Official Yearbook A Review of The 2020 - 21 Season

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OFFICIAL YEARBOOK
A REVIEW OF THE
2020/21 SEASON
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The Official Manchester United

Yearbook 2020/21
Editor Charlie Ghagan

Sub-editing and production
Sean Mullan, Johnny Sharp
Design Anthony Moore,
Angus Murray (front cover)
Contributors Ben Ashby,
Steve Bartram, Naga Bethu,
Adam Bostock, Cliff Butler,
Sam Carney, Paul Davies,
Mark Froggatt, Joe Ganley,
Matt Holt, Joshua Kerr,
Abdelrahman Mamdouh,
Adam Marshall, Stuart Mathieson,
Ian McLeish, Mikey Partington,
Michael Plant, Harry Robinson,
Lars Magnus Igland Roys,
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7 ED WOODWARD 171 FAREWELLS
8 MANAGER NOTES 172 2020/21 STATS
12 MATCH REPORTS 176 WOMEN’S TEAM

14 SEPTEMBER 178 SEASON REVIEW
24 OCTOBER 184 PLAYER PROFILES
36 NOVEMBER 191 2020/21 STATS
50 DECEMBER
70 JANUARY 194 PLAYER OF
THE YEAR AWARDS
90 FEBRUARY
108 MARCH
200 ACADEMY
122 APRIL
202 UNDER-18S
138 MAY
206 ROLL CALL
208 UNDER-23S
154 MEN’S TEAM
156 PLAYER PROFILES
212 SUPPORTERS’
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ED WOODWARD
FOREWORD
first football director and our

former player Darren Fletcher
as technical director to help us
maintain a strategic approach
to footballing success.
We have already begun to see
Executive vice-chairman proudly reflects on

the benefits of the investment made
to strengthen our Academy and
the club’s achievements during a challenging

scouting network in recent years,
as well as the restructuring of our
year, before looking ahead to a season that

recruitment process, and this
makes us optimistic about the short,
will see him step down from his role...

medium and long-term future.
Finally, as I prepare to step down
later this year, I would like to offer
my personal thanks for your loyal
support for the team and the club
during my nine years as executive
W elcome to the latest

edition of the Manchester
United Yearbook as we
look forward to what promises to be
another exciting season for the club.
in the Women’s Super League.
I would like to place on record my
thanks to Casey Stoney for her
fantastic contribution in establishing
us as a leading force in the women’s
vice-chairman. While there have
been ups and downs along the way,
I am more convinced than ever that
this is the greatest football club
in the world and that you,
The past year has been game and we are now looking the fans, are its lifeblood.
a testing one for our players, forward to building on that
staff and fans alike as we have foundation under a new head coach.
all faced the ongoing challenges Another important development
created by the pandemic. in the past year was the appointment
Football has not been the same of John Murtough as the club’s
without fans in stadiums and we
can’t wait to see crowds back at
Old Trafford cheering on the team.
The return of 10,000 fans to
our final home game of last season
against Fulham was one of the
highlights of the year and we are
optimistic that we will be able to
welcome you back in larger
numbers this season.
All our players and staff deserve
huge credit for their efforts last
season given the absence of
a proper summer break and the
truncated schedule which followed.
Despite those challenges, the first
team improved on the prior season
by finishing second in the Premier
League and reaching the final
of the UEFA Europa League.
While we won’t be satisfied
until we’re winning trophies,
we are excited about the
path ahead for Ole and
his squad as it continues to
strengthen and develop.
The same is true of
our women’s team after
another strong season
Manchester United 2020/21 Yearbook 07

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to W hen I look back on the
2020/21 season, I can
only be delighted with the
effort, desire and determination
shown by all the players and staff.
the very end of 2019/20, that meant
we were playing catch-up in terms
of fixtures and fitness from day one
of the season, which I think was
reflected in our results. In the
where we were reaching the level at
which I want us to be permanently
performing. We started our
Champions League group stage
superbly and got ourselves to the
ams For the second campaign in Premier League, we lost three of top of the Premier League in
a row, Covid-19 made everybody’s our first six games, then three of the January, while we reached the
red preparations very complicated, next 32 – with two of those defeats quarter-finals of the FA Cup,
ll but I was very happy with how coming in our last four games as semi-finals of the Carabao Cup
s each person at the club rose to the we fell foul of fixture congestion and final of the Europa League.
ng challenges facing us on a daily basis. right at the end of the campaign. Season-on-season, we are clearly
Given that we progressed to the As those statistics suggest, there improving and, ultimately, while we
semi-finals of the Europa League at were long portions of the season never aim to finish second and we
ng don’t want to be holding runners-up
ay medals in cup competitions, I think
we have built strong foundations
on which we can keep progressing.
ng At the end of my first half-season
as manager, I said publicly that
I wanted us to be fitter and more
hat robust in our approach. That has
n. quite clearly been the case and I’ve
o been really pleased with how this
us group of players has risen to the
nly physical challenges they’ve been set.
It now takes an enormous effort
rd. to outrun us in a game, which is
n exactly how it should be: teams
y should face United knowing they’re
going to have to put in an almighty
or shift just to match our levels. The
number of late winners we scored
be. last season shows not only our
eed Solskjaer was pleased with the high energy levels fitness levels, but also that we have
shown by his players during a demanding campaign the patience to grind teams down
n – a valuable area of improvement. ▶

MANAGER’S NOTES
SEASON-ON-SEASON, WE
ARE CLEARLY IMPROVING
– IT NOW TAKES AN
ENORMOUS EFFORT TO
OUTRUN US, WHICH
IS HOW IT SHOULD BE

MANAGER’S NOTES
Solskjaer and first-team coach

Michael Carrick talk tactics on
the touchline at Old Trafford
We have built a strong, players was plain to see and there is in England came close to winning as
competitive squad of players a clear and obvious development of many points from losing positions
who have been through plenty our team spirit. These lads love last term, while we went the entire
of valuable, shared experiences playing for Manchester United and league season undefeated away
together. In 2020/21 we had a few the supporters, but they also work from home for the first time in our
disappointments – as is always the so hard for the collective, and that history. This is a club built on big
case in football – but also some high is the kind of attitude we need. occasions and we turned in some
spots, and we went through it all as a That makes up a big part of our great performances in some of
group. The character of this group of collective mental strength. No team our biggest fixtures in 2020/21.

MANAGER’S NOTES
The Norwegian wants his charges

to learn and be driven by the painful
experience of May’s Europa League final
BACK TO
CONTENTS
doors to 10,000 fans against Fulham

I’M CERTAIN THE RETURN OF SUPPORTERS in our final home game of last
season, nothing rivals a packed Old
TO OLD TRAFFORD WILL BE A MAJOR FACTOR
Trafford and we can’t wait for the
next time we get to experience it.
IN GETTING OUR HOME FORM BACK ON TRACK

Beyond that, as I say, we’re talking
about fine margins between where
we are and where we want to be.
We have to work better, harder,
Speaking frankly, while we have hunger and desire to come back smarter and take lessons from
indisputably progressed, we are not and keep improving. Fine margins the disappointments of 2020/21.
yet where we want to be. Ending with separated us from a trophy last We need to come back stronger,
runners-up medals in the Europa season, and I’ve learned during hit the ground running and show
League was not a pleasant feeling, my career as both a player and our desire to keep on moving in
but I want that to be part of what a manager that the only way to the right direction. We’ve come
fuels us in 2021/22 and beyond. get the margins on your side is a long way in a couple of seasons,
Had we won in Gdansk, we would to work harder and better. but that trend needs to continue
have enjoyed ourselves, but instead This club is all about progress, so in 2021/22 in order for us to
I want us to remember the feeling we have to identify areas of potential reach what we are striving for.
of coming so close and ending up improvement moving forward. First
empty-handed, and use that as a and foremost, our home form will
reference point. We have to learn have to be better than it has been,
from the experience and make and I’m certain that the return of
sure it doesn’t happen again. supporters to Old Trafford will be
When you get that far in a a major factor in getting that back
competition and don’t win it, your on track. The players have really
resolve is tested. As a group, we missed having the stands full and,
need to show that we have the while it was nice to throw open our

A condensed fixture
list meant a hectic
season like no other
for Solskjaer’s Reds,
with 61 games across
five competitions –
the vast majority of
which were played
behind closed doors...
MATCH REPORTS
COMPETITION BY COLOUR:
PREMIER LEAGUE
CARABAO CUP
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
EMIRATES FA CUP
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

SEPTEMBER
After an all-too-brief pre-season, the Reds
make a disappointing start to ’20/21 before
bouncing back with three straight victories...
T here were just under seven

weeks between the final day
of 2019/20 and the start of
the new, delayed Premier League
season. With Covid-19 still impacting
Gunnar Solskjaer’s side soon picked
up our first three points against
Brighton in dramatic circumstances,
as Bruno Fernandes scored a
penalty awarded by VAR after the
on everyday life, the football full-time whistle had been blown.
schedule included, the first action Perhaps the standout result of
of 2020/21 did not begin until September was Leicester’s
September, with both Manchester eye-catching 5-2 victory away to
clubs being granted a further week Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s
before their restarts after reaching side had started well with a win at
the latter stages of delayed bogey side Wolves, but were taken
European competitions in August. apart as Jamie Vardy hit a hat-trick
That reduced pre-season saw for the Foxes, who ended the month
the Reds’ usual summer tour top after registering nine points and
plans abandoned, with the only 12 goals in their opening three
pre-season friendly coming away games. They were closely followed
to Aston Villa on 12 September – by Merseyside clubs Liverpool and
the hosts’ rising star Ollie Watkins Everton, who also made perfect
scoring the only goal of the game. starts, while the bottom two of
Once the proper action returned, Sheffield United and Fulham would PLAYER OF THE MONTH
it was with a bang, as the opening struggle, and continue to do so JUAN MATA
month saw some high-scoring over the months that followed.
affairs from day one. Leeds, back As well as Premier League duties, Our no.8 was instrumental
in top flight for the first time since United also had to contend with a in both Carabao Cup
2004, were unlucky to be denied crammed Carabao Cup fixture away triumphs,
a deserved point against reigning list. After knocking out Luton scoring in each game
champions Liverpool with a at Kenilworth Road – Juan and setting up
last-minute 4-3 defeat in their Mata, Marcus Rashford McTominay’s opener
opener, only to follow up by beating and Mason Greenwood against Brighton.
fellow new boys Fulham by the same completing a 3-0 win – At Luton, Mata
scoreline the following weekend. Solskjaer’s Reds booked reached 200 United
United’s own campaign began a a quarter-final spot just appearances, then
week after the first fixtures, at home eight days later: efforts hit his 50th goal
to Crystal Palace. Having played in from Mata, Scott for the
the Europa League semi-finals little McTominay and Reds
over a month previously, the lack of Paul Pogba on the
a proper pre-season caught up with sealed victory south
the Reds, and Donny van de Beek’s by the same coast.
debut goal was not enough to scoreline away
prevent a 3-1 defeat. However, Ole to Brighton.

UNITED’S SEPTEMBER RESULTS
19.09.20 PL United 1 Palace 3
22.09.20 LC Luton 0 United 3
26.09.20 PL Brighton 2 United 3
30.09.20 LC Brighton 0 United 3
END-OF-MONTH PL STANDINGS
P GD PTS
1 Leicester 3 8 9
2 Liverpool 3 5 9
3 Everton 3 5 9
4 Aston Villa 2 4 6
5 Arsenal 3 2 6
6 Crystal Palace 3 2 6
7 Leeds 3 1 6
8 Tottenham 3 2 4
9 Chelsea 3 0 4
10 Newcastle 3 -1 4
11 West Ham 3 1 3
12 Brighton 3 0 3
13 Manchester City 2 -1 3
14 UNITED 2 -1 3
15 Southampton 3 -3 3
16 Wolves 3 -4 3
17 West Brom 3 -6 1
18 Burnley 2 -3 0
19 Sheffield United 3 -4 0
20 Fulham 3 -7 0
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MARCUS RASHFORD v BRIGHTON to an eventual 3-2 triumph in the

Premier League. As well as being
As United launched a quick instrumental to our victory that
counterattack from defence, day, Rashford’s effort took on
Bruno Fernandes set Rashford extra significance by being
free with a sublime long-range Manchester United’s 10,000th
through ball. Our no.10 cut inside, competitive goal scored
toyed with the home defence, across all competitions.

PREMIER LEAGUE | MATCHDAY 1
SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2020 | OLD TRAFFORD | 5.30PM
UNITED 1
CRYSTAL PALACE 3
van de Beek 80
Townsend 7, Zaha 74 (pen), 85
Hodgson’s Eagles stun the Reds in league opener
M anchester United’s delayed

start to the new Premier
League season ended in
disappointment as the Reds
suffered a 3-1 defeat at home to Roy
having a goal ruled out for offside.
But then the Eagles doubled their
lead in controversial fashion.
Referee Martin Atkinson decided
to consult the pitchside TV replay and
Hodgson’s Crystal Palace, despite a gave a penalty after deeming Ayew’s
debut goal for Donny van de Beek. shot had caught Lindelof’s arm. It
Having reached the 2019/20 seemed harsh as the touch was
Europa League semi-finals, the unintentional, but under the new
Reds were kicking off a week after rules United were penalised.
most other clubs had played their Ayew’s penalty was brilliantly
first games – Palace included – and saved by De Gea, but VAR stepped
the visitors were fast out of the in again to demand a retake after
blocks in taking an early lead. Jeffrey deeming our no.1 had come off
Schlupp sent a cross in from the left his line. Zaha took over penalty
and Andros Townsend arrived at duties and scored to make it 2-0.
the far post to score despite David It was a bitter blow but sub van de
De Gea getting a glove on the ball. Beek gave us hope with a debut goal
United’s first opportunities
came through Paul Pogba and Scott 10 minutes from time. The summer
McTominay, before the former was MAN OF THE MATCH buy from Ajax coolly slotted home
denied a penalty after a VAR check. DONNY VAN DE BEEK after Palace messed up in defence
At the other end, De Gea made and the ball fell to the midfielder, who
an excellent one-handed save to Provided an attacking adjusted his feet and found the corner.
deny Jordan Ayew, as the visitors spark from the bench But a rescue job was quickly
ended the half on top and in front. and took his goal well, wiped out as ex-Red Zaha
Half-time sub Mason Greenwood quickly adjusting his lashed home Palace’s third
headed wide and Victor Lindelof feet to steer it home. to make it a disappointing
shot over either side of Wilfried Zaha start to the campaign.
POST-MATCH TABLE “TODAY WAS A PERFORMANCE THAT YOU

DON’T SEE VERY OFTEN FROM THIS GROUP.
POS
14 Tottenham
PL GD PTS
1 -1 0 EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE CAN
PERFORM BETTER THAN THIS”
15 Brighton 1 -2 0
16 UNITED 1 -2 0
17 Sheff Utd 1 -2 0
18 West Ham 2 -3 0 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

Left van de Beek gives us hope;
the captain is left frustrated
20
Below Fernandes and McTominay
battle it out with Eberechi Eze
Donny van de Beek became the

20th player to score on their
PL debut for United –
and the 10th to do
so as a substitute.
UNITED CRYSTAL PALACE

POSSESSION (%)
76 24
1 SHOTS 31
17 14
24 2 5 23 2 8 12 27
SHOTS ON TARGET
6 39 4 5
10 18 22 15
21 18 10
CORNERS
9 3
9 FOULS 9 11
13 10
STARTING XI UNITED SUBS USED: Greenwood for James 45’ •

STARTING XI
1 De Gea 39 McTominay van de Beek for Pogba 67’ • Ighalo for Fosu-Mensah 81’ 31 Guaita 18 McArthur
24 Fosu-Mensah 21 James YELLOW CARDS: Fosu-Mensah, Maguire 2 Ward 22 McCarthy
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 8 Kouyate 15 Schlupp
5 Maguire 10 Rashford PALACE SUBS USED: Eze for Schlupp 75’ • Batshuayi 12 Sakho 9 J Ayew
23 Shaw 9 Martial 27 Mitchell 11 Zaha
for J Ayew 81’ • Milivojevic for McCarthy 88’
6 Pogba 10 Townsend
YELLOW CARDS: Ward

CARABAO CUP | THIRD ROUND
TUESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2020 | KENILWORTH ROAD | 8.15PM OTHER RESULTS:
Leyton Orient P-P Tottenham (bye into R4)
LUTON TOWN 0
Newport County 3-1 Watford
West Brom 2-2 (4-5 on pens) Brentford
West Ham United 5-1 Hull City
Fulham 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
UNITED 3
Millwall 0-2 Burnley
Preston 0-2 Brighton
Stoke City 1-0 Gillingham
Chelsea 6-0 Barnsley
Mata 44 (pen), Rashford 88, Greenwood 90+2 Fleetwood Town 2-5 Everton
Leicester City 0-2 Arsenal
Morecambe 0-7 Newcastle
Bristol City 0-3 Aston Villa
Late surge eases Reds through against Hatters

Lincoln City 2-7 Liverpool
Manchester City 2-1 Bournemouth
J uan Mata, Marcus Rashford

and Mason Greenwood all
scored in a 3-0 victory away
to Championship side Luton Town
as the Reds booked a place in the
left-hand post on a night when the
goalkeeper made his United debut.
The Hatters were starting to
gain much more of a foothold in
the game, but van de Beek and
fourth round of the Carabao Cup. Mata sparked the Reds into life as
United started in control and soon half-time approached and, when
saw a couple of attempts from Mata, Brandon Williams pounced on
one of which forced a good save a loose Luton clearance, the
from home keeper James Shea, full-back was barged over by
following a clever dummy by Donny George Moncur inside the box.
van de Beek to a Jesse Lingard pass. Mata stepped up to send Shea
Chances arrived at either end as the wrong way from the spot.
Luton’s Danny Hylton spurned a Lingard shot wide as the visitors
decent opening, before Fred’s shot carried the greater threat after the
flew narrowly off target and Jordan restart, without really testing Shea.
Clark’s drive clipped off Eric Bailly Odion Ighalo ran through to power in
and just past Dean Henderson’s a drive that was blocked and, soon
afterwards, Ryan Tunnicliffe cleared
Lingard’s volleyed back-post effort
MAN OF THE MATCH off the line. Maintaining the
DONNY VAN DE BEEK pressure, Nemanja Matic
then did test Shea with a
Linked the play well, left-footed drive that forced the move, while van de Beek drilled
combining with Mata on keeper to parry it away. against Shea’s legs from a tight angle.
many occasions, and Lingard had another Luton’s big moment came with
went close to scoring go but curled off nine minutes left, but Henderson
himself after the break. target when he made an astonishing save to keep
tried to cap a nice out Tom Lockyer’s header and,
when the defender sent the rebound
goalwards, Bailly made a vital
intervention. Instead of the Hatters
“I DREAMT ABOUT THIS MY WHOLE LIFE. drawing level, United went further
ahead, Rashford profiting from an
IT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE FEELING TO MAKE inviting pass by fellow substitute
Greenwood to stroke home our
MY DEBUT FOR THE CLUB I LOVE – AND A second goal in the 88th minute.
There was still time for Lingard
CLEAN SHEET AND A WIN TO TOP IT OFF”

and Rashford to have further
attempts before Greenwood got in
on the act with a typically clinical
DEAN HENDERSON finish after cutting in from the right.

