This Pogba foul on Bellerin saw the French midfielder give away a poor penalty against Arsenal, successfully converted by Gunners forward Pierre Emerick Aubameyang. Till Pogba gave away this penalty, the fixture was tied at 0-0. Another in a growing list of unnecessary penalties given away by the French star in recent months.
Manchester United
xG Manchester United RB Leipzig 2.48-0.47 Champions League 2020 | Expected Goals Stats & Shots Map MUFC RBL
Here is a look at the xG stats from Manchester United vs Leipzig on October 28, 2020. United won the game 5-0 thanks to Marcus Rashford’s hat trick off the bench, although there was a hint of controversy about their opening goal (potentially offside) from Mason Greenwood.
xG Man Utd 2.48-0.47 Leipzig (Actual score Manchester United 5-0 Leipzig)
xG of Individual goals in MU vs Leipzig 5-0
1-0 21′ Greenwood goal xG 0.28
2-0 74′ Rashford goal xG 0.36 (flag went up for offside, but he was inside his own half, so cleared by VAR)
3-0 78′ Rashford second goal xG 0.35
4-0 87′ Martial penalty goal xG 0.75
5-0 90+2′ Rashford hat trick goal xG 0.27
Some Leipzig chances and their xG
24′ Nkunku chance 0.04 (powerful shot, saved by De Gea)
65′ Konate header chance 0.13 (parried by De Gea)
Controversial Harry Maguire foul on Azpi Incident 2020 | Maguires “chokes” Azpilicueta, no penalty given
This Harry Maguire vs Azpi incident was a controversial one with Red Devils defender Maguire appearing to get his arms around the throat of Cesar Azpilicueta as the latter was about to jump for a header. No penalty was given for this challenge