I missed the game but one for the fellow xg merchants.
I don't see how the xg could be that close. They had very few chances. We had so many outstanding chances.
Just off the top of my head:
- Bruno hit the cross-bar in the first half, keeper never moved
- Hojlund missed a tap-in by inches on a cross from Rashford (one of their players was pulling him back)
- Hojlund alone with their keeper after deflection from Rashford
- Amrabat hit the cross-bar with a shot
- Rashford intercepted back pass and instead of trying long shot into empty net passed it to Hojlund who took a weak long shot with Rashford wide open for return pass.
- Bruno played in Rashford alone on the left and he beat the goalie but was slightly wide right of the net.
- Garnacho's shot which just went inches wide left with the keeper standing looking
- Garnacho running the length of the field with the ball after one of their corners and having four United players busting a gut in support only to pass it to one of their defenders.
There are probably others I've forgotten. Perhaps Xg doesn't measure wasted chances or shots that miss the net but the game was nowhere near as close as those numbers suggest. We should easily have had four or five goals today.