POSSESSION (%)
LUTON 42 58 UNITED
1
SHOTS 26
10 19
20 15 5 24 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 3 5 33
2 12
17 31
11 4 14
CORNERS
8 34 14
4 8
18 9 25
FOULS 25
15 16
STARTING XI STARTING XI
LUTON SUBS USED: Lee for Moncur 76’ •
1 Shea 11 Shinnie 26 Henderson 31 Matic
Cornick for Clark 76’
20 Kioso 4 Tunnicliffe 29 Wan-Bissaka 8 Mata
YELLOW CARDS: Kioso, Hylton
15 Lockyer 14 Moncur 3 Bailly 34 van de Beek
5 Bradley 18 Clark 5 Maguire 14 Lingard
24 Norrington- 9 Hylton UNITED SUBS USED: Greenwood for Mata 78’ • 33 Williams 25 Ighalo
Davies 25 LuaLua Fernandes for van de Beek 78’ • Rashford for Ighalo 79’ 17 Fred
YELLOW CARDS: Williams
Left Greenwood guides the ball

into the net at Kenilworth Road
Below Debutant Henderson makes
a brilliant save at the opposite end
50
This win meant Solskjaer had won
50 of his 92 games in charge of
United – only Ernest Mangnall
(78) and Jose Mourinho
(81) have reached 50
wins quicker.

SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2020 | AMEX STADIUM | 12.30PM Soon afterwards, the England
international did get one that was
always going to count, sprinting on to
a gorgeous pass from Fernandes
BRIGHTON &
into space, twice dummying Ben
White and calmly finding the corner
of the net, via a slight deflection.
HOVE ALBION 2
Solly March and Trossard were
then both denied by the woodwork
and the latter was later left clear on
Maupay 40 (pen), March 90+5 goal but could only shoot at De Gea.
The hosts eventually made an
UNITED 3
opportunity count, seemingly
rescuing a point, when March met
Alireza Jahanbakhsh’s cross and
Dunk 43 (og), Rashford 55, Fernandes 90+10 (pen) headed past De Gea in injury-time.
But there was still time for Harry
Maguire’s header to hit Maupay’s
Late seaside drama leads to 100th-minute winner

hand and, although the final whistle
had sounded, ref Chris Kavanagh
again checked the monitor and
pointed to the spot. Fernandes did
A 100th-minute penalty from

Bruno Fernandes secured
United’s first win of the
Premier League season in an
incredible triumph at Brighton.
The opening goal came via a
penalty, as Neal Maupay beat David
De Gea with a Panenka-style chip
after Fernandes had tripped Tariq
Lamptey. The Reds levelled almost
the rest, calmly beating Ryan to
settle the craziest of finales.
The home side started well, with instantly though as, only 194
Leandro Trossard hitting both posts seconds later, Fernandes’s free-kick
in the space of three minutes early to the far post was touched back in
on, before Lewis Dunk’s header by Nemanja Matic and Dunk got
struck the top of the Reds’ bar. the final touch into his own net.
A slick move involving Luke Shaw, Brighton got another spot-kick at
Anthony Martial and Marcus the start of the second half, only for
Rashford then led to Mason VAR to overturn the decision, before
Greenwood rifling past Mat Ryan, but video assistance then chalked off
Rashford had strayed just offside. a neat Rashford finish for offside.
MAN OF THE MATCH

BRUNO FERNANDES
An assist from the
Portuguese magnifico
before he struck the
winner from the spot
under huge pressure.
“MY HAPPINESS IS 10 OUT OF 10 TODAY POST-MATCH TABLE

BECAUSE OF THE THREE POINTS, BUT THE
PERFORMANCE DOESN’T GET ANYWHERE POS
11 Brighton 3 0 3
PL GD PTS
NEAR A 10 – WE ALL KNOW THAT”

12 Wolves 2 0 3
13 UNITED 2 -1 3
14 Newcastle 2 -1 3
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER 15 Southampton 3 -3 3

BRIGHTON UNITED
POSSESSION (%)
53 47
1 SHOTS 1
18 7
3 5 4 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 2 5 23
5 3 6 31
2 14 17 20
CORNERS
11 18 10
7 1
11 7 9 FOULS 9
18 16
BRIGHTON SUBS USED: Gross for Lallana 74’ •
1 Ryan 17 Alzate 1 De Gea 31 Matic
Jahanbakhsh for Connolly 75’
3 White 20 March 29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood
YELLOW CARDS: White, Dunk, Trossard, Jahanbakhsh
5 Dunk 11 Trossard 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
4 Webster 7 Connolly 5 Maguire 10 Rashford
2 Lamptey 9 Maupay UNITED SUBS USED: Fred for Pogba 65’ • 23 Shaw 9 Martial
14 Lallana Bailly for Greenwood 83’ • van de Beek for Martial 90+1’ 6 Pogba
YELLOW CARDS: Matic, Fernandes
Left (clockwise from top) Shaw holds

off White; Rashford puts United ahead;
Ole with Brighton boss Graham Potter
Below Matic congratulates Fernandes
after the dramatic last-gasp winner
99:45
Bruno’s goal is the latest
United have ever scored
in the Premier League,
and the third latest in
the division’s history.

CARABAO CUP | FOURTH ROUND
WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 | AMEX STADIUM | 7.45PM
BRIGHTON &
HOVE ALBION 0
UNITED 3
McTominay 44, Mata 73, Pogba 80
It’s all back to Brighton for a more comfortable win
I n much less dramatic fashion than

four days earlier, United once
again left the south coast with
a victory, booking a place in the
quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup
half-time, with both efforts flying
over Henderson’s crossbar.
A minute before the break, the
Reds went ahead through Scott
McTominay. After being felled by
the Seagulls goalkeeper was equal
to it. Thereafter, the home side
stepped up their search for an
equaliser and they couldn’t have
gone much closer through
thanks to a professional 3-0 triumph. Dan Burn, Mata dusted himself substitute Leandro Trossard.
Amid driving rain at the Amex down and curled in a precise ball Some battling play from Jayson
Stadium, the Reds started brightly into the box for the Scotland Molumby, as the Irish midfielder
and strung together a lovely move international to clinically head home. lay on the floor, saw the ball roll
on 17 minutes when Juan Mata Both sides enjoyed spells of out to Pascal Gross on the right
spread the ball to Brandon Williams possession at the start of the and his cross found Trossard, but
on the left, before receiving the ball second period, although Brighton Henderson brilliantly stuck out a
back and crossing for Odion Ighalo. lost Jahanbakhsh to a hamstring strong hand to deflect the shot wide.
The Nigerian striker rounded injury early on. Fred once again United took full advantage of that
Brighton stopper Jason Steele, tested Steele with a free-kick but save when an intricate move
but fired just wide of the target. unfolded between Donny van de
The hosts took a while to get Beek and Mata, with the former deftly
going but when they did threaten backheeling the ball into the
the Reds were ready. United MAN OF THE MATCH Spaniard’s path in the area, and
goalkeeper Dean Henderson was JUAN MATA he coolly guided the ball home for
alert to the danger when Alireza his 50th goal in a United shirt.
Jahanbakhsh fired a low curler A fine night for our no.8, As the clock ticked down, sub
goalwards from outside the box. who set up McTominay Paul Pogba curled a deflected
Fred returned the favour at the other before striking himself free-kick past Steele, as
end but Steele claimed his shot. to seal a half-century Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s
Brighton’s Alexis Mac Allister and of United goals. men completed the
Jahanbakhsh each took aim before job with aplomb.
OTHER RESULTS: “IT WAS A GREAT HEADER BY SCOTTY. IT WAS

Tottenham 1-1 (5-4 on pens) Chelsea
IMPORTANT TO SCORE IN THE FIRST HALF
Newport County 1-1 (4-5 on pens) Newcastle
Burnley 0-3 Manchester City BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS IF
WE DON’T SCORE THE CHANCES WE CREATE”
Everton 4-1 West Ham United
Brentford 3-0 Fulham
Aston Villa 0-1 Stoke City
Liverpool 0-0 (4-5 on pens) Arsenal JUAN MATA

Left Scorer McTominay jumps for joy
Below Mata makes it two for United
10
Solskjaer made 10 changes from
the team that beat Brighton in the
PL four days earlier, with only
Lindelof keeping his place
in the starting XI.
POSSESSION (%)
BRIGHTON 51 49 UNITED
23
SHOTS 26
12 10
2 6
39 17
34 49 13 30
CORNERS
8 34 21
2 2
16 42 10
FOULS 25
12 8
BRIGHTON SUBS USED: Maupay for Jahanbakhsh 50’ •
23 Steele 13 Gross Trossard for Gyokeres 63’ • Sanders for Molumby 81’ 26 Henderson 17 Fred
3 White 30 Bernardo YELLOW CARDS: Burn, Veltman 20 Dalot 8 Mata
5 Dunk 16 Jahanbakhsh 3 Bailly 34 van de Beek
33 Burn 42 Gyokeres 2 Lindelof 21 James
UNITED SUBS USED: Pogba for James 69’ •
34 Veltman 10 Mac Allister 33 Williams 25 Ighalo
Rashford for Ighalo 69’ • Lingard for Fred 81’
49 Molumby 39 McTominay
YELLOW CARDS: Lindelof

OCTOBER
and Spurs, who each registered
A revival in Red fortunes follows an alarming seven points from nine.
The latter would have made it 100
first match of the month, while the surprising per cent if not for a spectacular
collapse at home to West Ham. After
scores keep popping up across the top flight...

going 3-0 up with just 16 minutes
played, the hosts maintained the
same scoreline until the 82nd
minute, before the Hammers struck
three times to salvage a 3-3 draw.
A fter a tough start to the

month, United ended
October strongly, picking
up some useful results in both the
league and on the continental stage
Solskjaer’s men then continued
the good start in Europe with a
masterful 5-0 demolition of RB
Leipzig, featuring a Marcus Rashford
hat-trick. It meant that two of
Coupled with a 3-0 win at Leicester
and a draw against Manchester
City, it also meant a decent month
for David Moyes and his Irons.
Both Manchester clubs had
as United made a long-anticipated last term’s Champions League endured frustrating early tests.
return to the Champions League. semi-finalists had been beaten City were in eighth while United sat
The heavy home defeat to in our opening group games. in 15th, although the pair would go
Tottenham was clearly a bitter pill to Elsewhere on the domestic on to recover from these difficulties,
swallow, but after the international scene, the standout result of the of course. The drop zone was
break the Reds returned in style, month – perhaps the season, and already beginning to take shape,
hitting four at St James’ Park and even a contender for most startling though, with West Bromwich Albion,
then sealing another win away to in Premier League history – was Sheffield United and Fulham in
Paris Saint-Germain, stirring up Aston Villa’s remarkable 7-2 three of the bottom four spots,
memories of a famous night in 2019. hammering of champions Liverpool. having picked up just five points
A 0-0 draw at home to Chelsea It was the first major blow in from 19 games between them.
was disappointing but hardly what would become a difficult
season-defining, and Ole Gunnar campaign for Jurgen Klopp’s team,
with defensive talisman Virgil van
END-OF-MONTH PL STANDINGS Dijk ultimately ruled out for the
P GD PTS remainder of 2020/21 in their PLAYER OF THE MONTH
1 Liverpool 7 2 16 following game, a 2-2 draw MARCUS RASHFORD
2 Everton 6 5 13 away to local rivals Everton.
3 Wolves 7 0 13 The Merseyside clubs still ended Having deservedly earned
4 Chelsea 7 7 12 the month at the top of the table, with praise off the pitch during
5 Aston Villa 5 7 12 Liverpool recovering for the time 2020, for his campaigns
6 Leicester 6 5 12 being to lead the way, albeit to provide free school
7 Tottenham 6 8 11 having played a game more and meals, our no.10 also
8 Manchester City 6 1 11 with an inferior goal difference. starred in his day job,
9 Leeds 6 3 10 The in-form Villa were not too netting five goals in
10 Southampton 6 1 10 far back, with Wolves and as many October
11 Crystal Palace 7 -3 10 Chelsea completing the top five. games – including a
12 Arsenal 6 1 9 Nuno Espirito Santo’s side winner at PSG and
13 West Ham 7 3 8 picked up 10 points from 12 – his first United
14 Newcastle 6 -2 8 more than any other team in hat-trick,
15 UNITED 5 -3 7 October – and were only claimed
16 Brighton 6 -2 5 denied a clean sweep by in the RB
17 West Brom 6 -8 3 Newcastle’s late leveller in Leipzig
18 Sheffield United 7 -7 1 a 1-1 home draw. Others victory.
19 Fulham 6 -9 1 impressing around this
20 Burnley 6 -9 1 time were Southampton

UNITED’S OCTOBER RESULTS
04.10.20 PL United 1 Tottenham 6
17.10.20 PL Newcastle 1 United 4
20.10.20 UCL PSG 1 United 2
24.10.20 PL United 0 Chelsea 0
28.10.20 UCL United 5 RB Leipzig 0
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP H

P GD PTS
1 UNITED 2 6 6
2 Paris Saint-Germain 2 1 3
3 RB Leipzig 2 -3 3
4 Istanbul Basakshehir 2 -4 0
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GOAL OF THE MONTH been easy for the Portuguese
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BRUNO FERNANDES v NEWCASTLE superstar’s head to drop. Far

from it: he went on to provide
After the Magpies had taken an a turning point in the fixture,
early lead and Fernandes had thumping us into the lead from
been denied by Karl Darlow from a tight angle in the 86th minute
the penalty spot – his first to win this monthly award. He
penalty not to find the net since then played an instrumental role
his January 2020 arrival at Old in two further goals in a 4-1 win.

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 2020 | OLD TRAFFORD | 4.30PM
UNITED 1
TOTTENHAM
Fernandes 2 (pen)
HOTSPUR 6
Ndombele 4, Son 7, 37, Kane 30, 79 (pen), Aurier 51
Day to forget in M16 as Londoners claim big win
T he Reds suffered a crushing

Premier League defeat at
Old Trafford as Jose
Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur
beat the out-of-sorts hosts 6-1.
Lamela as the warring pair waited
for a corner in United’s goalmouth.
Spurs mercilessly took full
advantage of a shell-shocked
10-man home side. Kane made it 3-1
incisive Spurs move set up Aurier
to score Tottenham’s fifth goal
after 51 minutes.
Donny van de Beek joined the
action in the 67th minute but it was
There was a breathtaking start to two minutes after Martial’s exit and a thankless task attempting to
the match in a spell when incidents then Son scored his second from a impress with the game well out of
just seemed to keep coming. Serge Aurier cross to complete 45 United’s reach and Spurs in control.
United were awarded a penalty minutes of huge disappointment, De Gea saved well from Kane
after just 24 seconds when Anthony which had of course started so well. after 72 minutes but the pair
Martial was fouled and Bruno Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made two squared up again six minutes later in
Fernandes kept up his perfect changes at half-time, with Nemanja a penalty duel after Paul Pogba
penalty record for the Reds. Matic and Fernandes replaced by fouled Spurs sub Ben Davies. The
But Spurs’ answer was swift and Fred and Scott McTominay. England striker won the battle of
vicious, levelling in the fourth minute However, before the pair could nerves to make it 6-1 and ensure it
when Tanguy Ndombele thrashed have any impact, a rapid and was a truly miserable day for United.
home after United’s defenders failed
to clear. Tottenham then grabbed
a 2-1 lead three minutes later when
Heung-min Son took advantage of
Harry Kane’s quick free-kick and
lifted the ball past David De Gea.
The day got even worse when
Martial was sent off after 28 minutes.
The French striker was red-carded
by referee Anthony Taylor after a
near-post altercation with Erik
POST-MATCH TABLE “MANCHESTER UNITED SHOULDN’T LOSE IN

THIS MANNER. IT REALLY HURTS AND WE’VE
POS
14 Man City
PL GD PTS
3 -1 4 LET A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN – WE’VE LET
OURSELVES DOWN AND THE STAFF DOWN”
15 Brighton 4 -2 3
16 UNITED 3 -6 3
17 West Brom 4 -8 1
18 Burnley 3 -5 0 LUKE SHAW

10
Fernandes maintained his 100
Left Solskjaer looks on in dismay; per cent penalty conversion
the players take a knee at kick-off record for United, scoring from
Above Anthony Martial is pursued the spot for the 10th time
in all competitions.
by Tottenham’s Davinson Sanchez
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 38 62 TOTTENHAM
1
SHOTS 1
5 22
29 3 5 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 24 6 15 3
2 8
31 6
CORNERS 17 5 28
11 18 10
2 4
9 FOULS 11 10 7
14 11
UNITED SUBS USED: McTominay for Matic 45’ •
1 De Gea 6 Pogba Fred for Fernandes 45’ • van de Beek for Greenwood 67’ 1 Lloris 5 Hojbjerg
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood YELLOW CARDS: Shaw, Bailly RED CARDS: Martial 24 Aurier 28 Ndombele
3 Bailly 18 Fernandes 6 D Sanchez 11 Lamela
5 Maguire 10 Rashford 15 Dier 10 Kane
TOTTENHAM SUBS USED: Lucas Moura for Lamela 45’ •
23 Shaw 9 Martial 3 Reguilon 7 Son
Alli for Ndombele 69’ • Davies for Son 73’
31 Matic 17 Sissoko
YELLOW CARDS: Lamela

SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2020 | ST JAMES’ PARK | 8PM attempt from point-blank range.
Marcus Rashford was then fouled
by Jamal Lewis in the Magpies’ box
and referee Craig Pawson, after
NEWCASTLE
checking the VAR monitor, awarded
a penalty. Fernandes stepped up
but his effort was brilliantly saved
UNITED 1
by Karl Darlow, before Maguire then
had a header cleared off the line
from the resulting corner.
The Reds turned the screw as
UNITED 4
Shaw 2 (og)
Solskjaer brought on Paul Pogba and
Donny van de Beek in search of a
winner, and the team’s patience was
Maguire 23, Fernandes 86, Wan-Bissaka 90, Rashford 90+6 rewarded four minutes from time,
with a team effort of true class.
Midfielder van de Beek found
Four different scorers for Reds in Tyneside win

Mata, who played Rashford in behind
the defence with a perfectly precise
through ball. Our no.10 cut inside
and released Fernandes on the
O le Gunnar Solskjaer’s Reds

returned to winning ways
in confidence-boosting
fashion with a 4-1 comeback victory
over Newcastle at St James’ Park.
the scruff of the neck, and after
Bruno Fernandes had seen an effort
ruled out for offside, Harry Maguire
headed home the 23rd-minute
equaliser from Juan Mata’s corner.
overlap and from an acute angle
the Portuguese curled the ball
into the top corner to more than
make up for his spot-kick denial.
That looked likely to be the
And yet, for over 20 minutes in the On the half-hour mark, De Gea winner, but the scoring wasn’t done
early stages, we could have been was called into action to deny Allan yet. Aaron Wan-Bissaka, on his 50th
forgiven for fearing another dispiriting Saint-Maximin with a typically Reds appearance, celebrated the
league defeat. The match started brilliant save, as the teams landmark in style on 90 minutes,
with a stroke of rotten luck as United eventually went in level at half-time. smashing home our third goal and
fell behind inside two minutes. Emil The second half got off to his first as a professional.
Krafth’s whipped cross took a heavy a chaotic start, with Newcastle Rashford then capped an
deflection off Luke Shaw and looped creating the first big chance. Once impressive performance as he
into the net past David De Gea. again, De Gea pulled off a save of added a fourth with almost the
Following the initial shock, though, the highest quality as he superbly last kick of the game, ensuring the
Solskjaer’s men took the game by clawed away Callum Wilson’s poked Reds ran out convincing winners.
MAN OF THE MATCH

BRUNO FERNANDES
Bounced back brilliantly
from his first United
penalty miss, putting us
ahead late on before
setting up Rashford.
“THE TEAM HAS BIG CHARACTERS. THE POST-MATCH TABLE

MOMENTS AGAINST TOTTENHAM CAN’T
HAPPEN AGAIN AND I THINK TODAY POS
12 West Ham
PL GD PTS
4 4 6
WAS PERFECT AFTER THAT GAME”

13 Crystal Palace 4 -2 6
14 UNITED 4 -3 6
15 Wolves 4 -3 6
BRUNO FERNANDES 16 Brighton 4 -2 3

NEWCASTLE
POSSESSION (%)
36 64 UNITED
26 SHOTS 1
7 28
17 6 18 15 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 2 5 23
14 4 14
39 17
CORNERS
9 8 16 10 8 18 21
0 7
13 FOULS 10
9 12
STARTING XI NEWCASTLE SUBS USED: Schar for Hayden 49’ •

STARTING XI
26 Darlow 9 Joelinton Fraser for Joelinton 73’ • Almiron for Hendrick 88’ 1 De Gea 17 Fred
17 Krafth 8 Shelvey YELLOW CARDS: Krafth 29 Wan-Bissaka 8 Mata
6 Lascelles 16 Hendrick 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
18 Fernandez 10 Saint-Maximin 5 Maguire 21 James
UNITED SUBS USED: Pogba for Fred 69’ •
15 Lewis 13 Wilson 23 Shaw 10 Rashford
van de Beek for James 76’ • Matic for Mata 90+2’
14 Hayden 39 McTominay
YELLOW CARDS: James
Left Daniel James on

the ball; Maguire heads
clear from danger zone
Below Wan-Bissaka
celebrates scoring
United’s third goal
6
This result meant the Reds had
won six consecutive away league
matches, while scoring at least
twice in each, for the first
time in club history.

GROUP H:
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | GROUP H MATCHDAY 1
TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER 2020 | PARC DES PRINCES | 8PM
OTHER RESULT
PARIS
RB Leipzig 2-0 Istanbul Basaksehir
SAINT-GERMAIN 1
After Paul Pogba had replaced
Telles, Rashford’s low drive was
tipped around the post by Navas.
It was a similar outcome after
UNITED 2
Martial 55 (og)
80 minutes, as the Costa Rica
stopper blocked well from
Rashford’s 20-yard hit.
Fernandes 23 (pen), Rashford 87 Neymar took aim at the other end
but De Gea was there once more,
before the late drama: Rashford,
Smash-and-grab in Paris sealed by Rashford again

who sealed a stunning turnaround in
Paris in 2019, collected Pogba’s pass
on the edge of the box before flashing
a superb low drive past Navas to
M arcus Rashford’s late strike

secured another memorable
victory away in Paris as
United made a winning start in
our Champions League campaign.
again denied as Keylor Navas made
the save, but VAR spotted that the
hosts’ goalkeeper had moved too
soon off his line. Our no.18 duly
found the net with the retaken kick.
spark more joyous scenes of United
celebration in the French capital.
After David De Gea denied The goalscorer was denied again

Angel Di Maria and then, somehow, by Navas before Scott McTominay’s
instinctively saved from Layvin header deflected wide off Diallo as
Kurzawa, the Reds took the lead in United finished the first half strongly.
dramatic fashion on 23 minutes. It was PSG, however, who began
Abdou Diallo’s foul on Anthony brighter after the break. De Gea’s
Martial inside the box resulted in excellent form on the night
a spot-kick, and stand-in skipper continued with a superb save on
Bruno Fernandes stepped up. 48 minutes from Kylian Mbappe’s
Having missed against Newcastle brilliant twist, turn and shot.
at the weekend, Fernandes was Kurzawa’s deflected cross
clipped the bar before the equaliser
arrived, when the unfortunate
MAN OF THE MATCH Martial headed a Neymar
DAVID DE GEA corner into his own net.
The Reds still posed
Our no.1 came up trumps a threat on the break, as
against PSG’s big stars, a dangerous corner from
denying Di Maria, debutant Alex Telles was
Mbappe and co retrieved by Luke Shaw,
with five key stops. whose cross was headed
inches over by Martial.
“THE SYSTEM ALLOWED US TO EXPRESS GROUP H TABLE

OURSELVES GOING FORWARD AND ALSO
TRY AND BE TIGHT DEFENSIVELY. WE DID POS P GD PTS
WELL IN STAGES AND IT’S A BIG WIN”

1 RB Leipzig 1 2 3
2 UNITED 1 1 3
3 PSG 1 -1 0
MARCUS RASHFORD 4 Istanbul Basaksehir 1 -2 0

POSSESSION (%)
PSG 61 39 UNITED
1
SHOTS 1
14 14
24 22 3 20 SHOTS ON TARGET 38 2 23
5 6
29 39 17 27
21 15 27 CORNERS
11 8 18
11 7 10 FOULS 9 10
9 14
STARTING XI PSG SUBS USED: Kean for Gueye 45’ •

STARTING XI
Rafinha for Herrera 78’ • Dagba for Florenzi 79’ •
1 Navas 15 Danilo 1 De Gea 17 Fred
Bakker for Kurzawa 86’• Sarabia for Di Maria 86’
24 Florenzi 27 Gueye 38 Tuanzebe 27 Telles
YELLOW CARDS: Danilo, Neymar, Kean
22 Diallo 11 Di Maria 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
3 Kimpembe 7 Mbappe 23 Shaw 9 Martial
20 Kurzawa 10 Neymar UNITED SUBS USED: Pogba for Telles 67’ • 29 Wan-Bissaka 10 Rashford
21 Herrera van de Beek for Fernandes 88’ • James for Martial 88’ 39 McTominay
YELLOW CARDS: Tuanzebe, McTominay
Left Telles on the ball; Bruno’s

delight at scoring a retaken penalty
Below Rashford turns away to
celebrate his late winner in Paris
25
PSG suffered a home defeat in a
Champions League group game
for the first time in 25 games,
since losing to CSKA
Moscow in 2004.

SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER 2020 | OLD TRAFFORD | 5.30PM
UNITED 0
CHELSEA 0
Reds and Blues draw blank as Cavani makes bow
U nited were held to a 0-0 draw

at Old Trafford as Chelsea
left the Reds still looking for
a first home win of the 2020/21
Premier League campaign.
Paul Pogba replaced Mata and
Edinson Cavani came on for Daniel
James. It was almost an immediate
masterstroke by the boss as our new
no.7 Cavani flicked a whipped cross
Chelsea dominated the first from Bruno Fernandes into the side
half-hour, but were unable to turn netting from the edge of the six-yard
that superiority into major chances, area. It would have been a dream
with only Reece James’s free-kick opening to the Uruguayan’s debut.
– aiming to catch out David De Gea Chances continued to be rare,
– and a couple of Christian Pulisic though, as both sides struggled to
attempts to show for their efforts. break the deadlock. Rashford had
United, though, had the best a 69th-minute opportunity when
opportunity to score when brilliantly sent on his way by a
Marcus Rashford burst free on the sweeping long ball from captain
counterattack but his shot struck Harry Maguire but the striker
Edouard Mendy’s outstretched leg. was eventually blocked out.
It was a confidence booster for Mason Greenwood came on
the Chelsea goalkeeper who, as an 83rd-minute sub for Scott
minutes earlier, had almost passed
the ball into his own net for what McTominay as the boss looked for
would have been a bizarre opener. MAN OF THE MATCH a late winner. But it was Rashford
The Reds then posted up the VICTOR LINDELOF who almost snatched it with
second big chance of the half a cracking shot just as we
when Juan Mata’s snapshot forced The centre-back earned entered stoppage-time, only for
another save from Mendy. strong praise from Reds Mendy to save superbly to
With Frank Lampard’s side legend and pundit Gary preserve his clean sheet,
dominating possession, Ole Gunnar Neville after the Swede as the west London
Solskjaer made United’s first changes kept Chelsea at bay. club left M16 with
13 minutes into the second half. a share of the points.
POST-MATCH TABLE “IT WAS AN EVEN GAME. AFTER A SLOW

START, WE GREW INTO THE GAME AND
POS PL GD PTS
13 Southampton 5 -1 7 PLAYED SOME DECENT STUFF. THEIR
KEEPER MADE SOME FANTASTIC SAVES”
14 Newcastle 5 -2 7
15 UNITED 5 -3 7
16 Brighton 5 -2 4
17 West Brom 5 -8 2 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

33
Left Mata whips the ball into the box
Aaron Wan-Bissaka tackles Ben Chilwell
Below Debutant Cavani heads to
safety as he helps defend a corner
At 33 years and 253 days,
Cavani became United’s
oldest league debutant
since Zlatan Ibrahimovic in
August 2016 (34y 316d).
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 50 50 CHELSEA
1
SHOTS 16
14 6
29 2 5 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 28 6 15
4 1
39 17
24 5 7 21
CORNERS
8 18 21
9 6 29 10
10 FOULS 11
8 6
UNITED SUBS USED: Pogba for Mata 58’ •
1 De Gea 17 Fred Cavani for James 58’ • Greenwood for McTominay 83’ 16 Mendy 7 Kante
29 Wan-Bissaka 8 Mata 28 Azpilicueta 21 Chilwell
YELLOW CARDS: Shaw, Fred, Rashford
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 6 Thiago Silva 29 Havertz
5 Maguire 21 James 15 Zouma 10 Pulisic
CHELSEA SUBS USED: Abraham for Werner 71’ •
23 Shaw 10 Rashford 24 James 11 Werner
Mount for Havertz 72’ • Ziyech for Pulisic 81’
39 McTominay 5 Jorginho
YELLOW CARDS: Havertz

WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2020 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8PM
UNITED 5
RB LEIPZIG 0
Greenwood 21, Rashford 74, 78, 90+2, Martial 87 (pen)
Rashford hits treble as Reds turn on style in M16
A n electrifying display
helped United storm to
a morale-boosting 5-0
Champions League victory over
RB Leipzig at Old Trafford.
65th minute as his strong header
needed attention at the near post.
After that, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s
Reds simply turned on the power.
Bruno Fernandes came off the
raced through to slot home. The
assistant referee’s flag was raised,
but VAR confirmed the striker had
been in his own half at the time of
the pass and the goal stood.
After Fred had an early shot bench and swept a first-time pass Rashford had his second when
well saved by Leipzig keeper Peter to fellow sub Marcus Rashford, who he again burst behind the German
Gulacsi, the Reds took a 21st-minute defence to cleanly strike home four
lead against the Bundesliga outfit. minutes later with a low drive. The
Paul Pogba slid a superb ball rampant Reds made it 4-0 after
through to Mason Greenwood, who Anthony Martial was brought down
drilled in a low left-footed shot, by Marcel Sabitzer and the France
which was thankfully given following striker scored his first goal of the
a long VAR check for offside. season from the penalty spot.
The Germans hadn’t had a shot Edinson Cavani had also been
prior to United’s goal but Christopher brought on in the 81st minute but his
Nkunku forced David De Gea into his attempt to get on the scoresheet
first save, minutes after the opener. was rubbed out for offside. So it was
The Reds couldn’t find a further the Rashford show as the no.10
opening against a defence well clinically claimed the match ball
drilled by centre-back Dayot MAN OF THE MATCH in injury-time, firing home after a
Upamecano, but it was a MARCUS RASHFORD Martial pass to complete the rout.
deserved 1-0 lead at the break.
United began on the front foot in
the second half and had an early
He was only on the
pitch for around half GROUP H:
penalty shout for handball against
Ibrahima Konate waved away.
an hour but still had
time to register his OTHER RESULT
Leipzig began to have their say first United treble.
with De Gea thwarting Konate in the Istanbul Basaksehir 0 Paris Saint-Germain 2
GROUP H TABLE “WE LOOKED DANGEROUS AND LIKE WE COULD

SCORE EVERY TIME WE WENT FORWARD. IT WAS
POS P GD PTS A REAL TEAM PERFORMANCE – WE CAN’T ASK
FOR MORE IN TERMS OF ATTITUDE AND INTENT”
1 UNITED 2 6 6
2 PSG 2 1 3
3 RB Leipzig 2 -3 3
4 Istanbul Basaksehir 2 -4 0 MARCUS RASHFORD

5
Rashford became the fifth player
in CL history to score a hat-trick
Left (clockwise from top) Lindelof as a sub – though his 27-minute
gets a foot in; Martial scores from the cameo is the fewest number
of minutes played while
spot; Fernandes fires in a free-kick scoring a treble.
Above United line up before kick-off
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 47 53 RB LEIPZIG
1
SHOTS 1
15 9
29 2 5 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 6 5 23
31 8 2 44
17 6 CORNERS
34 39 25 18 3
2 5
9 11 FOULS 9 10
18 20
UNITED SUBS USED: McTominay for Matic 63’ •

STARTING XI Rashford for Greenwood 63’ • Fernandes for van de Beek
STARTING XI
1 De Gea 17 Fred 68’ • Tuanzebe for Wan-Bissaka 81’ • Cavani for Pogba 81’ 1 Gulacsi 25 Olmo
29 Wan-Bissaka 6 Pogba YELLOW CARDS: Matic 6 Konate 18 Nkunku
2 Lindelof 34 van de Beek 5 Upamecano 3 Angelino
5 Maguire 9 Martial RB LEIPZIG SUBS USED: Sabitzer for Henrichs 63’ • 23 Halstenberg 9 Poulsen
23 Shaw 11 Greenwood 44 Kampl 10 Forsberg
Sorloth for Nkunku 65’ • Kluivert for Kampel 76’
31 Matic 39 Henrichs
YELLOW CARDS: Henrichs, Kluivert, Sabitzer

NOVEMBER
Once more it’s a painful opening to the month,
but thankfully United spring into life with a run
of wins to haul us up the Premier League table...
N ovember began in taxing

fashion for Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer’s men, but it would
end with the team really hitting their
stride, as a spate of performances
however, as the Reds displayed real
character at Southampton to claw
back a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2, with a
terrific double from Edinson Cavani
helping us climb to ninth position.
displaying an invaluable mental Elsewhere in the Premier League,
fortitude saw the Reds claim four it was Tottenham who continued
straight wins in all competitions. their good start to the season as
United began the month with they set the pace with November
a tame 1-0 home defeat at the drawing to a close. Jose Mourinho’s
hands of Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, Spurs recorded three wins and a
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang draw for the month, narrowly taking
netting the game’s only goal from the them ahead of Liverpool at the top
penalty spot. Another disappointing of the table. Jurgen Klopp’s side
setback followed three days later were showing some signs of their
in Europe, as the Reds were beaten struggles to come, with the German
2-1 in Turkey by Istanbul Basaksehir, boss bemoaning a growing injury
United dropping points for the first list that he partly blamed on
time in Champions League Group H. early-season fixture pile-ups.
Pleasingly, there was to be a stellar Beneath them in the table,
return to domestic action three days Leicester continued their steady PLAYER OF THE MONTH
later. Despite being handed an early 2020/21 form with wins against BRUNO FERNANDES
kick-off at Goodison Park after Leeds and Wolves, leaving
returning from Turkey in midweek, Brendan Rodgers’ side United’s no.18 continued to
a terrific, Bruno Fernandes-inspired firmly lodged in the top four. dazzle as he collected the
performance saw Solskjaer’s men As for Manchester City, club’s monthly award for a
record an impressive 3-1 league they lost at Spurs but beat fifth time in just eight
win over Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton. Burnley 5-0 to end the months since his arrival
Following the international break, month in 11th. It was David in January 2020. With
the Reds finally recorded a first Moyes’s West Ham who six goals and two
home league victory of the season, really caught the eye assists, Bruno was vital
thanks again to our Portuguese in the November form to the side’s uplift in
playmaker – Bruno’s penalty proving guide, though, the Hammers form that fuelled a climb
to be the decisive goal in a 1-0 win. claiming maximum points up the Premier League
The following Tuesday, United from their three games. table and
got revenge on Istanbul Basaksehir, At the bottom, Chris top spot in
running out 4-1 winners at Old Wilder’s Sheffield Champions
Trafford in matchday four of United remained the League
the Champions League. only winless side, Group H.
The most dramatic of our four with just one point
November wins was saved until last, from 10 games.

