In the 14th round of the Premier League, Manchester United played away against the "local tyrant" Newcastle. In the first half, Kieran Trippier's free-kick hit the crossbar. In the second half, homegrown striker Gordon scored a goal. Manchester United were very passive, trailing a lot in shots on goal and barely able to fight back. Manchester United's 1-0 defeat ended a run of three consecutive league wins, and Newcastle's win moved them up to fifth, just two points off the top four and close to the Champions League places.
In terms of the squad, on Manchester United's side, Anthony Martial got the chance to start, forming a trident with Garnacho and Rashford, the two midfielders were McTominay and Maynoo, and Luke Shaw was deployed to play in central defence and partner Maguire. In the 10th minute of the opening game, B Fei gave a through ball forward, and Garnacho burst into the left side of the box and fired a low shot, which was missed. After that, Garnacho's inverted triangle cross from the left was followed by Wan-Bissaka and was blocked. Newcastle's chance, Isak fired a low shot from the right side of the box, which Luke Shaw blocked. Trippier then crossed from the right and Almiron fired a shot that Onana fell to save and it was a good save. After that, Guimaraes fired high from the middle and Gordon passed the ball and Maguire ruined the chance before Isak did. A corner was ensued and Ruscelles headed wide.
Newcastle's attack gradually picked up and suppressed the Reds, who had nine shots on goal after 25 minutes. After that, Schal passed the ball and Isak burst into the left side of the box and fired a shot that went just wide. After that, Almiron also had a shot from almost the same position, but it was still wide. In the 37th minute, Kieran Trippier's shot went over the wall and bounced off the underside of the crossbar, but Onana held the ball steady and the Reds escaped, their defence felt shaky. From there, a corner was swung in and his team-mate came down, but Schal's shot was blocked, and he then fired a shot wide of the target. At half-time, Newcastle led 14-2 shots on goal, and Manchester United was ugly.
Yibian fought again, and Manchester United continued to be passive on the field. In the 54th minute, after the ball was broken in the front, Newcastle counterattacked on the spot, Joelinton split the ball to the right side, Kieran Trippier followed up and swept the ball to the front of the goal, and Gordon, who was outflanked at the back point, sent the ball into the empty goal, 1-0, Newcastle leaded!Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford were substituted in the 60th minute, with Antony and Hojlen coming on and Amrabat coming on. After that, United's free-kick into the box was headed wide by Maguire as United tried to step up their attack, but the shot was hard to come by.
After that, a free-kick opportunity was denied by Guimaraes' volley. Amrabat and Harry Maguire had one shot each on goal, both of which were blocked. In the 86th minute, Newcastle goalkeeper Pope was injured and replaced by substitute goalkeeper Dubravka. After nine minutes of stoppage time, United couldn't do anything and the score was fixed at 1-0.