Antony played a pivotal role in United’s win
Manchester United returned to winning ways on Sunday as they comfortably beat Nottingham Forest 2-0.
Goals in either half from Antony and Diogo Dalot were enough for the Red Devils, who capitalised on defeats for fellow top four chasers Newcastle United and Spurs.
Antony reacts quickest to slide home Martial’s rebound pic.twitter.com/qy3CEZUihH
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Antony in particular was one of the standouts for Erik ten Hag’s side, reacting quickest to Anthony Martial’s rebounded effort to tap home as well as threading through a brilliant ball for Dalot to score his first Premier League goal.
The pass from Antony 🤌
Diego Dalot scores his first Premier League goal for Man United pic.twitter.com/xQhW9ooZ1r
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After providing the assist for the Portugal international, the winger went over to celebrate with the defender as the rest of their teammates joined in at the City Ground but supporters noticed one moment while they all came together.
Some noticed that after smiling at Dalot, Antony then returned to a blank expression as Harry Maguire came over to embrace the celebrations.
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One fan wrote: “Painful to watch.”
Another tweeted: “Antony’s face when he noticed it was Maguire.”
A third said: The way Antony switched his face when he saw it was Maguire.”
Others meanwhile shut down any suggestions that the pair may dislike each other.
“2 seconds videos are used for nothing but agenda. A longer will show you this isn’t what actually happened,” said one fan.
Maguire has struggled for game time this season but was brought back into the starting XI following inuries to Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane.
It was a shaky start for the England international after he was shown a yellow card in the opening two minutes but as time went by the defender grew in confidence and helped to guide the Red Devils to another clean sheet.
