Manchester Metropolis gained the Group Protect for the primary time since 2019 with a 7-6 penalty shootout win over Manchester United following a 1-1 draw at Wembley on Sunday.
Following a slow-burn first half and a bunch of missed probabilities after the break — together with a giant one from Marcus Rashford — substitute Alejandro Garnacho gave United the lead within the 82nd minute following a driving run on the coronary heart of the Metropolis defence.
Nevertheless, that lead would final simply seven minutes as fellow sub Bernardo Silva headed dwelling Metropolis’s equaliser on the far submit to pressure a shootout.
Bernardo missed Metropolis’s first spot-kick, however Pep Guardiola’s males remained good from there, with Jadon Sancho and Jonny Evans lacking for United.
Metropolis have now ended a run of three straight defeats within the Group Protect, whereas United stay the one aspect to lose 4 in a row (1998-2001).
Listed below are the complete participant scores as Manchester Metropolis lifted yet one more trophy.
Man Metropolis vs Man Utd participant scores — Group Protect
Man Metropolis (4-3-3)
Ederson – 7/10 – May do nothing about Garnacho’s objective, wasn’t actually examined in any other case. Despatched Onana the flawed method within the shootout after denying Sancho.
Rico Lewis – 7/10 – Search ‘Rico Lewis’ on X and also you’ll see quite a lot of divided opinion on his efficiency right here. For the report, he was fairly stable.
Manuel Akanji – 6/10 – Desperately tried to dam Garnacho’s shot for the objective however couldn’t make up the bottom in time. The objective positively wasn’t his fault, although. Gained some redemption for his penalty shootout miss towards England at Euro 2024 by scoring the profitable effort right here.
Ruben Dias – 5/10 – Didn’t cowl himself in glory on the objective, permitting Garncho to go by him and trigger a horrible mix-up with Gvardiol. A superb penalty within the shootout, nonetheless.
Josko Gvardiol – 4/10 – As above.
Mateo Kovacic – 8/10 – Most likely Man Metropolis’s finest participant. Moved the ball shortly and tried to drive by the traces, whereas all the time trying alert to free balls. Wanted Rodri subsequent to him, in all honesty.
Nico O’Reilly – 6/10 – Didn’t fairly get into the sport as a lot as he’d have favored, however O’Reilly might be proud of what was a stable debut.
James McAtee – 8/10 – Misplaced simply certainly one of his 30 tried passes and nearly acquired on the scoresheet, however was desperately unfortunate to see his curling effort hit the submit.
Oscar Bobb – 8/10 – Direct and electrical, all the time seeking to make one thing occur. Remaining ball was typically dreadful however he acquired it proper to arrange Bernardo’s equaliser.
Erling Haaland – 3/10 – No pictures, no probabilities created, no impression. At the very least he scored within the shootout.
Jeremy Doku – 7/10 – Regarded energetic together with his tempo, particularly within the first half. Missing a little bit together with his closing ball.
Substitutes
Matheus Nunes (63′, for O’Reilly) – 5/10 – Didn’t get going within the closing third and picked up a yellow card. Emphatic together with his penalty, which even drew a visual response from Guardiola.
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Savio (63′, for Doku) – 7/10 – Concerned within the build-up to Bernardo’s equaliser and gave Metropolis followers promising glimpses on his debut. Despatched Onana the flawed method together with his penalty.
Bernardo Silva (80′, for McAtee) – 8/10 – With 5 touches of the ball, birthday boy Bernardo Silva managed to stage the match with a header and full 100% of his passes. Couldn’t comply with that up within the shootout, lacking Metropolis’s first penalty with a tame effort.
Kevin De Bruyne (90′, for Bobb) – 6/10 – Didn’t have time to become involved in regular time, however despatched Onana the flawed method within the shootout.
Nathan Ake (90′, for Gvardiol) – N/A – No time to get into the sport.
Man Utd (4-2-3-1)
Andre Onana – 5/10 – Had valuable little to do till Bernardo’s objective within the closing moments, which Onana may do nothing about. Denied Bernardo within the shootout however maybe targeted a little bit an excessive amount of on his antics than preserving Man Metropolis gamers out for the remainder of the competition.
Diogo Dalot – 8/10 – Put in an enormous shift defensively and all the time regarded to push ahead in help of the assault. Nearly squeezed his penalty past Ederson.
Harry Maguire – 7/10 – Clear with the ball and regarded stable defensively. Solely a few tough moments and hopefully an indication of issues to return this season.
Jonny Evans – 7/10 – Made it by the complete 90 minutes and proved he can as soon as once more be a gradual possibility for Ten Hag when required. Properly, that’s so long as they don’t let him take any extra penalties. A very dreadful effort.
Lisandro Martinez – 7/10 – An old school full-back efficiency from a participant out of place however saved issues tight with three tackles, two clearances and 100% success on floor duels. Scored his penalty in type.
Casemiro – 8/10 – Regarded like a totally completely different participant to final season after what will need to have been one hell of a summer season break. Made a match-high seven tackles, whereas additionally making eight recoveries and 7 passes into the ultimate third. On the coronary heart of a lot of United’s finest play. Chilly as ice together with his penalty.
Kobbie Mainoo – 7/10 – Tidy with the ball and labored exhausting with out it, however his Euro 2024 exertions shortly caught up with him after half-time.
Amad Diallo – 6/10 – Energetic across the field however his decision-making let him down. May have scored within the first half however as an alternative tried squaring it to Mount.
Mason Mount – 6/10 – Confirmed just a few flashes of high quality in tight areas however nonetheless a way off being absolutely sharp.
Marcus Rashford – 5/10 – Missed an excellent likelihood within the second half, scuffing a left-footed effort contained in the field onto the submit.
Bruno Fernandes – 8/10 – Had an exquisite objective disallowed for offside earlier than occurring to supply the help for Garnacho’s objective. Carved the Man Metropolis defence open just a few instances together with his precision passing. Scored within the shootout.
Substitutes
Scott McTominay (59′, for Mount) – 4/10 – Missed a large likelihood to kill the sport late on however went together with his proper foot when the left-footed shot was the better possibility. Barely touched the ball in any other case. Good penalty within the shootout.
Alejandro Garnacho (59′, for Diallo) – 9/10 – Like Bernardo for Metropolis, Garnacho fully modified the sport from the bench and deserved his objective. Made no mistake within the shootout.
Toby Collyer (59′, for Mainoo) – 6/10 – A clear and composed debut.
Facundo Pellistri (59′, for Maguire) – 2/10 – Fell asleep on the far submit to permit Bernardo his header for the equaliser.
Jadon Sancho (83′, for Rashford) – 3/10 – Didn’t get into the sport and was denied by Ederson within the shootout.
