Antony impresses again as Real Betis draw 1-1 with FC Barcelona – Man United News And Transfer News

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Antony continued his impressive form in Spain as he helped Real Betis to a credible 1-1 draw away to FC Barcelona.

The United winger has been a regular starter for the Andalusian side and he has been a major threat to most teams he has played in La Liga and the Conference League.

He played 75 minutes of the match before making way for Jesús Rodríguez.

The Brazil international was given a rating of 6.6 on Sofascore and had 32 touches of the ball.

Logically, the home side had much more of the ball at 74% possession, so Antony’s attacking stats were affected by his team’s defensive tactics.

He only made 14 out of his 24 pass attempts but two were classified as key passes.

The winger’s most impressive moment was when he nutmegged Barcelona forward Robert Lewandowski and the Polish legend could only bring down the United man in frustration.

Antony ran at the Barca defence with regular frequency and won the corner that resulted in their leveller after 17 minutes from Natan. He also drew two fouls from the Catalan defence as he caused the home side a few problems in transition.

He had one shot off target in the second half when he drifted inside and shot with his left foot but his effort fired harmlessly wide.

The winger had much work to get through defensively to help his side and he won two out of his three ground duels.

He lost all three years of his aerial battles, however.

Antony will next be in action when Real Betis take on Jagiellonia Białystok in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Conference League on Thursday night.

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