BACK TO
CONTENTS
UNITED’S NOVEMBER RESULTS

01.11.20 PL United 0 Arsenal 1
04.11.20 UCL Basaksehir 2 United 1
07.11.20 PL Everton 1 United 3
21.11.20 PL United 1 West Brom 0
24.11.20 UCL United 4 Basaksehir 1
29.11.20 PL Southampton 2 United 3
P GD PTS
1 Tottenham 10 12 21
2 Liverpool 10 5 21
3 Chelsea 10 12 19
4 Leicester 10 5 18
5 West Ham 10 6 17
6 Southampton 10 3 17
7 Wolves 10 0 17
8 Everton 10 2 16
9 UNITED 9 0 16
10 Aston Villa 9 7 15
11 Manchester City 9 4 15
12 Leeds 10 -2 14
13 Newcastle 10 -3 14
14 Arsenal 10 -2 13
16 Brighton 10 -2 10
17 Fulham 10 -8 7
18 West Brom 10 -11 6
19 Burnley 9 -13 5
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP H
P GD PTS
1 UNITED 4 8 9
2 Paris Saint-Germain 4 1 6
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3 RB Leipzig 4 -3 6
all the Goal of the 4 Istanbul Basaksehir 4 -6 3
Month contenders
Fernandes, who unleashed a

GOAL OF THE MONTH half-volley into the top corner of
▶
BRUNO FERNANDES v the Basaksehir net to give the

ISTANBUL BASAKSEHIR Reds an early foothold in the tie.
‘’Shooting from outside the box
Just six minutes into the Old is something I’ve worked on
Trafford meeting with the a lot, since I was a kid,” said the
reigning Turkish champions, midfielder. “I hope to get more
Alex Telles’s corner was only goals like this!’’ We second
cleared as far as Bruno that emotion, Bruno...

SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2020 | OLD TRAFFORD | 4.30PM got on the end of a Luke Shaw
free-kick and saw his looped header
drop inches beyond both the far
post and the incoming Greenwood.
UNITED 0
The opening goal came out of
nothing for Arsenal on 69 minutes.
Willian slipped a ball into the box to
Bellerin, who went down under the
ARSENAL 1
challenge of Paul Pogba before
referee Mike Dean pointed to the
spot. Aubameyang duly converted
Aubameyang 69 (pen) the penalty, sending De Gea the
wrong way from 12 yards.
Edinson Cavani and Donny van
de Beek entered the fray and the
Spot-kick proves the difference as United falter

Dutchman almost fashioned a
bizarre equaliser as his cross from
the right bounced off Mohamed
Elneny on to the face of Leno and
A second-half penalty
from Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang made it
a frustrating day for Manchester
United as Arsenal claimed
completely missed his kick from
six yards out following a vital
touch from Victor Lindelof.
Willian then swapped passes
with Aubameyang before grazing
back out off the keeper’s near post.
United continued to press for a
leveller but ultimately the visitors
held out to hand the home side a
third league defeat in six games.
a 1-0 victory at Old Trafford. the top of David De Gea’s bar, with
It was a scrappy start to the Bukayo Saka next to go close
match from both sides as each as he headed just over from
looked to establish a foothold on the another Bellerin delivery.
game. Aubameyang just missed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men
getting on the end of Hector Bellerin’s upped the tempo after the interval
whipped low cross, before Mason but it was the visitors who also had
Greenwood’s first-time shot was well the first sight of goal in the second
saved by the legs of Bernd Leno. half, as Lacazette fed Aubameyang
Arsenal then had three big for the latter to curl a measured
opportunities not long before the effort just wide of the bottom corner.
break. First, Aubameyang set up Shortly afterwards, United went
Alexandre Lacazette, who close through Harry Maguire, who
MAN OF THE MATCH

LUKE SHAW
Solid at the back, our no.23
almost claimed an
assist through Harry
Maguire’s header
from his free-kick.
“DETAILS MADE US LOSE THE GAME AND POST-MATCH TABLE

WE HAVE TO BE BETTER. WE HAVE TO DO
BETTER WITH THE BALL BECAUSE WE POS
13 Crystal Palace
PL GD PTS
7 -3 10
WEREN’T DANGEROUS WITH IT TODAY”

14 West Ham 7 3 8
15 UNITED 6 -4 7
16 Brighton 7 -3 5
PAUL POGBA 17 West Brom 6 -8 3

POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 53 47 ARSENAL
1
SHOTS 1
8 7
2 2
17
2 18 25 7
39 6 CORNERS
18 6 3
12 9 14
10 11 FOULS
12 12
STARTING XI UNITED SUBS USED: Matic for Fred 62’ •

STARTING XI
1 De Gea 39 McTominay van de Beek for Fernandes 75’ • Cavani for Greenwood 75’ 1 Leno 25 Elneny
29 Wan-Bissaka 6 Pogba YELLOW CARDS: Maguire, Fred, Greenwood 16 Holding 7 Saka
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 6 Gabriel 12 Willian
5 Maguire 10 Rashford ARSENAL SUBS USED: Nketiah for Lacazette 76’ • 3 Tierney 9 Lacazette
23 Shaw 11 Greenwood 2 Bellerin 14 Aubameyang
Maitland-Niles for Willian 86’ • Mustafi for Aubameyang 87’
17 Fred 18 Partey
YELLOW CARDS: Holding, Gabriel, Aubameyang
Left (clockwise from top) Pogba on

the ball; Nemanja Matic in full flow;
Solskjaer cuts a frustrated figure
Below van de Beek goes up against
Arsenal new boy Thomas Partey
100
This was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s
100th game in charge of
United – making him the
14th Reds boss to reach
that milestone.

GROUP H:
WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2020 | FATIH TERIM STADIUM | 5.55PM
OTHER RESULT
ISTANBUL RB Leipzig 2-1 Paris Saint-Germain
BASAKSEHIR 2 found space down the right. He fed

Anthony Martial in the box but the
Frenchman’s effort was well blocked
UNITED 1
Ba 12, Visca 40
by our former full-back, Rafael.
The Reds continued to be stifled
by Basaksehir, who still looked
Martial 43 dangerous themselves. Two minutes
after Martial’s chance, Danijel
Aleksic met Boli Bolingoli’s left-wing
Defensive lapses see United punished in Turkey

cross but Henderson claimed well.
Five minutes from the break,
Edin Visca doubled the advantage,
finishing with conviction at the
M anchester United endured

another frustrating evening
after Istanbul Basaksehir
claimed a 2-1 Champions League
win over the Reds in Istanbul.
back post after a cross from Deniz
Turuc had been dummied by Ba.
The Reds had given themselves
a real uphill battle, but three minutes
later, we earned ourselves a lifeline
The hosts enjoyed the best when Luke Shaw’s excellent cross
possible start when former was expertly headed into the far
Newcastle striker Demba Ba struck corner by Martial.
to open the scoring on 12 minutes. Openings were proving hard to
It was a somewhat bizarre goal, come by but keeper Mert Gunok
coming seconds after a United was forced into a stop on 56 minutes
corner. The Reds stayed forward when Bruno Fernandes’s free-kick
probing for an opening, but when was fired at him from 25 yards.
Basaksehir regained possession Paul Pogba and Edinson Cavani
from the set-piece, a long ball found entered the fray on the hour as the
Ba with a free run on goal from his Reds tried to up the ante. But,
own half. His pace ensured he ultimately, it proved a frustrating
couldn’t be caught before he night as the Turkish side repelled
MAN OF THE MATCH slotted past Dean Henderson. everything that came their way.
LUKE SHAW United were a little The only moment of danger for
shell-shocked and sought to the hosts came in stoppage time
Won a number of tackles and level up proceedings, but the when Alexandru Epureanu cleared
bombed forward regularly, home side stood firm for off the line to prevent an own
almost single-handedly much of the first half. goal. Even the referee appeared
creating Martial’s One opening appeared to anticipate a buzz but goal-line
43rd-minute goal. on the half-hour when technology delivered a reprieve
Aaron Wan-Bissaka for the Turkish outfit.
“TODAY WE CREATED NOT MANY CHANCES. GROUP H TABLE

IT’S REALLY DISAPPOINTING. FOR THEM IT’S
A REALLY NICE WIN AND FOR US, WE NEED POS P GD PTS
TO IMPROVE A LOT – WE HAVE TO STEP UP”

1 UNITED 3 5 6
2 RB Leipzig 3 -2 6
3 PSG 3 0 3
DONNY VAN DE BEEK 4 Istanbul Basaksehir 3 -3 3

POSSESSION (%)
BASAKSEHIR 32 68 UNITED
34
SHOTS 26
9 10
4 37 6 63 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 38 5 23
3 2
10 34 31
CORNERS
7 8 17 23 8 18 10
1 5
19 FOULS 9
9 9
STARTING XI BASAKSEHIR SUBS USED: Gulbrandsen for Ba 79’ •

STARTING XI
Topal for Ozcan 87’ • Ponck for Kahveci 90’
34 Gunok 7 Visca 26 Henderson 31 Matic
YELLOW CARDS: Skrtel
4 Rafael 8 Aleksic 29 Wan-Bissaka 8 Mata
37 Skrtel 17 Kahveci 38 Tuanzebe 18 Fernandes
UNITED SUBS USED: McTominay for Tuanzebe 45’ •
6 Epureanu 23 Turuc 5 Maguire 10 Rashford
63 Bolingoli 19 Ba Pogba for van de Beek 61’ • Cavani for Mata 61’ • 23 Shaw 9 Martial
10 Ozcan Fosu-Mensah for Wan-Bissaka 76’ • Greenwood 34 van de Beek
for Rashford 76’ YELLOW CARDS: Tuanzebe
Left United get set for kick-off

Below Martial holds off
the hosts’ defence
137
Martial’s goal came just 137
seconds after the hosts had gone
2-0 up – it was the first time he’d
scored in back-to-back
games in the CL.

SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2020 | GOODISON PARK | 12.30PM
EVERTON 1
UNITED 3
Bernard 19
Fernandes 25, 32, Cavani 90+5
Fernandes leads stirring fightback on Merseyside
U nited earned a much-needed,

hard-fought win at Goodison
Park, coming from behind to
beat Everton in the Premier League.
Despite the Reds dominating the
big chance fell to Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer’s men in the 72nd minute,
when Fred’s chipped through ball
found Rashford onside. The England
striker tested Pickford with a stinging
early possession, it was the hosts shot, which the Toffees goalkeeper
who took the lead on 19 minutes, did well to repel with his legs.
as Dominic Calvert-Lewin flicked Minutes later, Rashford found
the ball into the path of Bernard, space on the left and centred for
who squeezed a cute shot inside Mata, on the edge of the box, but the
David De Gea’s right-hand post. Spaniard didn’t quite strike his low
The equaliser swiftly arrived six shot cleanly. At the other end there
minutes later. Juan Mata fed Luke was resolute defending, with Harry
Shaw on the left flank, and the Maguire and substitute Axel
full-back sent over a cross towards Tuanzebe performing particularly
Bruno Fernandes in the box. The solidly to limit the hosts’ chances.
playmaker directed a confident, Abdoulaye Doucoure shot
powerful header right across harmlessly over in injury-time and
Jordan Pickford to get United level.
After that, the Reds took control minutes later, with Everton pushed
and, seven minutes later, Bruno MAN OF THE MATCH up high, United got a third goal.
struck again to hand us the lead. His BRUNO FERNANDES Fernandes broke and set up
cross from the left of the Everton substitute Edinson Cavani for a
penalty area was aimed towards Two goals – albeit one a straightforward chance, which
Marcus Rashford, but ended up little fortunate – and an he buried easily past Pickford.
evading everyone and nestling in assist capped another The final whistle blew
the net via a touch off the far post. great display from the soon after, to screams of
In the second half, Everton Portuguese maestro. “get in” from the fiercely
enjoyed more of the ball, but the next committed visitors.
POST-MATCH TABLE “WE KNEW IT WAS AN IMPORTANT

GAME, TO COME HERE AND GET THREE
POS
12 Man City
PL GD PTS
6 1 11 POINTS. THE BOYS REACTED REALLY
WELL BUT AS WE KNOW, IT’S ONLY A START”
14 UNITED 7 -2 10
15 Leeds 8 -3 10
16 Brighton 8 -3 6 HARRY MAGUIRE

Left The boss congratulates Lindelof;
Tuanzebe makes his presence felt
Below Fred celebrates with Cavani
as the Reds wrap up the points
15+
Our first two goals had 15+ passes
in the build-up – the first time
we’ve scored 2+ such goals in
the same league match
since Nov 2016.
POSSESSION (%)
EVERTON 55 45 UNITED
1
SHOTS
1
7 13
23 5 4 12 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 2 5 23
1 5
39 17
16 6 10 CORNERS
5 2 8 18 10
19 9 20 FOULS
9
12 19
STARTING XI EVERTON SUBS USED: Iwobi for Sigurdsson 67’ •

STARTING XI
1 Pickford 6 Allan Tosun for Rodriguez 80’ 1 De Gea 17 Fred
23 Coleman 10 Sigurdsson YELLOW CARDS: Holgate, Doucoure, Allan, Tosun 29 Wan-Bissaka 8 Mata
5 Keane 19 Rodriguez 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
4 Holgate 9 Calvert-Lewin 5 Maguire 10 Rashford
UNITED SUBS USED: Tuanzebe for Shaw 67’ •
12 Digne 20 Bernard 23 Shaw 9 Martial
Pogba for Mata 82’ • Cavani for Martial 82’
16 Doucoure 39 McTominay
YELLOW CARDS: Fred, Fernandes

SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2020 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8PM the decision was overturned
after a VAR consultation.
But there was even more theatre
to come: after De Gea had made a
UNITED 1
stunning save with his foot to deny
Conor Townsend, United won
a penalty at the other end when
Mata’s cross struck the hand of
WEST BROMWICH
Fernandes 56 (pen)
Darnell Furlong. Fernandes saw his
spot-kick saved by Johnstone, but
the former Red had stepped off his
ALBION 0
line and our Portuguese playmaker
successfully found the opposite
corner with his retake.
Baggies sub Callum Robinson
then hit the bar with a curling effort,
Retaken spot-kick claims points against Baggies

while Johnstone continued his
superb performance with a couple
of brilliant saves to deny Marcus
Rashford and then Maguire.
T he Reds recorded a first

home win of the Premier
League season with
a battling 1-0 success over West
Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford.
outdone at the other end, United
no.1 David De Gea showed his
quality a moment later with
a brilliant fingertip stop to prod
Karlan Grant’s right-footed effort
A tense finale ensued but
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Reds
remained resolute to seal another
morale-boosting three points.
Wearing black armbands just inches wide of the post.

following the passing of former Red The visitors were limiting
Albert Quixall, United started well, chances by defending deep, though
and Anthony Martial went close Fernandes almost inspired an
in the first minute with a glancing opening in the 33rd minute, with a
header from Juan Mata’s cross. sublime pass towards the back post
Bruno Fernandes then teed that Mata directed back into the
up Martial for another chance six-yard box. A deflection off a
but the Frenchman’s close-range defender left the ball lingering in the
shot was brilliantly kept out by air and Martial was only just beaten
Baggies goalkeeper – and former to it by the advancing Johnstone.
Red – Sam Johnstone. Not to be Maguire then thumped a
thunderous volley straight into the
face of West Brom captain Kyle
MAN OF THE MATCH Bartley, who quickly recovered and
BRUNO FERNANDES almost netted himself in the 42nd
minute with a header that landed
Another key contribution on the roof of De Gea’s goal.
from Bruno, who kept his In the second half, the
cool to net the winner Baggies thought they
from the spot at the had a penalty following an
second attempt. apparent foul by Fernandes
on Conor Gallagher, before
“THREE POINTS, HOME WIN, BUT WE NEED POST-MATCH TABLE

BETTER PERFORMANCES THAN THIS.
WE KNOW THAT. IF WE WANT TO MOVE POS
7 Everton
PL GD PTS
8 2 13
UP THE TABLE, WE HAVE TO PLAY BETTER”

8 Crystal Palace 8 0 13
9 UNITED 8 -1 13
10 Wolves 8 -1 13
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER 11 Man City 8 -1 12

POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 63 37 WEST BROM
1
SHOTS 1
17 7
29 2 5 27 SHOTS ON TARGET 2 6 20 5 14
7 2
31 17
12 19 18 11
CORNERS
8 18 10
8 2
FOULS 29
9
12 17
STARTING XI UNITED SUBS USED: Cavani for Mata 62’ •

STARTING XI
1 De Gea 17 Fred van de Beek for Rashford 79’ • McTominay for Fred 84’ 1 Johnstone 12 Pereira
29 Wan-Bissaka 8 Mata YELLOW CARDS: Cavani 2 Furlong 19 Sawyers
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 6 Ajayi 18 Gallagher
5 Maguire 10 Rashford WEST BROM SUBS USED: Robson-Kanu for Diangana 62’ 20 Ivanovic 11 Diangana
27 Telles 9 Martial 5 Bartley 29 Grant
• Robinson for Grant 62’ • Krovinovic for Ivanovic 79’
31 Matic 14 Townsend
YELLOW CARDS: Gallagher
9th
After successive victories,
the Reds moved into the top
half of the Premier League
table for the first time
this season.
Left Alex Telles stays alert;

