Manchester United end the year in the best possible way, with an important and hard-fought victory at Wolverhampton, in a game where Rashford, who started on the bench for disciplinary reasons, dressed as a hero. With the duel stalled and wide open, the English striker appeared to defend himself and score the winning goal in the 76th minute.
The Manchester team thus maintains its good dynamics in the Premier, as it has added only one defeat in the last eight days and is close to the Champions League positions.
Marcus Rashford scored for the third game in a row to show that he kept his best version and the goal David De Gea He acted as a savior up to two times with two providential intercessions.
Rashford’s entry changed the scene and the player could have scored a double, but VAR disallowed his second goal in the 80′ with a hand on the rebound action to make it 0-2.
At the Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton showed themselves to be a solid and well-placed position, very dangerous on counterattacks, clearly on the rise since the Spaniard’s arrival on the bench. Julen Lopetegui. However, they were not surprised and remained second to last.
Wolverhampton did not lose face in the game, which saw its rivals subdued within minutes with high pace and coordinated pressure.
Indeed, David De Gea will have to show up to prevent Lopetegui’s team from taking advantage of the match. It was in the second half, on a free kick made by Ruben Neves, who went straight for the goal when the Spanish goalkeeper pushed the ball away from the gate with his hand.
A quarter of an hour later came the goal that changed everything. on a wall of Rashford with Bruno Fernandes. The English international, in one of the best moments of his career, successfully finished to beat Jose Sa.
Wolverhampton didn’t want to see their fourth successive home defeat and were tied but out of order. Casemiro came on strong there and equalized in added time with a header from Raúl Jiménez who was again De Gea’s saviour.
Data sheet:
wolfherhampton: Jose Sa; Nelson Semedo (Jonny, m.65), Nathan Collins, Max Killman, Hugo Bueno (Toti, m.73); Matheus Nunes, Ruben Neves, Joao Moutinho (Rayan Ait Nouri, m.73); Hwang He-Chan, Daniel Podence (Raúl Jiménez, m.81) and Diego Costa (Adama Traoré, m.46).
1 – Manchester United: David De Gea; Aaron Wan Bissaka, Raphael Varane, Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malacia; Casemiro, Christian Eriksen (Fred, m.61); Antony (Anthony Elanga, m.93), Bruno Fernandes (Harry Maguire, m.93), Alejandro Garnacho (Marcus Rashford, m.46); and Anthony Martial (Dommy Van de Beek, m.81).
Goals: 0-1, m.76: Marcus Rashford.
Referee: Robert Jones. He showed yellow cards to Nelson Semedo, from Wolverhampton and Casemiro, Fred and Rashford, from Manchester United.
Incidents: matchday eighteen of the Premier played at Molineux Stadium.
Source: La Verdad
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