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4) The single most anticipated moment of all at Wembley did not disappoint. Within 10 seconds of Bruno Fernandes starting the game, the ball filtered its way back to the Newcastle penalty area. A faintly awkward defensive header was placed slightly behind the advancing Loris Karius, just far enough so that for a split second it seemed as though there would be some sort of monumental goalkeeping f**k up, the sort which a week of fervent narrative-baiting build-up had demanded.
That was the first hint of Man Utd’s approach: Weghorst dropping deep to open up room for Rashford to exploit. The second came immediately after as Weghorst, Casemiro and Raphael Varane surrounded Karius at the corner. It was an understandable tactic and a reminder that for all the millions of pounds of investment a club makes and the hundreds of experts they employ, the sport really can sometimes just be boiled down to ‘let’s try and rattle this obvious target and see what happens’.
It became increasingly evident early on that if Newcastle were going to produce a trophy-worthy moment, Saint-Maximin would be central to it. And if Man Utd hoped to prevail then stopping him would rob the opposition of practically all their hope.7) As is so often the case, Newcastle let their guard down in throwing a sizeable punch.
Guimaraes was only ever going to be drafted straight into the starting line-up upon his return from suspension, not least for such an important game. Andhave struggled without him. But after an excellent first 20 minutes he faded, was in one instance tackled twice in the same minute when shirking passing options to try and drive forward himself, then made the foolish error from which his team never recovered.
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