Kuzonqoba umqeqeshi onamaqhinga aphusile e-Old Trafford
Impelasonto nempelasonto kuligi yase-England i-English Premier League (EPL), kuhlezi kunemidlalo esuke ibhekwe ngabomvu ngaphambi kokuthi idlalwe.
Kule mpelasonto umdlalo okulindeleke ukuthi kuguge utshani kuwona ophakathi kweManchester United neTottenham Hotspur. Lo mdlalo uzobanjelwa e-Old Trafford okuyinkundla yeMan United, uzoqala ligamenxe elesi-5 ngeSonto ntambama.
Okwenza lo mdlalo ube ngomkhulu yingoba la maqembu angamanye amakhulu kuleli ligi, ikakhulukazi iMan United.
Yize womabili la maqembu engayiqalanga kahle isizini kodwa ngeSonto konke lokho kuzobe kungasasebenzi e-Old Trafford.
IMan United emdlalweni wayo wokuqala yamangaza abaningi ibhaxabulwa iCrystal Palace ngamagoli amathathu kwelilodwa, kuthe kolandelayo yanqoba kanzima ihlula iBrighton Hove & Albion ngamagoli amathathu kwamambili.
Leli qembu eliqeqeshwa u-Ole Gunnar Solskjaer emdlalweni emibili linamaphuzu amathathu, endaweni ye-14 kulogi.
IHotspur yona isidlale imidlalo emithathu, nayo emdlalweni wokuqala yathola induku ihlulwa i-Everton ngegoli elilodwa eqandeni. Ivuke yazithatha kolandelayo ihlula iSouthampton ngamagoli amahlanu kwamabili, emdlalweni egcine iwudlalile ibambane neNewcastle United ngegoli elilodwa nhlangothi zombili.
Le miphumela yenza ibe namaphuzu amane, endaweni yesi-8 kulogi.
Umqeqeshi weHotspur uJose “Special One” Mourihno ekhuluma nabezindaba uvele wenza ihlaya ngeMan United.
“Kunzima ukudlala neManchester United. Angisho ukuthi iyiqembu okunzima ukudlala nalo cha. Okwenza ngithi kunzima ingoba uma ungakapheli umdlalo kumele wazi ukuthi izothola iphenathi. Noma ususemagunjini okushintshela awazi noma unompempe angabiza unozinti athi akagqoke abuyele enkundleni ayovimba iphenathi ezoshaywa uBruno Fernandez. Yingakho uma uyihlula kumele uze ufike ekhaya kube yima ujabula,” kusho uMourinho.
IHotspur kungenzeka iye kulo mdlalo ngaphandle kwesithenjwa sayo uHeungMin Son olimale ngesikhathi ibhekene neNewcastle United.
Abalandeli beMan United
(iRed Devils) bagxeka umqeqeshi ngokungamdlalisi uDonny van de Beek. Lo mdlali usayine ekuqaleni kwesizini ephuma eqenjini laseNetherlands i-Ajax Amasterdam. Bathi akahlalise ngaphandle uPaul Pogba ongenzi kahle esiswini.
Eziphendulela uSolskjaer uthe: “UVan de Beek unekhono eliyisimanga, uzolithola ithuba elanele, abantu abangamjahi enkundleni. Sinabadlali abaningi esiswini, indlela esidlala ngayo siba nabadlali abathathu maphakathi esiswini bonke esinabo banekhono.”
Kwabanye abadlali abasesiswini maphakathi kukhona uNemanja Matic, uFred, u-Andreas Pereira, uJuan Mata, uJesse Lingard noDaniel James.
Omunye umdlalo ozobe ubhekiwe ozobanjelwa e-Elland Road lapho kuzotholana phezulu iLeeds United neManchester City. Lo mdlalo wona uzokuba kusasa ligamengxe elesi-6 ntambama.
ILeeds United ekade idlala esigabeni esingaphansi iChampioship, ikhombisa ukuphila njengoba idlala kahle. Emidlalweni yayo emithathu ihlulwe kanye yanqoba kabili kanti iMan City esidlale emibili inqobe kanye yehlulwa kanye.