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• Erik Ten Hag insisted Manchester United were still “on the up” despite being comprehensively outplayed by rivals Manchester City in Sunday’s derby worldcup
  
  Erling Haaland struck twice – the first from the penalty spot – and Phil Foden added another as treble winners City eased to a 3-0 win in a one-sided Premier League encounter at Old Trafford worldcup
  
  The result underlined City’s superiority over their neighbours – the gap worldcup between the sides now being nine points after 10 games – and emphatically ended any suggestion United might have turned a corner after winning their previous three matches worldcup
  
  Manager Ten Hag nevertheless put a on brave face on what proved a chastening afternoon for the club’s fans worldcup
  
  The Dutchman said: “The three games before we won and the spirit is very good worldcup
  
  The fighting spirit is very good worldcup
  
  “I think we are on the way up worldcup
  
  The start was difficult, but now we are on a way up worldcup
  
  “We have to be patient, but I’m happy some of our injuries are coming back and then our side will be stronger worldcup
  
  ”When you see first half, it's toe-to-toe worldcup
  
  Just the penalty changes the gameMan Utd boss Erik ten HagTen Hag felt United were competitive in the first half, which they ended trailing only 1-0 after Haaland’s 26th-minute penalty worldcup
  
  He said: “When you see first half, it’s toe-to-toe worldcup
  
  Just the penalty changes the game worldcup
  
  “But even then we could have got back in the game, for instance with that shot of Scott McTominay just before half-time worldcup
  
  “So, I think from chances it was very toe-to-toe worldcup
  
  ”Ten Hag did admit, however, the second half was “absolutely not” close worldcup
  
  He said: “We were losing and I decided to bring more offensive power in and we made a mistake that was not according to the game plan worldcup
  
  ”Ten Hag repeatedly said he had “no comment” to make on the penalty decision, which was awarded for a foul by Rasmus Hojlund on Rodri following a VAR review worldcup
  
  Opposite number Pep Guardiola claimed his side’s victory had not been as straightforward as it looked worldcup
  
  City strongly asserted their authority in the second period as an unmarked Haaland headed his second and teed up Foden for the visitors’ third 10 minutes from time worldcup
  
  Guardiola said: “It looks easy but it’s not, really it’s not worldcup
  
  “We have a lot of respect for United, for what they do, but we were at our best, especially in the second half worldcup
  
  “The second goal helped us a lot worldcup
  
  We were saying at half-time they will be more aggressive and they were, but we made two incredible two build-ups worldcup
  
  “Bernardo (Silva) and Jack (Grealish) made a good action and Erling scored the second goal worldcup
  
  That was the key point of the game worldcup
  
  ”Guardiola admitted he did not anticipate his side dominating the local scene as much as they have when he arrived in Manchester in 2016 worldcup
  
  He said: “I know what we have done worldcup
  
  I don’t know what United have done because I’m not here, but I didn’t expect it when I arrived here with Jose Mourinho, with (Zlatan) Ibrahimovic, with the top, top players of (Romelu) Lukaku and the squad worldcup
  
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  Not always in sport do you get a shot at redemption and successfully taking advantage of that opportunity is even rarer worldcup
  
  England’s pack, and their front row in particular, will have had four years of sleepless nights about that early November evening in 2019 worldcup
  
  In the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, England were decimated by South Africa’s power up front, as the brilliance of a scintillating semi-final win over New Zealand was quickly replaced by the humiliation of a 32-12 thumping worldcup
  
  The Springboks, then as now, pride themselves on their physicality and brutality at the breakdown, the set-piece and in open play worldcup
  
  Yet on a rainy night in Paris four years on, England’s pack fronted up, set the platform in a thrilling World Cup semi-final and earned their redemption arc worldcup
  
  Yet it still wasn’t enough worldcup
  
  This time, albeit by one point rather than 20, the result was the same – England’s players slumped on the turf in despair while their opponents revelled in victory worldcup
  