Martial looks for an opening
Above Fernandes slots home
the winner at the second attempt

TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2020 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8PM
UNITED 4
Fernandes 7, 19, Rashford 35 (pen), James 90+2
ISTANBUL
BASAKSEHIR 1
Turuc 75
Early intensity sees off the Turkish champions
A ruthless Champions League

performance saw United
beat Istanbul Basaksehir
4-1 to keep us top of Group H.
Any tension following our defeat
cross from Telles and allowed
Fernandes a simple tap-in.
Our no.18 generously gave up the
chance of a first-half hat-trick when
United were awarded a penalty.
GROUP H:
OTHER RESULT
in Turkey on matchday three was Rashford was barged over by Boli Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 RB Leipzig
swiftly dispelled when Bruno Bolingoli and, after being handed
Fernandes thundered in the opener spot-kick responsibility by Perhaps inevitably, after a
on seven minutes. There have been Fernandes, confidently struck home number of substitutions and with a
some blistering goals scored at Old to make it 3-0 after 35 minutes. comfortable lead established, the
Trafford in the Champions League Five minutes into the second half, rhythm and danger were difficult
down the years, and the Portuguese’s David De Gea was forced into his to pick up again for United.
crashing drive from the edge of the first serious save of the match as he The Turks eventually took
area, after Basaksehir couldn’t turned a goalbound Edin Visca shot advantage as Deniz Turuc grabbed
fully clear an Alex Telles corner, around the post for a corner. a goal back on 75 minutes with
deserves to rank among the best. a vicious free-kick that De Gea
It looked like Fernandes had clawed away, but not before the
added an assist to his stats five MAN OF THE MATCH ball had already crossed the line.
minutes later when he superbly BRUNO FERNANDES Visca then hit the bar to give
slipped a ball through to Marcus United yet another fright, but the
Rashford. The striker nicked the ball Two key goals as well as points were sealed in injury-time
under goalkeeper Mert Gunok only generously handing over when Daniel James went on
for his effort to be ruled offside. the penalty to Marcus to stroke home our fourth
But there was no denying the Rashford, in another on a night when we moved
Reds a second after a dreadful error decisive display. three points clear at
from Gunok, when he fumbled a the top of our group.
GROUP H TABLE “THERE WAS SOME GREAT INTERCHANGE

FOOTBALL, GREAT LINK-UP PLAY, ONE-TOUCH
POS P GD PTS AND TWO-TOUCH FOOTBALL, AND SOME
FANTASTIC GOALS, SO WE’RE VERY PLEASED”
1 UNITED 4 8 9
2 PSG 4 1 6
3 RB Leipzig 4 -3 6
4 Istanbul Basaksehir 4 -6 3 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

Left Greenwood congratulates
goalscorer James; Matic takes control
Below Tuanzebe has his collar felt
by visiting midfielder Nacer Chadli
24-2
This win meant that United
had won our past seven
home games in Europe
by an aggregate
score of 24-2.
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 52 48 BASAKSEHIR
1
SHOTS 34
16 13
29 2 5 27 SHOTS ON TARGET 4 37 6 63
8 4 10
34 17
CORNERS
10 18 9 7 17 23 11
6 2
7 FOULS 19
13 12
UNITED SUBSTITUTES:
STARTING XI Tuanzebe for Lindelof 45’ • Williams for Wan-Bissaka 59’ •
STARTING XI
1 De Gea 17 Fred James for Rashford 59’ • Greenwood for Fernandes 59’ • 34 Gunok 7 Visca
29 Wan-Bissaka 10 Rashford Matic for Martial 82’ YELLOW CARDS: Tuanzebe, Maguire 4 Rafael 17 Kahveci
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes ISTANBUL BASAKSEHIR SUBSTITUTES: 37 Skrtel 23 Turuc
5 Maguire 9 Martial Tekdemir for Kahveci 45’ • Gulbrandsen for Chadli 61’• 6 Epureanu 11 Chadli
27 Telles 7 Cavani 63 Bolingoli 19 Ba
Kaldirim for Bolingoli 74’ • Giuliano for Ozcan 74’ • Ponck
34 van de Beek 10 Ozcan
for Skrtel 87’ YELLOW CARDS: Skrtel, Tekdemir, Turuc

SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2020 | ST MARY’S | 2PM
SOUTHAMPTON 2
UNITED 3
Bednarek 23, Ward-Prowse 33
Fernandes 60, Cavani 74, 90+2
Fired-up final half-hour from Reds stuns Saints
E dinson Cavani came off the

bench to inspire Manchester
United to a stirring comeback
against Southampton at St Mary’s.
United’s first opening came on
33 minutes, and things looked even
bleaker when De Gea was forced
off injured at half-time, replaced
by Dean Henderson.
Making his league debut for
seven minutes. Alex Telles slipped a United, Henderson soon claimed a
pass up towards Mason Greenwood, well-struck shot from Theo Walcott.
who zipped past the Saints’ defence The recovery began after an
and goalkeeper, but could only hour when fellow sub Cavani picked
find the side-netting with his shot. out Fernandes in the box, and our
The Reds had settled well and Portuguese playmaker took a touch
went close again on 16 minutes when before rolling the ball past McCarthy.
Bruno Fernandes’s deflected shot Cavani headed just wide before
clipped the outside of the post. eventually grabbing the equaliser.
Despite this dominance it was the A Telles corner was cleared out to
hosts who took the lead, against the Fernandes, who blasted the ball
run of play, when Jan Bednarek back into the area and, as it rose
flicked in a header from James from a deflection, the South
Ward-Prowse’s corner. It almost got
worse minutes later when Kyle American marksman flung
Walker-Peters saw his low shot MAN OF THE MATCH himself at the ball with a
flick off Telles and hit David De Gea’s EDINSON CAVANI superb diving header to level.
post. Alex McCarthy then presented Che Adams went close
the ball to Greenwood, who sped A stunning impact from but the Reds kept probing for
through, with the Saints goalkeeper the no.7, who showed his a winner, which finally came in
saving his shot and also getting up enduring class with stoppage-time. Rashford’s
quickly to twice deny Fernandes. two fine headers cross found Cavani again to
Ward-Prowse got the Saints’ and an assist. head home and secure
second with a 20-yard free-kick on another dramatic win.
POST-MATCH TABLE “AT THE END I WAS SO PROUD BECAUSE

WE DID SO WELL. THIS TEAM IS GETTING
POS
6 Wolves
PL GD PTS
10 0 17 BETTER AND BETTER AND IMPROVING,
WHICH IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE”
7 Everton 10 2 16
8 UNITED 9 0 16
10 Man City 9 4 15 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

4
Left Substitute keeper Henderson
celebrates after the Reds hit back;
Greenwood on the rampage
Below Cavani nets the winner
in dramatic circumstances
This game saw United
become the first side in PL
history to win four consecutive
away games despite
trailing in each.
POSSESSION (%)
SOUTHAMPTON 50 50 UNITED
1
SHOTS 1
10 15
2 35 4 3 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 2 5 27
5 6
17 31 18
17 8 6 12
CORNERS
5 9 34
32 10 FOULS 11 10
12 12
SOUTHAMPTON SUBS USED: Long for Djenepo 72’ •
1 McCarthy 8 Ward-Prowse Diallo for Armstrong 90’ • N’Lundulu for Walker-Peters 90+4’ 1 De Gea 31 Matic
2 Walker-Peters 6 Romeu 29 Wan-Bissaka 18 Fernandes
YELLOW CARDS: Ward-Prowse
35 Bednarek 12 Djenepo 2 Lindelof 34 van de Beek
4 Vestergaard 32 Walcott 5 Maguire 11 Greenwood
UNITED SUBS USED: Henderson for De Gea 45’ •
3 Bertrand 10 Adams 27 Telles 10 Rashford
Cavani for Greenwood 45’ • Williams for Telles 84’
17 Armstrong 17 Fred
YELLOW CARDS: None

DECEMBER
PLAYER OF THE MONTH
As a busy December rolled around, the Reds BRUNO FERNANDES
slipped into the Europa League but closed The playmaker collected the
award once again thanks to a
the gap on the Premier League leaders...

string of superb individual
performances that elevated
the Reds into second in the
league. Bruno scored against
Leipzig, Leeds (twice)
W ith nine games in three

competitions to deal with,
the Reds began the month
with a disappointing 3-1 home defeat
to PSG, which left United, the French
one win in December and dropped to
eighth by Boxing Day. Manchester
City, however, looked far livelier as
Pep Guardiola’s side notched up
three wins and two draws.
and Leicester,
before claiming his
seventh assist
in the 2020/21
top flight with a
side and RB Leipzig locked together But it was Liverpool’s 7-0 win at fine long ball that
on nine points with one Champions Crystal Palace that caught led to Marcus
League matchday left to play. everyone’s attention, helping Jurgen Rashford’s
A subsequent 3-1 away league Klopp’s side top the table come late winner
victory at West Ham was achieved the new year. At the other end, against
days later as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Sheffield United’s woes Wolves.
side scored three times in 13 minutes continued, as only one
thanks to goals from Paul Pogba, December point left Chris
Mason Greenwood and Marcus Wilder’s side 11 points adrift of safety.
Rashford, but a hammer blow was But it was Slaven Bilic who
to be dealt in Germany, as United became the Premier League’s first
crashed out of the Champions managerial casualty of the 2020/21
League with a 3-2 loss at the hands season as he was sacked with West
of RB Leipzig. PSG would join Bromwich Albion languishing in
Julian Nagelsmann’s side in the 19th place. Could new boss and
knockout stages from Group H. renowned firefighter Sam Allardyce
A goalless draw at home on save the Baggies from the drop?
Manchester derby day was followed
by a professional away display at
Bramall Lane as a brace from UNITED’S DECEMBER RESULTS
Rashford and a first of the campaign 2.12.20 CL United 1 PSG 3
for Anthony Martial ensured United 5.12.20 PL West Ham 1 United 3
maintained a perfect away league 8.12.20 CL RB Leipzig 3 United 2
record in the league. An emphatic 12.12.20 PL United 0 Man City 0
6-2 demolition of the impressive new 17.12.20 PL Sheffield Utd 2 United 3
boys Leeds United came next 20.12.20 PL United 6 Leeds 2
before a patient 2-0 win at Everton 23.12.20 LC Everton 0 United 2
in the Carabao Cup, ensuring the 26.12.20 PL Leicester 2 United 2
Reds would meet City again in 29.12.20 PL United 1 Wolves 0
the semi-final just weeks later.
A 2-2 away draw with high-flyers CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP H
Leicester preceded a last-gasp 1-0 P GD PTS
win over Wolves, as United ended 1 Paris Saint-Germain 6 7 12
2020 in second spot in the league. 2 RB Leipzig 6 -1 12
Elsewhere, Tottenham’s flying 3 UNITED 6 5 9
start fell flat as they registered just 4 Istanbul Basaksehir 6 -11 3

Park in the Carabao Cup.
GOAL OF THE MONTH Receiving the ball from the right
EDINSON CAVANI v EVERTON after a smart infield pass from
▶
Anthony Martial, the Uruguayan
Commentators often say that took two touches with his right
tight, goalless games need “that foot before rifling a spectacular
little bit of magic” to break the left-footed effort across the
stalemate. Edinson Cavani face of Robin Olsen’s goal to
certainly came up with it after set the Reds on the way to the
88 goalless minutes at Goodison semi-finals of the competition.
WATCH!
P GD PTS
1 Liverpool 16 17 33
2 UNITED 15 8 30
Click here to enjoy 3 Leicester 16 9 29
all the Goal of the 4 Everton 15 7 29
Month contenders 5 Aston Villa 14 14 26
6 Chelsea 16 13 26
8 Man City 14 9 26
9 Southampton 16 6 26
10 West Ham 16 2 23
11 Leeds 16 0 23
12 Wolves 16 -6 21
13 Arsenal 16 -3 20
16 Burnley 15 -11 16
18 Fulham 15 -10 11
19 West Brom 16 -24 8
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CONTENTS

WEDNESDAY 2 DECEMBER 2020 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8PM
UNITED 1
PARIS
Rashford 32
instead, his shot found the empty

seats of the Stretford End.
SAINT-GERMAIN 3
Cavani almost had a dream
reunion with his former side when he
chipped against the crossbar, with
Neymar 6, 90+1, Marquinhos 69 Martial’s follow up blocked by
Marquinhos. The PSG captain then
went close himself as his looping
Ten-man Reds falter to leave Group H wide open

header struck De Gea’s bar.
Then, moments after our Spanish
stopper had stretched brilliantly to
palm Mitchel Bakker’s shot wide,
M anchester United’s UEFA

Champions League destiny
remained in the balance
after a 3-1 defeat to Paris
Saint-Germain at Old Trafford.
De Gea was helpless to stop
Marquinhos bundling the ball
home to restore the Parisians’ lead.
United were dealt a further blow
when Fred picked up his second
It took PSG just six minutes to booking soon after the restart, with
open the scoring. After Kylian the referee not considering the fact
Mbappe’s shot took a deflection off that the Brazilian had got the ball
Scott McTominay, Neymar was on first in his challenge with returning
hand to smash past David De Gea former Red Ander Herrera.
and into the bottom corner. the back of the net via Danilo Herrera blazed a shot over
The Ligue 1 outfit could have Pereira’s outstretched leg. before substitute Paul Pogba saw a
doubled their lead moments later, Into the second half and Martial speculative volley whistle just wide,
only for David De Gea to palm away had a great chance to put us ahead but PSG soaked up the pressure.
Alessandro Florenzi’s stinging effort. after nice work from Rashford Then, after Mbappe missed a
There was a flashpoint on 20 and Edinson Cavani on the right – glorious chance on the break,
minutes when Leandro Paredes Neymar made it 3-1 late on, leaving
went down after an altercation with United requiring a point in the final
Fred, as the visitors urged referee MAN OF THE MATCH group game, away in Leipzig.
Daniele Orsato to show a red card. MARCUS RASHFORD
Fortunately, after a VAR check,
the verdict was yellow.
United were level just after
Scored against
PSG for the third GROUP H:
OTHER RESULT
the half-hour mark. Keylor Navas consecutive meeting
parried Anthony Martial’s drive and showed fine
before the ball was worked back to creativity in attack.
Marcus Rashford, whose shot found Istanbul Basaksehir 3-4 RB Leipzig
GROUP H TABLE “IT’S NOT A YELLOW CARD [FOR FRED IN

THE SECOND HALF] – HE WINS THE BALL.
POS P GD PTS I WAS TWO YARDS AWAY, AND THE
LINESMAN WAS FIVE YARDS AWAY”
1 UNITED 5 6 9
2 PSG 5 3 9
3 RB Leipzig 5 -2 9
4 Istanbul Basaksehir 5 -7 3 HARRY MAGUIRE

Left (clockwise from left) Fred tackles
3
Paredes, but our midfielder would later see red;
Wan-Bissaka hails goalscorer Rashford
Below Mbappe runs at our defence in
what was an open contest at Old Trafford
Rashford became the first United

player to score in all three of our
home games in a single group
stage of the CL since
Ruud van Nistelrooy
in 2004/05.
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 44 56 PSG
1
SHOTS 1
12 13
29 2 5 27 SHOTS ON TARGET 24 5 3 22
5 6
39 17
8 15 6
CORNERS
10 18 9
3 5
7 18 10
7 FOULS
20 10
UNITED SUBS USED: Pogba for Rashford 74’ •

STARTING XI Greenwood for Martial 79’ • van de Beek for Cavani 79’ •
STARTING XI
1 De Gea 17 Fred Ighalo for Wan-Bissaka 90’ 1 Navas 15 Danilo
29 Wan-Bissaka 10 Rashford YELLOW CARDS: Fred RED CARD: Fred 24 Florenzi 6 Verratti
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 5 Marquinhos 7 Mbappe
5 Maguire 9 Martial PSG SUBS USED: Herrera for Paredes 65’ • Bakker for 3 Kimpembe 18 Kean
27 Telles 7 Cavani 22 Diallo 10 Neymar
Kean 65’ • Kehrer for Florenzi 78’ • Rafinha for Verratti 78’
39 McTominay 8 Paredes
• Gueye for Diallo 90’ YELLOW CARDS: Parades, Verratti

SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2020 | LONDON STADIUM | 5.30PM A stunning counter in the 65th
minute saw Henderson chase out of
his goal to launch the ball forward up
the touchline to Bruno Fernandes,
WEST HAM UNITED 1

who set up Pogba to side-foot home
a curler from the edge of the box.
VAR reviewed whether Henderson’s
long ball had curled out of play but
UNITED 3
Soucek 38
the goal was allowed to stand.
The turnaround was complete
moments later. Fernandes and Alex
Pogba 65, Greenwood 68, Rashford 78 Telles cut West Ham open and
Mason Greenwood’s turn and
half-volley into the net was sublime.
Marcus Rashford hit the post with
Another late charge seals the spoils in London

the Reds well on top, but he soon
found the target. Sub Juan Mata put
our no.10 through and Rashford
clipped home our third with a finish
T he comeback kings did it

again on the road as United
battled from 1-0 down with
a spectacular second-half display
against David Moyes’s West Ham
reacted quickest at the far post to
volley in from close range.
It was almost two a few moments
later when Sebastien Haller was put
clean through, but he slipped in the
every bit as good as the assist.
Henderson brilliantly saved from
Aaron Cresswell to ensure there
wasn’t a nerve-jangling finale, as the
Reds moved up to fourth in the table.
to secure a rousing 3-1 victory. box with an open goal gaping after
The Reds survived some early rounding goalkeeper Henderson.
scares as Jarrod Bowen had a goal Anthony Martial had a shot well
disallowed for offside and Pablo saved while Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Fornals headed into the side-netting. made a vital intervention to ensure
Fornals then toe-poked against Bowen didn’t double the home lead.
the post with Dean Henderson In the second half, Bowen nudged
beaten, while at the other end a Vladimir Coufal cross wide at the
Lukasz Fabianski gathered Paul back post, but United finally began
Pogba’s shot, before the Hammers to respond, with Harry Maguire and
broke the deadlock on 38 minutes. Scott McTominay taking aim,
A corner was headed on by before a glorious three-minute
Declan Rice and Tomas Soucek spell turned the game on its head.
MAN OF THE MATCH

