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Guardiola made a decision to win the abandoned player of Paris by 30 million, conquering the whole game in one game. Is Manchester United misunderstood?

1:22pm, 15 September 2025Football

In the fourth round of the Premier League, Manchester City won Manchester United 3-0 at home without bloodshed, Haaland scored twice, and Foden scored the first record, which was a hearty victory. But the focus of the discussion after the game was given to a person who didn't spend a penny on the offense, that is, the goalkeeper Donaruma, who had just made his debut.

It can be said that Manchester City's 30 million euros have already earned back the fare in advance.

Earlier, Donnarumma was still the abandoned player of Paris Saint-Germain. The coach Enrique looked down on him, and the reason was simple: his feet were not good enough. Judging from the data, Donalu passes 542 times in Ligue 1 last season, while Enrique's new love Shevalier has 936 times. For the so-called "tactical system", Paris cleaned up the heroes of the Champions League last season.

And Guardiola took action at the last moment of the summer window and signed Donnarumma. Everyone knows how high Guardiola’s requirements for the goalkeeper’s pass are. What is this to sign Donnarumma who “can’t kick big”? But Guardiola said: "I won't ask Donnarumma to do things that make him uncomfortable. We chose him not to let him do what Ederson did."

Facts have proved that Guardiola's pragmatism is Manchester City's greatest wealth.

Donnarumma started directly in this highly anticipated Manchester City derby. Facing his mortal enemy in the city, he didn't need any adaptation at all. In the first half, facing Xie Shiko's single shot, he attacked decisively and steadily, with a huge defense area.

The moment of true deity appears in the 60th minute. Manchester United forward Mbeumon's volley was fast and scathing, and was about to enter the net. But Donarumma made a extreme side pass and used his fingertips to keep the ball out!

After this time, the defender Dias rushed up and hugged him tightly, and the fans of the audience stood up and applauded. Even Manchester United legend Neville couldn't help but exclaim: "This is a world-class save, which is why Manchester City signed him."

, 2 saves, 3 clearances, and cleaned up the opponent. The data is not gorgeous, but it appears at the most critical moment every time. His passes are indeed not as good as Ederson, and he only succeeded 6 times in 18 long passes, but so what? He used the purest save technique to defend Manchester City's victory. The most interesting thing about

is the comparison with the next door. Manchester City spent 30 million euros to get a plug-and-play world champion goalkeeper. And what about Manchester United? After spending 21 million euros to sign the inexperienced Ramens, he could only start in this key game, but he was fed three.

When Baindill was at a loss in front of the goal, I wonder if the Manchester United management would regret it, after all, they were also one of Donnarumma's suitors at the beginning.

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