  The Springbok celebrations were more muted this time, understandably so given there is one more crucial match against the All Blacks standing worldcup between them and their ultimate goal, but the English heartbreak was the same, even if the journey to get there was vastly different worldcup
  
  In Yokohama, South Africa won a scarcely believable 11 scrums to England’s three, including six scrum penalties, as the English eight were splintered time and again worldcup
  
  Dan Cole became the fall guy for that embarrassment – the tighthead prop, supposedly renowned for his scrummaging, forced to play 77 minutes after Kyle Sinckler’s early injury and being obliterated by the combination of Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira and Steven Kitshoff worldcup
  
  The fact that Cole and Joe Marler, who came off the bench early in the second half that day, were selected by Steve Borthwick to start this revenge game precisely because of their scrum prowess will have surely given them a surge of confidence worldcup
  
  And the fact they not only survived, but thrived, in the front row this time around will have been sheer vindication worldcup
  
  Borthwick entrusted the duo to paint an early picture of scrum parity to referee Ben O’Keeffe and they delivered, providing the base that led to multiple first-half penalties from the trusty boot of Owen Farrell worldcup
  
  Cole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on (AFP via Getty Images)However, as the game wore on, Borthwick’s decision started to become prescient for the wrong reasons worldcup
  
  As Sinckler and Ellis Genge came on as prop replacements, the Springboks own bomb squad from the bench – led by Ox Nche and Vincent Koch – started to dominate at scrum-time worldcup
  
  Each engagement started to become eerily reminiscent of 2019 and it was eventually a scrum penalty on halfway that led to Handre Pollard’s decisive, game-winning three-pointer with two minutes to go worldcup
  
  It felt almost unfair on England’s big men given that the pack, as a whole, had more than held their own in other facets worldcup
  
  Of the 13 England forwards who played some part in that 2019 final, eight appeared in this last-four clash and stamped their mark all over a first half that was by far England’s best 40 minutes under Borthwick worldcup
  
  Maro Itoje was a lineout fiend, stealing a Springboks throw-in on halfway and putting doubt in the head of Bongi Mbonambi, whose crooked throw in his own 22 gave Farrell his first penalty goal of the day worldcup
  
  A new face from four years, George Martin, justified his surprise second-row selection ahead of incumbent Ollie Chessum on just his fourth Test start as he brilliantly marshalled England’s maul defence worldcup
  
  If Boks lock Eben Etzeworldcup beth is world rugby’s best maul disruptor, then he may have witnessed first-hand the emergence of a new challenger to that crown worldcup
  
  Martin caused havoc as England improbably won three consecutive maul turnovers from attacking South African lineouts in the first half to frustrate their much-fancied opponents worldcup
  
  Pollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement (PA Wire)The celebrations from the likes of Itoje, Jamie George and Ben Earl as those penalties and free-kicks were earned by the pack showed just how important this part of the gameplan was worldcup
  
  It began putting clear doubt in Springbok minds, as the worried tone from skipper Siya Kolisi when he discussed matter with referee O’Keeffe worldcup betrayed worldcup
  
  The English tactic of throwing bodies in to contest every ruck relied on the diesel engines of the forwards and they delivered by dominating collisions and allowing the aerial bombardment strategy that followed to be effective worldcup
  
  But ultimately, despite a gameplan executed as well as it possibly could have been, the gap in quality worldcup between the sides proved too much to overcome worldcup
  
  South Africa adjusted, Pollard came on for Manie Libbok to dictate proceedings with his metronomic boot and English heartbreak ensued worldcup
  
  There was no shame in a one-point defeat from a semi-final that was much closer than most expected and England’s pack should feel redeemed from the nightmare of 2019 worldcup
  
  But that won’t make this semi-final hurt any less worldcup
  
  Perhaps 2027 will give them an opportunity to avenge a new pain worldcup
  
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