BRUNO FERNANDES
No goal today, but Bruno
laid on Pogba’s leveller
and was involved in the
build-up for Greenwood
to fire us into a 2-1 lead.
“MAYBE WE LIKE TO CONCEDE A GOAL POST-MATCH TABLE

[BEFORE SCORING], I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
WE HAVE TO RESOLVE THIS BUT IT ENDED UP POS
2 Tottenham
PL GD PTS
10 12 21
GOOD – THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING”

3 Liverpool 10 5 21
4 UNITED 10 2 19
5 Man City 10 6 18
PAUL POGBA 6 Leicester 10 5 18

POSSESSION (%)
WEST HAM 39 61 UNITED
1
SHOTS 26
19 15
6 6
39 6
5 41 28 26
CORNERS
11 34 9
20 18 5 4
22 FOULS 7
9 10
STARTING XI WEST HAM SUBS USED: Benrahma for Fornals 75’ • STARTING XI
1 Fabianski 28 Soucek Lanzini for Bowen 76’ • Johnson for Coufal 85’ 26 Henderson 6 Pogba
4 Balbuena 26 Masuaku YELLOW CARDS: None 29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood
21 Ogbonna 20 Bowen 2 Lindelof 34 van de Beek
3 Cresswell 18 Fornals UNITED SUBS USED: Fernandes for van de Beek 45’ • 5 Maguire 9 Martial
5 Coufal 22 Haller 27 Telles 7 Cavani
Rashford for Cavani 45’ • Mata for Martial 62’
41 Rice 39 McTominay
YELLOW CARDS: None
385
had won more points from
losing positions than any
other team in Premier
League history.
Left (clockwise from top) Maguire makes peace

with Haller; Rashford thanks Fernandes; United
bosses past and present on the touchline
Above Rashford and Telles catch up
with goalscorer Greenwood

GROUP H:
TUESDAY 8 DECEMBER 2020 | RED BULL ARENA | 8PM
OTHER RESULT
RB LEIPZIG 3
Paris Saint-Germain 5-1 Istanbul Basaksehir
UNITED 2
Angelino 2, Haidara 13, Kluivert 69 across the face of goal on 55 minutes
but no United player could get a touch
on it, despite Scott McTominay and
Harry Maguire looking to pounce.
Fernandes 80 (pen), Konate 82 (og) Fernandes then saw a dipping
effort pushed just wide on 66
minutes, before hitting the
crossbar with a superb free-kick.
Late rally can’t prevent Champions League exit

United were pushing for a way
back into the game, but were hit with
a sucker-punch when a deflected
A
Angelino cross found its way
dispiriting evening in opening scorer Angelino sent a through to Justin Kluivert to simply
Germany ended with measured cross to the back post, tap home past David De Gea.
United being knocked where the unmarked Amadou Hope looked all but lost for the
out of the Champions League Haidara crashed home a volley. Reds, only for a lifeline to arrive with
after a 3-2 defeat to RB Leipzig. United were reeling and there 10 minutes left when Fernandes
The Reds knew a draw would be were two more big let-offs to follow, dispatched a penalty after
enough to secure qualification to the as Emil Forsberg somehow shot wide Greenwood had been pushed over
last 16 but made the worst possible from eight yards out, before Willi by home defender Ibrahima Konate.
start when Marcel Sabitzer looped Orban’s finish was disallowed for Two minutes later, a combination
a diagonal long ball to Angelino, offside following a VAR check. of Paul Pogba, Maguire, Konate and
who found the bottom corner to open The final chance of the half fell to Gulacsi touches saw the ball end
the scoring after just two minutes. Marcus Rashford, whose effort was up in the Leipzig net from a corner.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men looked blocked as the Reds sought to United threw everything at Leipzig
to fashion an immediate riposte but regroup at the break. and Pogba’s cross was almost turned
Mason Greenwood’s effort was easily Prospects of a Red recovery into his own net by Nordi Mukiele. The
collected by goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi. looked better when the visitors equaliser couldn’t be found though,
On 13 minutes, things went from returned to the field. A dangerous and the Reds had to settle for a place
bad to worse for the visitors when Bruno Fernandes free-kick flashed in the Europa League’s last 32.
MAN OF THE MATCH

PAUL POGBA
Provided a much-needed
spark from the bench as
United fought to get back
in the game, having a big
hand in our second goal.
“YOU CAN’T GIVE A TEAM A 3-0 LEAD AND GROUP H TABLE

EXPECT TO GET THROUGH. THE TURNING POINT
WAS THE DEFEAT IN ISTANBUL – THAT’S WHEN POS P GD PTS
WE LOST THE POINTS WE SHOULD HAVE HAD”

1 PSG 6 7 12
2 RB Leipzig 6 -1 12
2 UNITED 6 5 9
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER 4 Istanbul Basaksehir 6 -11 3

POSSESSION (%)
RB LEIPZIG 45 55 UNITED
1
SHOTS 1
9 19
22 6 4 SHOTS ON TARGET 2 5 23
4 7
29 39 31 27
8 7 44 3
CORNERS
10 18 4 10 18
FOULS 10 11
25
18 7
STARTING XI RB LEIPZIG SUBS USED: Poulsen for Forsberg 56’ •

STARTING XI
Kluivert for Olmo 56’ • Adams for Kampl 75’ •
1 Gulacsi 44 Kampl 1 De Gea 31 Matic
Halstenberg for Angelino 87’
22 Mukiele 3 Angelino 2 Lindelof 27 Telles
YELLOW CARDS: Mukiele, Adams, Sabitzer, Kluivert
6 Konate 10 Forsberg 5 Maguire 18 Fernandes
UNITED SUBS USED: van de Beek for Telles 45’ •
4 Orban 18 Nkunku 23 Shaw 10 Rashford
8 Haidara 25 Olmo Williams for Shaw 61’ • Pogba for Matic 61’ • Tuanzebe 29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood
7 Sabitzer for Lindelof 77’ • Fosu-Mensah for Wan-Bissaka 77’ 39 McTominay
YELLOW CARDS: Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Williams, Fernandes
5
United exited at the group
stage in a Champions League
campaign for the first time in
five years, since 2015/16
under Louis van Gaal.
Left Fernandes pulls one back;

Solskjaer is dejected at full-time
Above Pogba heads goalward as the
visitors make it 3-2 at the Red Bull Arena

SATURDAY 12 DECEMBER 2020 | OLD TRAFFORD | 5.30PM
UNITED 0
MANCHESTER CITY 0
No breakthrough as derby day ends all square
T he 183rd Manchester derby

ended in a goalless stalemate
at Old Trafford as United
and City struggled to spark life into
the local encounter, in a stadium
Fernandes delivery, was met by
Lindelof, but the Swede’s effort
was just too high to seriously
trouble City goalkeeper Ederson.
It looked like the perfect chance
that was badly missing fans. to open the scoring had arrived early
The Reds were the first to create in the second half, when Marcus
something of note in the final third Rashford was adjudged to have
when Luke Shaw’s 11th-minute been fouled in the area by Kyle
corner was glanced towards the Walker by referee Chris Kavanagh.
far post by Victor Lindelof, with However, a VAR consultation
Scott McTominay a fraction showed that Rashford had been
away from connecting as he slid offside in the build-up, and the
in to try to nudge the ball home. spot-kick award was overturned.
Shaw’s set-piece factor almost City perked up after this let-off
succeeded again just after half an but the Reds held firm, with Maguire
hour, when his corner was this time blocking brilliantly from De Bruyne.
met by Harry Maguire. Unfortunately, United did break out from the
the skipper headed just over. Blues pressure and Fernandes had a
There were a few missed
heartbeats as the Blues broke chance to produce some late drama
at speed in the 35th minute, only MAN OF THE MATCH but, with two minutes to play, the
for Riyad Mahrez to squander BRUNO FERNANDES midfielder could only hit a tame
the opportunity at the end of the shot that was comfortably
move, after being played in by Showed some bright gathered by Ederson.
Kevin De Bruyne, with David movement and looked the Bruno then had another
De Gea saving with his feet most likely player to inspire crack but his strike whizzed
from the former Leicester man. an opening, going close past the far post at the
United were having some joy from a couple of times. Stretford End, as the
corners and the next one, a Bruno game finished goalless.
POST-MATCH TABLE “TACTICALLY WE KNEW THEY WERE GOING

TO GIVE US SOME PROBLEMS BUT
POS
6
PL GD PTS
Southampton 11 4 20 DEFENSIVELY WE WERE EXCELLENT.
I’M DELIGHTED WITH THE DEFENSIVE SHAPE”
7 Everton 12 3 20
8 UNITED 11 2 20
9 Man City 11 6 19
10 Aston Villa 10 8 18 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

5
This was just the fifth goalless
Left Shaw holds off De Bruyne;
draw between the Manchester
boss Solskjaer with De Gea
sides in 47 PL meetings, with
Above Rashford runs at the three of them coming in
City defence at Old Trafford the past 11 clashes.
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 46 54 MAN CITY
1
SHOTS 31
11 9
29 2 5 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 2 5 3 27
2 2
39 17 16 25
CORNERS
11 18 6 26 17 7
4 3
10 FOULS 9
13 6
1 De Gea 17 Fred UNITED SUBS USED: Martial for Greenwood 74’ 31 Ederson 25 Fernandinho
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood 2 Walker 26 Mahrez
YELLOW CARDS: Maguire
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 5 Stones 17 De Bruyne
5 Maguire 6 Pogba 3 Dias 7 Sterling
MAN CITY SUBS USED: Torres for Mahrez 66’
23 Shaw 10 Rashford 27 Cancelo 9 Jesus
YELLOW CARDS: Fernandinho
39 McTominay 16 Rodri

THURSDAY 17 DECEMBER 2020 | BRAMALL LANE | 8PM blocked. Soon afterwards, Rashford
scored again. A neat interchange
on the break with Bruno Fernandes
and Martial ended with the
SHEFFIELD UNITED 2
Wythenshawe superstar thumping
home underneath Ramsdale’s dive.
Martial saw an attempt blocked
after an outrageous Fernandes pass
UNITED 3
McGoldrick 5, 87
to substitute Juan Mata, and then
the Spaniard shot straight at
Ramsdale after a nice counter.
Rashford 26, 51, Martial 33 But there was to be one more
twist. When a Blades corner was
swung in, Lindelof’s jump ensured he
was first to the ball, but the Swede
Early setback can’t derail Reds’ fine away form

was aghast to see his header
rebound into the net off McGoldrick.
The hosts seized upon this lifeline,
as they desperately searched for just
O le Gunnar Solskjaer’s
Manchester United
extended the club’s perfect
Premier League away record for
the 2020/21 season by beating
shot over the bar but he didn’t pass
up his second opportunity, expertly
controlling Victor Lindelof’s aerial
pass before thumping past Aaron
Ramsdale in some style.
a second Premier League point of
the season, but Henderson made
amends for his earlier error by
keeping out Lys Mousset’s dangerous
late shot to preserve the three points.
Sheffield United 3-2 at Bramall Lane. That moment seemed to rouse
Once again, the Reds were Solskjaer’s men, who went ahead
required to come from behind, with just seven minutes later. Paul Pogba
the Blades taking the lead early on cleverly found Anthony Martial and,
when Oliver Burke robbed Dean when the onrushing Ramsdale
Henderson and nudged the ball to missed the ball, our French no.9 had
David McGoldrick, who had the the simple opportunity to flick home
simple task of tapping it into the and give us a 2-1 half-time lead.
empty goal from just a few yards out. Rashford nutmegged Phil
John Fleck shot narrowly wide Jagielka within minutes of the restart
from the edge of the box but United and, after zipping past several
were soon back on terms. Marcus defenders, passed to Mason
Rashford had already sent a warning Greenwood, whose shot was
MAN OF THE MATCH

MARCUS RASHFORD
A superb two-goal display
from Rashford, who moved
on to 12 strikes in 20 games
this season with a pair
of thumping finishes.
“WITH THE PACE AND THE SKILL IN THESE POST-MATCH TABLE

BOYS, THE QUALITY OF THE TOUCHES AND
MOVEMENT, I THOUGHT ALL THREE OF POS
4 Leicester
PL GD PTS
13 7 24
OUR GOALS WERE EXCELLENT”

5 Everton 13 5 23
6 UNITED 12 3 23
7 Chelsea 13 12 22
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER 8 West Ham 13 5 21

SHEFFIELD UTD UNITED
POSSESSION (%)
40 60
1 SHOTS 26
12 15
6 12 19 29 2 5 27
SHOTS ON TARGET
2 3 6 9 31 6
CORNERS
8 22 4 11 18 10
6 3
14 17 FOULS 9
17 8
SHEFFIELD UTD SUBS USED: Jagielka for Berge 12’ •
1 Ramsdale 8 Berge 26 Henderson 6 Pogba
Mousset for Jagielka 63’ • Brewster for Burke 73’
2 Baldock 22 Ampadu 29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood
YELLOW CARDS: Egan, Robinson, Jagielka
6 Basham 4 Fleck 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
12 Egan 14 Burke 5 Maguire 10 Rashford
UNITED SUBS USED: Mata for Greenwood 74’ • van de 27 Telles 9 Martial
19 Robinson 17 McGoldrick
Beek for Fernandes 80’ • McTominay for Martial 90’ 31 Matic
3 Stevens
YELLOW CARDS: Henderson, Pogba
Left Martial gives United the lead;

Rashford makes it 3-1 in South Yorkshire
Below United look focused at the back
as a Blades corner comes over
10
This result saw United
become just the fourth side in
English top-flight history to
record 10 straight away
league wins.

SUNDAY 20 DECEMBER 2020 | OLD TRAFFORD | 4.30PM
UNITED 6
LEEDS UNITED 2
McTominay 2, 3, Fernandes 20 , 70 (pen), Lindelof 37, James 66
Cooper 42, Dallas 73
Old adversaries are swept aside in home thriller
O le Gunnar Solskjaer’s side

clinched a remarkable
6-2 victory over historic
rivals Leeds in a stunning and
unpredictable Old Trafford clash.
After a sensational first half, a fifth
home goal was almost scored just
after the restart, as Martial found
space inside the penalty area and
slipped a right-footed shot just
The hosts came flying out of the wide of the post from close range.
blocks and led after two minutes, David De Gea then produced a
thanks to Scott McTominay’s fine stunning save to parry Raphinha’s
strike from a Bruno Fernandes pass. volley on to the post, but any hopes
Seconds later, the Scotland of a Leeds comeback were
midfielder received an Anthony seemingly extinguished just after the
Martial pass and, after a neat hour mark. McTominay twice beat
step-over, shot firmly into the corner. his marker to find James, who
Leeds responded as Patrick controlled the ball with his right
Bamford shot wide, before correctly foot and finished with his left.
having an effort ruled out for offside. After Martial was tripped by
They were soon made to pay as Pascal Struijk, Fernandes made it
Daniel James, Fred, Fernandes and 6-1 with a nerveless penalty into the
Martial combined to allow Bruno
to strike a low effort past helpless corner after 70 minutes, but this
keeper Illan Meslier to make it 3-0. MAN OF THE MATCH absurd match wasn’t finished there,
The Reds were running riot and SCOTT McTOMINAY as Stuart Dallas hit a brilliant reply
made it 4-0 with 37 minutes on the into the top corner at the other
clock: Luke Shaw’s corner was The Scot’s two early strikes end a few moments later.
flicked on by Martial and Victor set United on the way, Jack Harrison missed a sitter
Lindelof finished with ease. and he later assisted for Leeds late on, but there
Leeds hit back before the break Daniel James’s goal would be no further goals
through Liam Cooper’s header from in a stellar display. in this pre-Christmas
Raphinha’s in-swinging corner. cracker.
POST-MATCH TABLE “WE’RE ON A RUN NOW, WE’VE BEEN

PERFORMING GOOD. HOPEFULLY WE CAN
POS
1 Liverpool
PL GD PTS
14 17 31 JUST KEEP ON GOING BECAUSE WE KNOW
IN THIS PERIOD THERE ARE A LOT OF GAMES”
2 Leicester 14 9 27
3 UNITED 13 7 26
4 Everton 14 6 26
5 Tottenham 14 11 25 VICTOR LINDELOF

Left James strokes home; Lindelof
6
celebrates netting the Reds’ fourth;
Solskjaer cuts a contented figure
Below The players line up for what
would prove a memorable match-up
This win saw United score

six goals in a single PL game
for the first time since our
8-2 win over Arsenal
in August 2011.
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 41 59 LEEDS
1
SHOTS 1
26 17
29 2 5 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 15 2 6 10
14 4
39 17 23
CORNERS
21 18 10 18 20 43 22
11 13
9 FOULS 9
6 6
UNITED SUBS USED: Telles for Shaw 60’ •
1 De Gea 17 Fred van de Beek for Fernandes 71’ • Cavani for Rashford 71’ 1 Meslier 18 Raphinha
29 Wan-Bissaka 21 James 15 Dallas 20 Rodrigo
YELLOW CARDS: James
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 2 Ayling 43 Klich
5 Maguire 10 Rashford 6 Cooper 22 Harrison
LEEDS SUBS USED: Struijk for Phillips 45’ •
23 Shaw 9 Martial 10 Alioski 9 Bamford
Shackleton for Klich 45’ • Davis for Cooper 72’
39 McTominay 23 Phillips
YELLOW CARDS: None

CARABAO CUP | QUARTER-FINAL
WEDNESDAY 23 DECEMBER 2020 | GOODISON PARK | 8PM
EVERTON 0
UNITED 2
Cavani 88, Martial 90+6
Late goals cap dominant cup display at Goodison
E dinson Cavani and Anthony

