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MANCHESTER UNITED divided supporters with a brand-new "school playground" free-kick routine.
Ruben Amorim arrived astatine Old Trafford to instrumentality implicit from Erik 10 Hag arsenic the men's squad brag past Monday.
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However, with the Red Devils connected planetary work and the Premier League connected pause, it was United's women's squad who took centre signifier connected Sunday.
And they did truthful with an outrageous maneuver during their Women's Super League clash distant astatine Leicester.
United had an attacking free-kick conscionable extracurricular the punishment area.
And portion the taker prepared to effort and find the apical nett to interruption the deadlock, the Leicester goalkeeper Janina Leitzig attempted to acceptable up her wall.
However, her plans were thwarted by a caller attack to gamesmanship.
That is due to the fact that 2 Manchester United players - Millie Turner and Elisabeth Terland - walked close up to the goal.
They deliberately and obnoxiously blocked Leitzig's view, adjacent putting their arms up to origin further disruption and annoyance.
Once it was spotted, the referee went implicit to impulse the brace distant - apt citing unsportsmanlike behaviour arsenic the mentation for forcing them to move.
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They protested, astir apt claiming they were not touching the goalkeeper.
But they did caput back, sprinting backmost into an onside presumption earlier the free-kick was taken, suggesting the determination was purely to origin chaos for the goalkeeper mounting up the wall.
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Journalist Ian Stringer posted a video of the incidental from the King Power Stadium and asked: "What bash we deliberation to this? I haven’t seen it successful shot before. Fair? Unsporting?"
And it prompted a question of responses piling successful connected the underhand, cheeky tactics - with astir slamming the United players' "terrible" and "dreadful" behaviour.
One instrumentality fumed: "Embarrassing really, nary respecting manager would let this astatine a nonrecreational level surely? School playground tactics."
Another replied: "Embarrassing, unprofessional and unsporting."
A 3rd said: "If it had been my squad doing it I deliberation I’d person cringed rather a lot."
A 4th wrote: "What benignant of shamelessness is that."
A 5th added: "Nice thought but mmmmm."
Man Utd ratings v Leicester
Here's however SunSport's Martin Blackburn rated the Red Devils.
ANDRE ONANA – 7
Stood gangly erstwhile Ndidi went done connected extremity and a decent extremity circular the station from Ayew arsenic Leicester tried to get backmost successful it.
NOUSSAIR MAZROUAI – 6
Lucky to flight tackle connected Buonanotte without immoderate punishment. Supplied the transverse from the near which led to United’s 2nd goal.
MATTHIJS DE LIGT – 6
Made a cardinal 2nd fractional clearance erstwhile the Foxes were trying to find their mode backmost into the game. Fairly comfy day for location defenders.
LISANDRO MARTINEZ – 7
Spent the archetypal hr astatine centre fractional past showed his versatility by switching to left-back erstwhile Dalot was forced off.
DIOGO DALOT – 6
Did a dependable occupation keeping the Foxes astatine bay but past taken disconnected connected the hr – presumably owed to wounded arsenic United had to reshuffle their defence.
CASEMIRO – 7
Better from the seasoned Brazilian who helped United instrumentality bid of the crippled earlier getting the accidental to enactment his feet up precocious on.
MANUEL UGARTE – 6
Great situation connected Soumare showed what helium is each astir and immoderate signs helium is uncovering his feet. Will beryllium looking guardant to accomplishment of erstwhile brag Amorim.
AMAD DIALLO – 7
Delightful backheel for Fernandes to curl location the opener and could person scored himself. The Ivorian has had a bully week.
BRUNO FERNANDES – 8
Presented with a garment to people his 250th appearance earlier the crippled and volition beryllium getting much plaudits for his show here. Involved successful each 3 goals.
MARCUS RASHFORD – 5
Given the motion to commencement up of Garnacho but did not bash capable to warrant the religion of Van Nistelrooy. No astonishment erstwhile helium was replaced by the Argentine connected the hour.
RASMUS HOJLUND – 5
A mostly ineffective day for the Danish guardant earlier helium was subbed precocious on. Nothing incorrect with his work-rate but does helium person the prime Amorim volition want?
A sixth cheekily quipped: "Manchester United person been mediocre precocious truthful resorting to these sorts of tactics against a mid-table rival is hilarious! It would beryllium worthy it if they deed the people with a free-kick…"
And a last idiosyncratic tweeted: "Unsporting. Ref should've told them to battalion it successful the archetypal clip they did it," implying this was a repeated antic successful the WSL clash.
United, successful the end, did not request to edifice to the questionable and arguable moves arsenic they ran retired 2-0 winners.
Terland cleverly headed successful the opener conscionable earlier half-time, redirecting the shot backmost crossed extremity expertly.
Then Celin Bizet wrapped up the points 9 minutes from clip erstwhile she capitalised connected an underhit backpass.
And that ensured the Red Devils inflicted much misery connected Leicester arsenic they made it 3 wins implicit the Foxes wrong 3 weeks.
Ruud van Nistelrooy led the men to 2 wins implicit Steve Cooper's side successful his little interim spell successful charge, starting with the 5-2 Carabao Cup triumph and past bowing retired with a 3-0 scoreline past Sunday.
But it seems precise improbable new brag Amorim volition follow the women's naughty free-kick tactics immoderate clip soon.
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