Manchester City sun samu nasara mai ban mamaki da ci 1-0 akan Manchester United a Old Trafford ranar Lahadi, amma sakamakon ya kasance cike da cece-kuce — katin ja mai kawo takaddama na Phil Foden da tambayoyin da suka shafi matsayin waje a cikin burin nasara na Erling Haaland.
Katin ja na Foden ya sanya yanayi
Babban lokacin wasan ya zo a minti na 23 lokacin da aka kore Foden sakamakon abin da ya faru tsakaninsa da Bruno Fernandes. Bayan Fernandes ya buga ƙwallon zuwa cikin Foden, an ƙaddara cewa ɗan wasan tsakiyar City ya rama ta hanyar harbe ƙafãfunsa biyu. VAR ta tabbatar da shawarar, wadda Gary Neville a cikin tsokaci ya bayyana a matsayin "kuru da ƙafãfa biyu zuwa ciki".
Duk da haka, da yawa sun lura cewa Fernandes ne ya fara ƙalubale. Roy Keane ya ce: "Foden ya yi amsa. Abin mamaki shi ne cewa Fernandes ya buga farko... a gare ni, shi ne mai ta'adi a nan. Ban tsammanin katin ja ne ga Foden ba, gaskiya ban tsammanin haka ba." Micah Richards ya kara da cewa: "Fernandes ya kama shi! Ban yarda da amsar Foden ba, amma Fernandes ne ya fara."
United sun rasa damar duk da fifikon 'yan wasa
Duk da suna da ɗan wasa ƙari, United sun kasa amfana da wannan fa'ida. Marcus Rashford ya buga ginshiƙi da harbi kyauta daga mita 28 kafin ƙarshen rabin lokaci na farko, sa'an nan yunƙurin Kobbie Mainoo mai lanƙwasa ya kuma buga ginshiƙin a minti na 51.
City sun samu burin a minti na 60 lokacin da Haaland ya kammala a ginshiƙin baya, amma tutar waje ta tashi. Fasahar waje ta rabin-atomatik ta yanke hukunci cewa ɗan ƙasar Norway yana ciki — amma Enzo Fernandez, wanda yake fili a waje a lokacin wannan motsi, ya bar tambayoyi game da ingancin burin. Neville ya ce: "Sa'ad da suka sake duba wannan, za su fahimci sun yi kuskure."
United na biyan tsadar rashin inganci
A minti na 68, Enzo Fernandez kusan ya ninka rabo amma bugu nasa ya tafi ginshiƙi bayan tsayawar Senne Lammens. Harry Maguire ya rasa mafi kyawun damar United ta daidaitawa lokacin da ya karkata kai a gefe a wani kwallo-a-kusurwa a minti na 86, kafin Gianluigi Donnarumma ya rufe kofar a minti na ƙarshe ta hanyar ceton al'ajabi da ya hana Bryan Mbeumo daidaitawa.
Da wannan nasara, City sun haɗu da Arsenal a sama da jerin Premier League, da cikakkun maki daga wasanni huɗu. United, a nasa bangare, za su tambayi kansu dalilin da ya sa ba su iya cutar da ƙungiyar da ke wasa da 'yan wasa goma ba.
