Newcastle United is no Omonia. Unlike United, they have only one defeat this season and cannot be overwhelmed by an injury-time goal from McTominlay. For the Red Devils to win against one of their favorite ’customers’, they needed to show much more than they did today, so their mini-winning streak ended at Old Trafford today: Manchester United – Newcastle United 0-0.Callum Wilson did not complete a single pass in the first half against Manchester United. He also had the fewest touches of any other player on the pitch (7).— Squawka (@Squawka) October 16, 2022 Apart from the winning streak in all competition, Ten Hag’s men snapped a five consecutive winning streak against the Magpies at Old Trafford, since Newcastle came to Manchester in much better shape than in last five seasons, and showed ’teeth’. Long gone are the days when Newcastle United went to away matches in a 5-4-1 formation (sometimes even at home) with both Rafa Benitez and Steve Bruce at the helm. The Magpies are now playing exclusively in 4-3-3 formation and look for the win, no matter the ground.In fact, Eddie Howe’s men enjoyed the first half, where they should have scored really, but in those movie-like situations, Joelinton’s header ended at the bar, and then the ball came to him, but his second header ended up in the post seconds later. Unreal miss. Magpies also had an unsuccessful penalty claim, and VAR should have looked at the situation again, but nevertheless, the guests were better. Jadon Sancho was the only bright spot in Manchester’s team and he created the only chance for his team when he assisted Antony, whose low shot was well saved by Pope. Ten Hag opted to start with Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of Marcus Rashford, but the Portuguese couldn’t find the magic to score against the Magpies.If there was any excitement in the first half, it was gone in the second. United had a big chance in the 88th minute, but Fred’s shot went wide from Pope’s goal. Everything else was just huffing and puffing between two penalty areas where United dominated, but couldn’t score. As Newcastle had a penalty shout in the first half, so United had one in the second, but in both occasions, VAR didn’t signalyze anything. All in all, it was a fair result for both clubs today, as Newcastle remains a point below Manchester, but with a game in hand.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 11 Friday Brentford – Brighton 2-0 (1-0)/Toney 27, 64 pen/Saturday Leicester – Crystal Palace 0-0Fulham – Bournemouth 2-2 (1-2)/Diop 22, Mitrovic 52 pen – Solanke 2, Lerma 29/Wolves – Nottingham Forest 1-0 (0-0)/Neves 56 pen/Tottenham – Everton 2-0 (0-0)/Kane 59 pen, Hojbjerg 86/Sunday Aston Villa – Chelsea 0-2 (0-1)/Mount 6, 65/Leeds – Arsenal 0-1 (0-1)/Saka 35/Man.Utd. – Newcastle 0-0Southampton – West Ham 1-1 (1-0)/Perraud 20 – RIce 65/18.30: (3.90) Liverpool (3.70) Man.City (2.04)***odds are subject to change
