertens Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : X_Shaqiri (49) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester United Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : D_Poyet (Man of the Match) Scorers : P_Pellegri (42), D_Poyet (71) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : M_Rojo (62) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stoke City | Manchester United Attempts on Goal : 9 | 15 Off target : 7 | 6 On target : 2 | 9 Possession : 50 | 50 Corners : 1 | 3 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 1 | 0 Subs Used : 0 | 3 Fouls : 9 | 6 Key Tackles : 7 | 4 Key Passes : 8 | 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Stoke City 0 - 2 Manchester United ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Stoke City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M_ter_Stegen GK 30 3 2 1 26 | 94 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 A_Christense DF 2 25 10 2 23 | 94 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 52 0 1 R_Sweeney DF 2 24 4 2 23 | 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Barreca DF 1 23 8 2 24 | 94 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Filipe_Luis DF 1 23 10 3 25 | 94 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 20 0 Lucas DM 2 12 26 3 22 | 94 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 L_Pellegrini MF 1 8 22 5 24 | 94 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 B_Oviedo MF 1 11 22 2 24 | 94 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 X_Shaqiri MF 2 4 24 8 24 | 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 -3 -3 L_Freeman AM 1 2 23 11 23 | 94 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 D_Mertens FW 1 2 4 25 22 | 94 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 13 10 6 J_Haygaard GK 22 2 3 2 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Jolebas DF 1 23 11 5 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lucas_Moura MF 1 2 25 13 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G_Evans MF 1 9 22 2 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Aguero FW 2 4 13 25 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Manchester United Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D_de_Gea GK 31 2 2 2 24 | 94 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 B_Kamara DF 1 28 13 2 24 | 59 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 M_Rojo DF 3 24 5 3 27 | 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G_Arana DF 1 27 13 2 23 | 94 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 10 0 S_Heathcote DF 2 25 3 2 25 | 94 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 P_Pogba MF 2 2 28 5 21 | 94 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 4 A_Januzaj MF 2 4 28 14 27 | 59 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 D_Poyet MF 2 5 25 11 21 | 94 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 58 23 T_Alcantara MF 1 2 26 13 25 | 94 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 76 8 P_Pellegri FW 1 3 13 27 23 | 94 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 A_Martial FW 3 2 3 24 26 | 59 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 D_Henderson GK 20 2 3 2 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Tameze DF 1 25 6 2 30 | 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 R_Varane DF 2 27 10 2 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E_Lamela MF 2 4 26 12 26 | 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Yarmolenko FW 1 4 14 26 20 | 35 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 18 11 1578865381 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35