Martial struck late on for
Manchester United away at
Everton, as the Reds deservedly
booked a place in the Carabao
raised. Everton goalkeeper Robin
Olsen breathed a sigh of relief soon
after when our no.7 just failed to nick
the ball off him after closing down
a clearance, before the Toffees
Cup semi-finals. stopper blocked another effort
The visitors started brightly in from the Uruguayan minutes later.
front of 2,000 home fans – just our As the Reds kept up the pressure,
second game of the season with an excellent move on 16 minutes led
supporters present in the stands. to Alex Telles crossing, but Cavani
On seven minutes, Paul Pogba was twice denied at the back post.
brilliantly backheeled to Donny van It was Mason Greenwood’s turn
de Beek in the box, but the to go close next, with a low glancing
Dutchman’s effort was well blocked header that flicked off the outside of Fernandes tested Olsen with
from close range. Cavani almost the post as Olsen stood watching. a free-kick, but the scoreboard
scored from the resulting corner, Paul Pogba then headed straight at remained goalless at the break.
although an offside flag was later the keeper as United continued to A similar pattern continued
dominate the opening half-hour. following the restart. Cavani took a
Dominic Calvert-Lewin registered ball on his chest and turned superbly
the hosts’ first effort on target in the box, but his thumping effort
MAN OF THE MATCH when he headed straight into was touched away for a corner.
EDINSON CAVANI the arms of Dean Henderson Time seemed to ebb away
on 35 minutes and, two quickly for the rest of the half as
Caused the home defence minutes later, our no.26 fewer clear-cut chances emerged.
problems all night with superbly tipped away a Telles curled a free-kick just over
his superior movement Gylfi Sigurdsson free-kick. late on and with no extra-time,
and link play before The Reds ended the spot-kicks looked to be on the cards.
netting the opener. first period back in the That was until Martial found
ascendancy, as Bruno Cavani with two minutes left, and
he supplied the finish we had been
missing all night with a glorious,
curling effort from 20 yards.
“IT WAS AN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE FROM Martial then slotted home a
second in the dying stages to
THE BEGINNING, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TWO confirm our place in the last four.
GOALS UP. WE HAD THREE SEMI-FINALS LAST OTHER RESULTS:

YEAR – THAT’S A STEP NOT FAR ENOUGH” Brentford 1-0 Newcastle United
Arsenal 1-4 Manchester City
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER Stoke City 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur

POSSESSION (%)
EVERTON 35 65 UNITED
33
SHOTS 26
7 19
23 13 5 22 SHOTS ON TARGET 38 3 5 27
3 8
16 21 6 31
CORNERS
17 10 7 11 18 34
4 8
9 FOULS 7
8 8
EVERTON SUBS USED: Bernard for Richarlison 56’ •
33 Olsen 21 Gomes 26 Henderson 31 Matic
Davies for Gomes 58’ • Tosun for Doucoure 89’
23 Coleman 17 Iwobi 38 Tuanzebe 11 Greenwood
YELLOW CARDS: None
13 Mina 10 Sigurdsson 3 Bailly 18 Fernandes
5 Keane 7 Richarlison 5 Maguire 34 van de Beek
22 Godfrey 9 Calvert-Lewin UNITED SUBS USED: Rashford for Greenwood 67’ • 27 Telles 7 Cavani
16 Doucoure Martial for van de Beek 67’ • Shaw for Telles 84’ 6 Pogba
YELLOW CARDS: Tuanzebe, Shaw, Pogba, Martial
16
Left Martial seals the win; our
no.9 celebrates with Rashford
Below Man of the Match Cavani finds
the net and wheels away in delight
United reached the League
Cup semi-finals for the 16th
time, second only to Liverpool
(17) in the competition’s
60-year history.

SATURDAY 26 DECEMBER 2020 | KING POWER STADIUM | 12.30PM Fernandes headed over from
Luke Shaw’s free-kick with the last
big chance of the opening half,
before James Maddison’s set-piece
LEICESTER CITY 2
was deflected behind off the wall.
United had another opening when
Fred slipped a perfect ball through
to Rashford. The striker raced clear
UNITED 2
Barnes 31, Tuanzebe 85 (og)
but Schmeichel won the duel,
making a world-class save with his
right hand to keep the score level.
Rashford 23, Fernandes 79 Anthony Martial had an effort
disallowed by VAR and Harry Maguire
nodded over the bar before United
took the lead, as substitute Edinson
Reds twice lead but are made to settle for a point

Cavani flicked the ball into the path
of Fernandes, who rolled it home.
Unfortunately, Leicester got a late
leveller when Ayoze Perez crossed
U nited’s 100 per cent record

of away Premier League wins
came to an end at Leicester
City in an absorbing 2-2 draw.
Any fears that this would be
gift. Soon afterwards, Vardy raced
clear to shoot wastefully wide but
would have been offside in any case.
Once things settled down, United
took control and went ahead in the
from the right for Vardy to sweep the
ball in via an Axel Tuanzebe diversion.
Perez then almost prodded
home in injury-time but was offside
anyway, as honours finished even.
a cagey affair evaporated in the 23rd minute. Fernandes, on the
opening exchanges, the first chance stretch, stabbed the ball through
of the match coming when Marcus to Rashford, and the England
Rashford headed off target from international did the rest, firing
a Bruno Fernandes cross. clinically past Kasper Schmeichel
The Foxes quickly responded, into the corner of the Foxes’ net.
with Jamie Vardy beating Eric Bailly Leicester equalised with their
to a James Justin centre and first shot on target eight minutes
acrobatically volleying over the top. later. Fernandes lost possession
David De Gea survived a nervous in midfield when trying to nutmeg
moment when Vardy closed him Wilfred Ndidi and the ball made
down, with Fred thankfully on hand its way to Harvey Barnes, who
to nip in and deny Marc Albrighton a blasted in with a venomous shot.
MAN OF THE MATCH

BRUNO FERNANDES
A constant menace to the
Leicester backline, setting
up Rashford to get United
on terms and calmly
bagging a goal himself.
“WHEN THERE IS 10 MINUTES TO GO AND POST-MATCH TABLE

WE SCORED, YOU THINK: ‘GET ON THE BALL,
SEE IT OUT.’ BUT IT WASN’T TO BE. IT WAS POS
2 Everton
PL GD PTS
15 7 29
CLOSE TO A WIN BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH”

3 Leicester 15 9 28
4 UNITED 14 7 27
5 Man City 14 9 26
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER 6 Aston Villa 13 14 25

POSSESSION (%)
LEICESTER 54 46 UNITED
1
SHOTS 1
10 9
2 3 6 27 SHOTS ON TARGET 2 3 5 23
2 4
25 8 39 17
CORNERS
11 10 15 21 18 10
5 0
9 FOULS 9
10 17
STARTING XI LEICESTER SUBS USED: Perez for Albrighton 81’

STARTING XI
1 Schmeichel 8 Tielemans YELLOW CARDS: Maddison, Ndidi 1 De Gea 17 Fred
2 Justin 11 Albrighton 2 Lindelof 21 James
3 Fofana 10 Maddison UNITED SUBS USED: Pogba for James 54’ • 3 Bailly 18 Fernandes
6 Evans 15 Barnes Tuanzebe for Lindelof 66’ • Cavani for Martial 75’ 5 Maguire 10 Rashford
27 Castagne 9 Vardy 23 Shaw 9 Martial
YELLOW CARDS: Fernandes
25 Ndidi 39 McTominay
50
Rashford scored his 50th PL goal
in this game – becoming the 11th
Red to hit that landmark in the
competition since its
inception in 1992.
Left (clockwise from top) The referee talks

to the captains before kick-off; McTominay goes
to ground with Maddison; Cavani in full flight
Above All hail goalscorer Bruno!

TUESDAY 29 DECEMBER 2020 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8PM
UNITED 1
WOLVERHAMPTON
Rashford 90+3
WANDERERS 0
Last-gasp Marcus sees Reds end 2020 on a high
T he year ended in dramatic

fashion for Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer’s United at Old
Trafford, thanks to Marcus Rashford’s
93rd-minute winner against Wolves.
second half and, after 64 minutes,
the manager decided to add a new
dimension up front by bringing on
Anthony Martial for Greenwood.
After 69 minutes, Edinson Cavani,
There were no serious early tests seeking his first Old Trafford goal,
for David De Gea but our goalkeeper had an effort ruled offside, and the
had to make three saves from Pedro assistant-referee’s decision was
Neto, Vitinha and Ruben Neves confirmed by VAR, despite some
inside the first 15 minutes, before suspicion that Conor Coady had
defender Romain Saiss went accidentally handled in the build-up.
closer when he hit the top of Paul Pogba managed to get a
United’s bar from a free-kick. shot off after 75 minutes as United
The Reds’ attack flashed into life grew as an attacking force, but the
in the 34th minute, when Mason Frenchman’s long-range drive was
Greenwood lofted a delivery to saved well by Patricio. Martial
the far post. Bruno Fernandes
connected with the cross but followed up with a shot from
Wolves keeper Rui Patricio MAN OF THE MATCH distance but his effort sailed
saved from point-blank range. MARCUS RASHFORD high into the empty stands.
It was De Gea who was in Then, in injury-time, Rashford
action next when Saiss flicked A fitting end to 2020, as found space in the box and his shot
on a free-kick from Neto and our the man who had done so deflected off Saiss to wrong-foot
Spanish no.1 superbly double-fisted much good work off the Patricio in goal and seal the
away the goalbound effort. pitch was the hero on points, as the Reds ended
United struggled to create any it with a late winner. the calendar year with a late,
danger to the visitors early in the late Premier League triumph.
POST-MATCH TABLE “THE BELIEF IS THERE – THE PLAYERS

THINK, ‘WE CAN WIN AGAINST
POS
1 Liverpool
PL GD PTS
15 17 32 ANYONE, ANYWHERE.’ THIS RESULT
IS MASSIVE FOR THE ATTITUDE”
2 UNITED 15 8 30
3 Leicester 16 9 29
4 Everton 15 7 29
5 Aston Villa 14 14 26 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

92:51
Rashford’s strike was our latest
Left The Reds line up; Nemanja Matic winning goal in a PL home game
in hot pursuit; Greenwood takes control since September 2009,
(Michael Owen v
Above You can’t beat the feeling
Man City, 95:27)
of an injury-time winner!
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 58 42 WOLVES
1
SHOTS 11
11 9
29 3 5 27 SHOTS ON TARGET 16 27 49
3 5
6 31
2 8 28 3
CORNERS
11 18 10
2 2 20
7 FOULS 37 7
11 7
UNITED SUBS USED: Shaw for Telles 45’ • Martial for
1 De Gea 31 Matic Greenwood 64’ • McTominay for Fernandes 90+5’ 11 Rui Patricio 28 Moutinho
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood 16 Coady 3 Ait-Nouri
YELLOW CARDS: Rashford
3 Bailly 18 Fernandes 27 Saiss 20 Vitinha
5 Maguire 10 Rashford 49 Kilman 37 Traore
WOLVES SUBS USED: Podence for Vitinha 55’ •
27 Telles 7 Cavani 2 Hoever 7 Neto
Fabio Silva for Neto 68’
6 Pogba 8 Neves
YELLOW CARDS: Rui Patricio

JANUARY
The new year dawns with progress in one cup
following an exit from another, while the two
Manchester clubs take charge in the league...
U nited set the perfect tone for

2021 with a hard-fought win
to open the year, overcoming
Aston Villa at Old Trafford thanks
to goals from Anthony Martial and
Klopp’s Liverpool, this time in the
FA Cup fourth round. United came
out 3-2 victors, advancing after a
thrilling see-saw battle, with Mason
Greenwood, Marcus Rashford
a Bruno Fernandes penalty – his and Fernandes supplying the goals.
fifth succesful spot-kick of the Back in the league, a shock home
Premier League campaign. defeat to Sheffield United and a
There would be disappointment goalless draw at Arsenal left the
five days later, however, as for the Reds replaced at the summit by our
second straight season the Reds neighbours City, who won all nine
were eliminated from the Carabao games across all competitions
Cup semis by eventual winners throughout the month. Guardiola’s
Manchester City, with Pep Guardiola’s side scored 24 goals along the
side netting from two set-pieces. way with their 5-0 league win at
United hosted Championship strugglers West Brom lifting them to
high-flyers Watford next in the top spot for the first time in 2020/21.
third round of the FA Cup and Meanwhile, Leicester’s hunt for
successfully progressed courtesy of a Champions League place was
a superb Scott McTominay header boosted as they only lost once
just five minutes into proceedings throughout January. A 2-0 home PLAYER OF THE MONTH
at Old Trafford. The goal capped win over Chelsea provided the PAUL POGBA
a special night for the Academy pick of the bunch, and also ended
graduate, who also captained his Frank Lampard’s tenure as Pogba claimed the award for
boyhood club for the first time. Blues boss after 18 months in the fifth time since his return
A deflected Paul Pogba volley charge. Chelsea had slipped to the club, for a string of
sent the Reds to the top of the to ninth position, with the superb performances.
Premier League as his goal club soon opting to bring Key goals in away wins
against Burnley proved to be the in ex-PSG manager at both Burnley and
matchwinner at Turf Moor. A 0-0 Thomas Tuchel as Fulham caught the eye,
draw with Liverpool at Anfield was his replacement. and combined with
to follow before a return to winning Further down the a string of consistent
ways when Pogba again netted in Premier League table, midfield displays, they
a 2-1 win over strugglers Fulham. The and despite their Old Trafford ensured our no.6
win at Craven Cottage stretched upset, Sheffield United collected
United’s unbeaten away record to were now 13 points adrift of his first
17 games in the league, equalling safety come the month’s monthly
the club’s all-time record. end, with relegation prize of
As the games continued to looking increasingly 2020/21.
come thick and fast, Ole Gunnar unavoidable
Solskjaer’s Reds again met Jurgen for the Blades.

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CONTENTS
P GD PTS
2 UNITED 21 10 41
4 Leicester 21 12 39
5 West Ham 21 4 35
7 Chelsea 21 12 33
8 Everton 19 5 33
10 Arsenal 21 6 31
11 Southampton 20 2 29 UNITED’S JANUARY RESULTS
12 Leeds 20 -1 29 01.01.21 PL United 2 Villa 1
13 Crystal Palace 21 -11 26 06.01.21 LC United 0 Man City 2
14 Wolves 21 -9 23 09.01.21 FA United 1 Watford 0
15 Newcastle 21 -13 22 12.01.21 PL Burnley 0 United 1
WATCH!
16 Burnley 20 -13 22 17.01.21 PL Liverpool 0 United 0
17 Brighton 21 -6 21 20.01.21 PL Fulham 1 United 2
18 Fulham 20 -12 14 24.01.21 FA United 3 Liverpool 2
19 West Brom 21 -33 12 27.01.21 PL United 1 Sheffield Utd 2
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20 Sheffield United 21 -22 8 30.01.21 PL Arsenal 0 United 0
all the Goal of the
Month contenders
skipped away from Fulham

GOAL OF THE MONTH midfielder Harrison Reed before
PAUL POGBA v FULHAM unleashing a superb left-footed
▶
rocket across Alphonse Areola’s

With 20 minutes left to play in a goal to fire United to three big
tightly contested battle with points. Pogba’s strike was his
Scott Parker’s Fulham, United fourth goal of the campaign and
once again needed a little bit of undoubtedly one of his best in a
magic to make the difference. United shirt – more than worthy
Enter our inimitable no.6, who of collecting January’s award.

FRIDAY 1 JANUARY 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8PM
UNITED 2
ASTON VILLA 1
Martial 40, Fernandes 61 (pen)
Traore 58
It’s a happy new year for the Reds after tense win
U nited moved level on points

with Liverpool at the top of
the Premier League table
thanks to a stirring 2-1 win against
Aston Villa at Old Trafford.
cross was headed goalward by
Ollie Watkins, with De Gea brilliantly
flipping the attempt over the bar.
Villa cashed in on an upbeat start
after the interval with an equaliser on
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side 58 minutes. A quick free-kick caught
certainly started with plenty of the Reds flat-footed and Grealish
vitality, as after two minutes Fred crossed to the far post, where
created a chance for Bruno Bertrand Traore smashed the ball in.
Fernandes, who forced an early The Reds were back in front just
save from Emiliano Martinez. three minutes later. Douglas Luiz
Fernandes also created one brought down Pogba in the box and
for Anthony Martial and the after VAR confirmed it, Fernandes
Frenchman’s stinger brought out netted the penalty to make it 2-1.
another fine save, before Fred Martial was denied by Martinez
flashed an effort over the bar and at and Pogba was inches away from
the other end, Villa’s John McGinn adding a third on 73 minutes, after
forced David De Gea into action. good work from Luke Shaw. Watkins
Paul Pogba and Fernandes both
went close before the opening goal then went close for Villa, while
arrived following an excellent United MAN OF THE MATCH Fernandes forced a fine save from
move. De Gea started it, but it was ERIC BAILLY Martinez and Rashford shot over.
Pogba’s skill in midfield that caught It was a nervy finale as Villa
the eye. He played it to Marcus Bailly’s late intervention pushed for a late equaliser: Matty
Rashford and, after the cutest of to deny Davis a certain Cash’s shot was palmed away
flicks, Aaron Wan-Bissaka crossed equaliser was as by De Gea before Eric Bailly
for Martial to head in from six yards. precious as our goals, put in a vital block to
The visitors almost levelled soon capping a fine display. deny Villa substitute
afterwards when Jack Grealish’s Keinan Davis.
POST-MATCH TABLE “WE WERE HAPPY FOR ERIC AT THE END –

IT WAS A KEY MOMENT OF THE GAME THAT
POS
1 Liverpool
PL GD PTS
16 17 33 COULD HAVE GONE ANOTHER WAY, BUT
HE PUT HIS BODY ON THE LINE”
2 UNITED 16 9 33
3 Leicester 16 9 29
4 Everton 16 6 29
5 Chelsea 16 13 26 AARON WAN-BISSAKA

