MU defeated Man City: Coach Amorim and Amad set a record, “Red Devils” haunted Pep

Man City had to endure a match to forget when hosting MU . Coach Pep Guardiola’s team led until the last minutes, but still had to accept a 1-2 defeat. 

Amad Diallo was the one who brought sorrow to Man City . He earned a penalty to help Fernandes equalize in the 88th minute. In the 90th minute, the star born in 2002 scored the decisive goal to help MU earn all 3 points. 

According to Opta, Amad Diallo became the second youngest player to score a decisive goal against the reigning Premier League champions (22 years and 157 days). The record belonged to Neil Mellor in 2004. At that time, the former Liverpool player scored the decisive goal to help “The Kop” beat Arsenal 2-1 at the age of 22 years and 24 days. 

 

Amad Diallo is so good

In the history of the Premier League, there have been 7 goals scored against the reigning champions since the 90th minute. Amad Diallo is the 2nd MU player to have the honor of doing so, after Van Persie in 2012 when the former Dutch star scored to help the “Red Devils” defeat Man City with a score of 3-2.

Not only that, Amad Diallo also left behind other remarkable statistics. Specifically, the Ivorian player had 16 passes into the opponent’s third, 10 touches in the penalty area, 5 dribbles, 4 shots and 2 shots on target. No player in the Manchester derby achieved the above statistics better than Amad Diallo.

Meanwhile, Fernandes scored 21 goals in 25 penalty kicks for MU in the Premier League. This helped the Portuguese midfielder surpass the record of the legendary Rooney when he scored 20 goals in 28 penalty kicks. 

Coach Amorim also had his own impressive statistics. The Portuguese strategist became the second coach in MU history to win the first Manchester derby of his career. Sir Alex was the one who previously set the record.

As for Man City, they have only lost 4 of their 105 home games when leading at half-time under Pep Guardiola (in the Premier League). It is worth noting that half of those games have come against MU. The defeat that preceded the most recent defeat was in 2018 when “The Citizens” lost 2-3 to MU.