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Manchester United star Alejandro Garnacho wanted by Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen | Football News

Manchester United star Alejandro Garnacho wanted by Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen | Football News

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Alejandro Garnacho has been a crucial component of Ruben Amorim’s plans at Manchester United this season. The Argentine’s most recent performance for the Red Devils helped them cross the bridge against Olympique Lyon in the UEFA Europa League, 7-6 on aggregate. In light of his recent performances, several top clubs from Europe have expressed their interest in signing the young forward. Names like Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and Chelsea are on the cards to bring home the exciting young talent. Garnacho was brought to United in 2020 from Atletico Madrid, and quickly established himself as a starter at the club. The Argentine International has made a total of 136 appearances for the club, scoring 25 goals in the process. In this season alone, the 20-year-old has scored 9 goals and set up another 8 in all competitions. The Argentine has made no effort in concealing the fact that his idol is Cristiano Ronaldo. Surprisngly, the player has surpassed his idol in terms of goal involvements in their first three seasons at United – 34 in …

We are defeated in offside time, not Fergie time: Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy after Manchester United win FA Cup tie with controversial goal | Football News

We are defeated in offside time, not Fergie time: Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy after Manchester United win FA Cup tie with controversial goal | Football News

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Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy was left fuming after Manchester United’s Harry Maguire scored a late controversial goal which dumped the Foxes out of the FA Cup. “We are not defeated in Fergie time, we are defeated in offside time,” Nistelrooy said after the match. Television replays showed Maguire appeared to be offside, but the linesman did not raise his flag and VAR is not used in the FA Cup until the fifth round. “(VAR) wasn’t necessary. Look, VAR you have a couple of centimetres, couple of inches. This was half a metre clear in line. It’s a hard one to take. We deserved to go into extra time and go for the battle in extra time and maybe penalties,” the former Dutch forward said. Story continues below this ad The result handed United only their third win in their last eight games at Old Trafford across all competitions, and the fans something to cheer about after a smattering of boos saw the team off at halftime. In the match, holders United were poor …

Manchester United edge past Manchester City 2-1, win 13th FA Cup title | Football News

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Manchester United pulled off an almighty upset on Saturday when they defeated a clearly exhausted Manchester City side 2-1 to win their 13th FA Cup in Wembley. The first goal was scored in the 30th minute by Alejandro Garnacho who capitalised on a mistake by Josko Gvardiol and goalkeeper Stefan Ortega and the second one was by rising star Kobbie Mainoo in the 39th minute. City, who last week for the Premier League title for the 4th year running, looked to be out of sorts in the match with chances they would normally put away getting wasted. Erling Haaland came the closest in the 2nd half as he hit the bar and then Kyle Walker’s swirling effort was saved by United goalie Andre Onana. In the end, they managed to pull one back through Jeremy Doku who scored in the 87th minute but it was too little too late for the reigning champions. The match was a repeat of the final from last year which was won by City 2-1 with Sunday’s victory acting as …