Last-Gasp Winner Sends Man Utd Second
30 December, 2020
Premier League
Result: Manchester United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Date: 29 December 2020
Venue: Old Trafford
Marcus Rashford scored a last-gasp winner to move Manchester United into second on the Premier Group standings with a 1-0 victory above Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday evening.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer manufactured six adjustments to his United beginning line-up, with Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Fred, Dan James and Anthony Martial all dropping out from the side to be replaced by Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Alex Telles, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic, Mason Greenwood and Edinson Cavani.
Despite United getting the majority of possession, the probabilities came to Wolves initial up. Ruben Neves unleashed a fierce hit towards David de Gea, after Adama Traore pulled the ball back again to him on the border of the penalty spot and the midfielder drilled a go towards goal, even so, De Gea received across and punched it out extensive.
After that, Roman Saiss got previously mentioned Cavani just as a free-kick was whipped in to the penalty area by Joao Moutinho and the centre-back tried to flick it in to the far part of the web. However, he got slightly too much onto it and it clipped the most notable of the crossbar and went of play.
Bruno Fernandes had a huge possibility to break the deadlock in the 34th minute after a lovely ball into the field by Greenwood and Fernandes sneaked in at the considerably post and tried to beat Rui Patricio from close assortment, but it was straight at the keeper, who produced a excellent save. The ball then bounced dangerously around the six-yard field and Cavani got an impression on it, but Wolves managed to clear the danger.
Five minutes before half-time Saiss went close again. Pedro Neto whipped a minimal free-kick delivery in to the penalty location and Saiss achieved it at the near post, flicking it on and it practically found De Gea out. However, the keeper got his hands to it and palmed it apart for a corner.
In the 75th minute, Pogba went for goal from around 25 yards out, after selecting a small amount of space and he drilled a powerful strike towards the bottom right-hand corner of the web. However, Patricio received down quickly and made a strong save.
Immediately after, Pogba slid the ball back to Martial on the edge of the penalty spot and he tried to curl it in to the back of the web. Even so, he got his strike all incorrect and it flew huge over the crossbar.
And in the 3rd minute of stoppage time, simply just when it looked as though the game was at risk of a stalemate. Fernandez played an extended ball outrageous of the Wolves defence and Rashford was forced out huge, but he was able to get some space and fire a go towards goal, which in turn took a major deflection off Saiss and fooled Patricio, flying in to the back of the net.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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