39′ It was decidedly not Newcastle’s third as Matt Ritchie slipped as he lined up the shot… and it’s out for a throw in!
38′ Another foul from Manchester United. This time it’s Young who takes Perez down just to the left of the penalty area. Could this be Newcastle’s third?
36′ The hosts concede another free kick in their own half and it leads to another free header, but the shot flies well above De Gea’s goal.
35′ SHOT! After Pogba conceded a free-kick, the ball came Muto’s way and he headed it at the near post and De Gea somehow both gets to it and smothers it! Not many ‘keepers could have saved that!
33′ Shaw conitnues to grow in influence as he gets into the box and lays the ball off to Lukaku… but the big Belgian can’t control the pass and the chance goes.
31′ Muto beats McTominay for pace, waits for help, passes the ball to the top of the box, but it’s cleared before it can reach it’s intended target. Newcastle look very dangerous on the counter-attack thus far!
29′ Shaw finds space on the left wing and plays a ball infield towards Martial, but he leaves it for Mata who had stopped his run. That was a perfect example of the disjointed play mentioned earlier.
27′ Ayoze Perez is taken down in his own half by Chris Smalling. Free-kick to Newcastle now.
25′ Another set piece for Manchester United leads to another free header in the box! They have looked disjointed at times, but could definitely get back into this match if one of these set pieces turns into a goal!
23′ SHOT! Lukaku goes on a run down the right wing and whips in a perfectly curled cross towards Rashford who rises and heads it…. wide! Oh, he surely has to do better from there!
21′ That does indeed look to be what’s happening with McTominay joining the back line with the midfield three now consisting of Matic, Pogba, and Mata.
19′ Juan Mata does indeed enter the fray with Eric Bailly coming off. The formation could stay the same if McTominay moves back to centre-half, but we’ll see!
18′ SHOT! Shelvey took aim for the top right corner from outside the box, and his effort is brilliantly saved by De Gea. Hard to tell whether it was a better save or strike!
17′ Mourinho is now talking to Juan Mata who has taken off his jacket. It looks as though we’re going to see a substitution in the first 20 minutes of this match!
15′ Manchester United now starting to apply the pressure as they have a series of corner kicks, but none lead to a goal.
12′ The Newcastle fans are absolutely delighted! It should be noted, however, that Newcastle have lost seven Premier League matches when scoring first against Manchester United. Only Southampton against Man Utd and Sunderland against Chelsea (eight defeats) have lost more times when scoring first against an opponent in the history of the competition. Can they break that trend today?
J. Shelvey
Assist
10′ Shelvey whipped the ball from the right wing into a crowded Manchester United penalty area, it found Muto’s feet and the striker hammered the effort home to take the two-nil lead at Old Trafford!
Y. Muto
Goal
10′ GOALLLLL!!! THE VISITORS HAVE SCORED AGAIN! IT’S MUTO ON HIS FULL PREMIER LEAGUE DEBUT! He collected Shelvey’s pass in the ball in the middle of the box, turned well, lost his defender and finished it seemingly straight through De Gea! Manchester United 0-2 Newcastle.
Ayoze Pérez
Assist
7′ Perez was passed the ball from a throw-in, he found himself in a pocket of space and deliver a perfect through ball to Kenedy on the run, and the Brazilian finished the chance smartly!
Kenedy
Goal
7′ GOOALLL!!! IT seemingly came from nothing, but Kenedy went on a splendid run off the ball, Ayoze found him with a perfectly weighted ball, and the Chelsea loanee coolly curls his shot into the bottom left corner of the goal! Manchester United 0-1 Newcastle.
5′ Lukaku fouls Perez near the centre circle and Newcastle will take the first free-kick of the match!
3′ Matic and Pogba combine to win the ball back in midfield and the latter plays Martial up the left wing to start a counter-attack that fails in the end.
1′ Referee Anthony Taylor’s whistle sounds, and we’re underway at Old Trafford!
The teams are now walking out of the tunnel! Just a few minutes from kick off now!
This is the first Premier League start for Newcastle striker Yoshinori Muto! He replaces Joselu who currently leads the club in goals, shots on target, and touches in the box. Fernandez is the only other player to come into this side this week with Ciaran Clark dropped to the bench for the second time in the last three weeks.
Newcastle subs: Karl Darlow, Ciaran Clark, Fabian Schar, Jacob Murphy, Christian Atsu, Isaac Hayden, Joselu.
Newcastle (4-2-3-1): Martin Dubravka; DeAndre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Federico Fernandez, Javier Manquillo; Jonjo Shelvey, Mohamed Diame; Matt Ritchie, Ayoze Perez, Kenedy; Yoshinori Muto.
Rashford and Bailly are both in the starting XI this week with Fellaini and Lindelof both missing out. Alexis Sanchez absence from the starting team continues to be noteworthy considering his wages and standing in the game before his swap to Manchester United but, as Mourinho said last week: “For many months people are saying Alexis Sanchez is not playing well enough. So this week was time to agree and to say, let’s give a chance to Martial and let’s leave Alexis out.”
Manchester United subs: Sergio Romero, Victor Lindelof, Marouane Fellaini, Andreas Pereira, Fred, Juan Mata, Alexis Sanchez.
Manchester United (4-3-3): David De Gea; Ashley Young, Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba; Marcus Rashford, Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial.
Enough about the managers though! Let’s take a look at which players will be involved in today’s match!
Obviously, the manager that will be drawing the most attention today will be Jose Mourinho who, according to multiple reports, will be sacked regardless of today’s performance. His antics certainly haven’t helped his situation but it’s worth noting this has been Manchester United’s worst start to a season since 1989-90. If he is forced out this season, it would be the third consecutive job in which he has been sacked in his third year at a club.
Rafa Benitez, on the other hand, has actually had a very good record against Manchestr United, having beaten them in six of his last nine attempts!
History is certainly on the side of the hosts tonight as they have lost just one of their last 36 home matches against Newcastle!
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Mata
E. Bailly