7
Left Martial celebrates the opener;
Shaw jostles for possession
Below Things are heating up in the
United area as a Villa corner comes in
Martial’s goal meant he’d scored
on all seven days of the week in
the PL for United (the fifth Red
to do so after Giggs, Cole,
Beckham, Rooney).
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 48 52 ASTON VILLA
1
SHOTS 26
19 15
29 3 5 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 2 4 5 18
9 5
39 17 6 7
CORNERS
10 18 6 15 10 21
5 10
9 FOULS 11
22 10
UNITED SUBS USED: Matic for McTominay 65’ •
1 De Gea 17 Fred James for Fernandes 87’ • Tuanzebe for Fred 90+4’ 26 Martinez 7 McGinn
29 Wan-Bissaka 10 Rashford 2 Cash 15 Traore
YELLOW CARDS: Bailly, Maguire, Shaw, Matic
3 Bailly 18 Fernandes 4 Konsa 10 Grealish
5 Maguire 6 Pogba 5 Mings 21 El Ghazi
ASTON VILLA SUBS USED: Ramsey for Traore 79’ •
23 Shaw 9 Martial 18 Targett 11 Watkins
Davis for El Ghazi 84’
39 McTominay 6 Luiz
YELLOW CARDS: None

CARABAO CUP | SEMI-FINAL
WEDNESDAY 6 JANUARY 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 7.45PM
UNITED 0
MANCHESTER CITY 2
Stones 50, Fernandinho 83
Second-half goals end Reds’ Carabao Cup run
T here was more semi-final

heartbreak for United under
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as
Manchester City won a Carabao
Foden became the third player to
have a goal disallowed when his
24th-minute effort was cancelled
out, again due to offside.
Cup derby 2-0 at Old Trafford.
It was almost a superb flying
Rashford had a shot blocked and
McTominay lifted an effort well over, OTHER RESULT:
start by the Reds when Marcus while a penalty appeal for a
Rashford’s shot rebounded off potential handball by Stones was Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Brentford
goalkeeper Zack Steffen to hit dismissed by ref Martin Atkinson.
John Stones and nestle in the back City broke the derby deadlock kept the Reds in it after 62 minutes,
of the City net after just two five minutes after the interval. with an excellent flying save from
minutes. Unfortunately, a VAR A Foden free-kick shot across the Riyad Mahrez’s powerful attempt.
check confirmed that Rashford was penalty area, behind and beyond United stepped up attempts to
offside when he pulled the trigger. United’s defenders, and Stones level the match with Harry Maguire
The visitors also had a goal bundled the ball in with his thigh. steering a difficult headed chance
chalked off after five minutes when Dean Henderson, making his first wide and Fernandes hitting one
Ilkay Gundogan passed the ball Old Trafford appearance in goal, shot straight at Steffen, and then
home, only for the officials to curling one wide from distance.
again to be spot-on as the Going into the closing stages, the
German was in an offside position. tension was rising, but prospects
Bruno Fernandes had a MAN OF THE MATCH of a dramatic finale were blown
goalbound effort brilliantly kept out DEAN HENDERSON out of the water with seven
by American keeper Steffen after minutes left when Fernandinho
nine minutes, following a pass by Could do little about either drilled in Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s
Scott McTominay, as the semi-final goal and made some attempt to head away a
kicked off in exciting style. big stops to keep corner, to make it 2-0
Kevin De Bruyne smacked the the contest alive on and end the Reds’
post with a screamer before Phil his Old Trafford bow. hopes of a Carabao
Cup trip to Wembley.
“WHEN YOU CONCEDE TWO SET-PLAYS, SIMPLE

ONES WE SHOULD HAVE CLEARED, YOU’RE
VERY DISAPPOINTED. WE WERE JUST NOT
GOOD ENOUGH IN THOSE MOMENTS”
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

3/15
Left (bottom) a tense wait for a United
set-piece; (top) Greenwood in action
Below Stones tackles Martial as the hosts
battle to get back into the derby contest
This result meant that the
home side had won just three
of the past 15 Manchester
derbies across all
competitions.
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 40 60 MAN CITY
26
SHOTS 13
11 12
29 2 5 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 27 5 3 11
2 4
39 17
17 25 8
CORNERS
10 18 6
4 4
9 FOULS 7 26 47
9 6
STARTING XI UNITED SUBS USED: Greenwood for McTominay 75’ •

STARTING XI
26 Henderson 17 Fred van de Beek for Fred 88’ 13 Steffen 25 Fernandinho
29 Wan-Bissaka 10 Rashford YELLOW CARDS: Shaw, Fred 27 Cancelo 8 Gundogan
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 5 Stones 7 Sterling
5 Maguire 6 Pogba CITY SUBS USED: Rodri for Mahrez 79’ 3 Dias 26 Mahrez
23 Shaw 9 Martial 11 Zinchenko 47 Foden
YELLOW CARDS: Cancelo, Fernandinho
39 McTominay 17 De Bruyne

OTHER RESULTS:
EMIRATES FA CUP | THIRD ROUND
SATURDAY 9 JANUARY 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8PM
Aston Villa 1-4 Liverpool
UNITED 1
Wolves 1-0 Crystal Palace
Boreham Wood 0-2 Millwall
Everton 2-1 Rotherham United (aet)
Luton Town 1-0 Reading
WATFORD 0
McTominay 5 Norwich City 2-0 Coventry City
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Cardiff City
Chorley 2-0 Derby County
Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Doncaster Rovers
Blackpool 2-2 (3-2 on pens) West Brom
Bournemouth 4-1 Oldham Athletic
Bristol Rovers 2-3 Sheffield United
Fast start proves the key in tough Cup encounter

Burnley 1-1 (4-3 on pens) Milton Keynes Dons
Exeter City 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Queens Park Rangers 0-2 Fulham (aet)
S
Stevenage 0-2 Swansea City
cott McTominay booked of the second-tier high-flyers and Stoke City 0-4 Leicester City
Manchester United’s place the Reds needed Axel Tuanzebe to Wycombe Wanderers 4-1 Preston North End
in the fourth round of the hack the ball away from near the goal Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle United (aet)
FA Cup with an early winner in line following Adam Masina’s shot. Brentford 2-1 Middlesbrough
a 1-0 victory over Championship The Telles corner route to goal Huddersfield Town 2-3 Plymouth Argyle
promotion-chasers Watford. almost paid off again in the 19th Barnsley 2-0 Tranmere Rovers
It may have been a much-changed minute when his delivery was met Bristol City 2-1 Portsmouth
line-up from the side that faced by Eric Bailly, who stole space for Chelsea 4-0 Morecambe
Manchester City three days earlier himself in the box, but his header Cheltenham Town 2-1 Mansfield Town (aet)
but the Reds were all in tune right was glanced wide of the target. Crawley Town 3-0 Leeds United
from the kick-off and got off to a Watford refused to lie down Manchester City 3-0 Birmingham City
flyer with the Scotland international’s and Ismaila Sarr lobbed a high ball Marine 0-5 Tottenham Hotspur
opener after just five minutes. towards goal after breaking free Newport County 1-1 (3-4 on pens) Brighton
The midfielder powered a header from Telles. The Reds cleared but Stockport County 0-1 West Ham United
downwards from an Alex Telles were defending desperately again Southampton 2-0 Shrewsbury Town
corner that took an enormous after 32 minutes when our defence
bounce to loop beyond Watford blocked several chances. The
goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann. referee, Andrew Madley, turned break, though Watford’s Ken Sema
However, it didn’t dampen the spirit down Watford appeals for floated a free-kick just over. It was
handball by Bailly and then VAR a close call, although Dean
endorsed the official’s decision. Henderson in the hosts’ goal
MAN OF THE MATCH The Reds finally got back into a did watch it all the way to safety.
SCOTT McTOMINAY smooth groove late in the half when Opportunities were few and
an intricate, flowing move involving far between as the Reds struggled
Started as skipper in the Mason Greenwood, Donny van de to find top gear on a cold night,
absence of Harry Maguire Beek and Juan Mata ended with neither a Harry Maguire
and led by example, with the latter having his header, nor a Marcus Rashford
his early goal shot saved by Bachmann. shot, really testing Bachmann.
proving decisive. Chances were harder Nonetheless, United saw out the
to come by after the tie, securing a fourth-round spot.
“WHEN THE MANAGER TOLD ME I WAS CAPTAIN

IT WAS A SURREAL MOMENT. I’VE BEEN HERE
SINCE I WAS FIVE AND IT’S A HUGE HONOUR.
I LOVE THIS CLUB, IT’S BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE”
SCOTT McTOMINAY

2014
Left Anthony Martial holds on to possession
Below Scorer McTominay enjoys the
moment in the Old Trafford spotlight
The last time United failed
to progress in the FA Cup
third round was January
2014, when we lost
2-1 to Swansea.
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 66 34 WATFORD
26
SHOTS 26
19 18
33 3 38 27 SHOTS ON TARGET 32 5 31 11
7 3
39 34
23 14 19 7
CORNERS
8 14 21
4 8
11 FOULS 10 18
12 13
UNITED SUBSTITUTES:
STARTING XI Maguire for Bailly 45+5’ • Rashford for James 69’ •
STARTING XI
26 Henderson 34 van de Beek Martial for Greenwood 69’ • Matic for Lingard 80’ 26 Bachmann 14 Chalobah
33 Williams 8 Mata YELLOW CARDS: Tuanzebe, Telles 32 Navarro 19 Hughes
3 Bailly 14 Lingard WATFORD SUBSTITUTES: 5 Troost-Ekong 7 Zinckernagel
38 Tuanzebe 21 James Ngakia for Masina 58’ • Sema for Sarr 58’ • Wilmot for 31 Sierralta 10 Joao Pedro
27 Telles 11 Greenwood 11 Masina 18 Gray
Troost-Ekong ‘76 • Hungbo for Zinckernagel 76’ •
39 McTominay 23 Sarr
Phillips for Chalobah 84’ YELLOW CARDS: Sarr

TUESDAY 12 JANUARY 2021 | TURF MOOR | 8.15PM Reds ended the first period well on
top, however, with Martial drawing
a smart save from Nick Pope.
Within 10 minutes of the restart,
BURNLEY 0
Fernandes had attempted three
further strikes at Pope’s goal, while
Cavani had miskicked a decent
opening after more intense pressure.
UNITED 1
The Uruguayan came closer on
67 minutes, when he worked a yard
in the box following a United corner,
Pogba 71 but couldn’t find the top corner with
his left foot amid a sea of bodies.
Mercifully, the breakthrough
finally came when Marcus Rashford
Ole’s Reds go top after pressure tells at Turf Moor

chipped a cute ball into the box and
found Pogba, who met the cross with
a glorious volley that nudged off
Matthew Lowton and flew past Pope.
A stunning second-half volley

from Paul Pogba helped
United ascend to the
summit of the Premier League,
as the Reds prevailed 1-0 at Burnley.
Luke Shaw put in a strong tackle
on Johann Berg Gudmundsson,
launching a counterattack that
ended with Robbie Brady fouling
Edinson Cavani, who appeared
Josh Brownhill, Matej Vydra and
James Tarkowski all wasted decent
chances in the dying moments but
United held on, almost scoring again
when Pope saved from Martial.
It took around 15 minutes before to be through on goal.
the Reds hit their stride. There were Controversially, after a long wait
speculative chances for Bruno for a VAR consultation, play was
Fernandes, which Burnley blocked, brought back and a Burnley
and Anthony Martial, who spooned free-kick was awarded, then Shaw’s
his left-footed shot over the bar. initial foul was punished by a yellow
But just as United had seemed card. Thankfully, the subsequent
to establish some modicum of Clarets set-piece sailed out of play.
dominance, Eric Bailly did well at Frustration followed for United
the other end to dive in and deny shortly afterwards when Harry
a goalbound Chris Wood effort. Maguire headed home a deep Shaw
The real drama of the half, cross, only for referee Kevin Friend
however, arrived on 27 minutes. to blow his whistle for a foul. The
MAN OF THE MATCH

PAUL POGBA
An assured display
capped by a slightly
deflected but still
impressive and richly
deserved winner.
“IT’S VERY HARD TO PLAY HERE; THEY’RE POST-MATCH TABLE

VERY STRONG AND WE HAD TO KEEP OUR
HEADS DOWN, FOCUS ON OURSELVES AND POS
1 UNITED
PL GD PTS
17 10 36
BELIEVE THE GOAL WOULD COME, AND IT DID”

4 Everton 17 7 32
PAUL POGBA 5 Tottenham 16 14 29

POSSESSION (%)
BURNLEY 37 63 UNITED
1
SHOTS 1
13 18
2 5 6 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 3 5 23
0 7 6 31
7 18 8 12
CORNERS
10 18 9
3 4
9 10 FOULS 7
15 13
BURNLEY SUBS USED: McNeil for Brady 65’ •
1 Pope 18 Westwood 1 De Gea 31 Matic
Vydra for Wood 80’ • Rodriguez for Barnes 87’
2 Lowton 8 Brownhill 29 Wan-Bissaka 10 Rashford
YELLOW CARDS: Westwood
5 Tarkowski 12 Brady 3 Bailly 18 Fernandes
6 Mee 9 Wood 5 Maguire 9 Martial
23 Pieters 10 Barnes UNITED SUBS USED: Greenwood for Rashford 80’ • 23 Shaw 7 Cavani
7 Gudmundsson McTominay for Fernandes 89’ • Tuanzebe for Martial 90+5’ 6 Pogba
YELLOW CARDS: Shaw, Fernandes
Left (clockwise from left) The boss

advises Cavani; the winner hits the net;
Wan-Bissaka tussles for possession
Below Pogba wheels away in delight
17
This is the first time United have
ended the day top of the PL
table, having played as many
as 17 games, since the
final day of 2012/13.

SUNDAY 17 JANUARY 2021 | ANFIELD | 4.30PM
LIVERPOOL 0
UNITED 0
No killer blow is landed in an even Anfield battle
M anchester United remained

top of the Premier League
after going close to
snatching victory late on in a 0-0
draw with Liverpool at Anfield.
whipped Andy Robertson cross
from the left was expertly flicked
against Firmino and out for
a goal-kick by Harry Maguire
as the Brazilian looked to pounce.
As expected, it was a cagey Space then opened up for
opening from both sides, but it’s fair Fernandes to shoot from 25 yards.
to say the hosts dominated the early It was well struck, but Alisson kept
possession, with Thiago particularly his eye on it and saved comfortably.
influential in the Liverpool midfield. Salah had a shot deflected wide soon
The first sight of goal, on 17 after as the deadlock continued.
minutes, dropped to Roberto On 75 minutes, the best chance
Firmino after he was found by Sadio thus far arrived when Luke Shaw
Mane, but he skewed well wide. burst into the box and set up
Soon after, Mohamed Salah Fernandes, but his snap-shot was
volleyed off target after Firmino’s blocked by the foot of Alisson.
shot had been blocked, before De Gea was then called into
United had our first effort on goal action to repel Thiago’s 25-yarder as
when Bruno Fernandes sent a the game finally became stretched.
25-yard free-kick inches past
goalkeeper Alisson’s right-hand post. United went so close to snatching
Liverpool then went up the other MAN OF THE MATCH it, six minutes from time, when
end with Salah, who burst into the LUKE SHAW Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s deflected
box before having the ball taken off pass dropped for Paul Pogba,
his toe and Firmino’s scuffed effort Influential all over the pitch, but his vicious effort was well
was straight at David De Gea. winning a free-kick curled saved by Alisson.
The exchanges after the break just wide by Fernandes That proved the last
were much more even. On 53 and setting up Bruno real incident of the
minutes, Fernandes’s shot was for a glorious chance. game as the spoils
blocked by Fabinho, before a were shared at Anfield.
POST-MATCH TABLE “THEY ARE A GOOD SIDE AND THEY HAVE SOME
INJURY PROBLEMS BUT WE DIDN’T POUNCE
POS
1 UNITED
PL GD PTS
18 10 37 ON THAT. I FELT WE GREW INTO THE GAME
AND GOT STRONGER AND STRONGER”
2 Man City 17 16 35
5 Tottenham 18 16 33 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

Left De Gea and Alisson bump
gloves at full-time; Ole makes his
instructions clear to his charges
Below Jordan Henderson
pursues Marcus Rashford
43
United became the first side to
stop Liverpool scoring at Anfield
in a PL game since Oct 2018
– this was their 43rd home
PL game since then.
POSSESSION (%)
LIVERPOOL 66 34 UNITED
1
SHOTS 1
17 8
66 3 14 26 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 2 5 23
3 4 39 17
23 6 5 CORNERS
6 18 9
7 3
11 9 10
FOULS 10
15 6
LIVERPOOL SUBS USED: Jones for Shaqiri 76’ •
1 Alisson 23 Shaqiri Origi for Firmino 85’ • Milner for Wijnaldum 89’ 1 De Gea 17 Fred
66 Alexander- 6 Thiago 29 Wan-Bissaka 6 Pogba
YELLOW CARDS: Fabinho, Shaqiri
Arnold 5 Wijnaldum 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
3 Fabinho 11 Salah 5 Maguire 9 Martial
UNITED SUBS USED: Cavani for Martial 61’ •
14 Henderson 9 Firmino 23 Shaw 10 Rashford
Greenwood for Fernandes 89’
26 Robertson 10 Mane 39 McTominay
YELLOW CARDS: Rashford

WEDNESDAY 20 JANUARY 2021 | CRAVEN COTTAGE | 8.15PM and then full-back Luke Shaw
having a shot deflected behind.
A moment of magic gave United
the lead on 65 minutes. Paul Pogba
FULHAM 1
picked up the ball on the corner of
the box and cut inside on his weaker
left foot before curling in a wonderful
effort that gave Areola no chance.
UNITED 2
Lookman 5
A Cavani header was then kept
out by a sprawling Areola, and at the
other end De Gea was called upon
Cavani 21, Pogba 65 to deny Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
In the closing stages, Fulham put
United under increasing pressure
and, after a speculative Fred volley,
Early concession in London can’t keep Reds at bay

Loftus-Cheek blazed over for
the hosts on 82 minutes.
Scott Parker’s side sent in several
dangerous crosses and created two
U nited once again claimed top

spot in the Premier League
table with a tense but
deserved 2-1 win away to Fulham.
Ademola Lookman had already
The visitors were on the front foot
from that point, as Fernandes forced
Areola into a full-length save
while Anthony Martial and Harry
Maguire both headed off target.
opportunities in injury-time, but
blocks from Aaron Wan-Bissaka and
Eric Bailly diverted the respective
efforts of Lookman and Aleksandar
Mitrovic wide as United held out.
had an effort saved by David De Gea Mason Greenwood did have one
by the time he finished coolly to give last effort in first-half injury-time
the hosts the lead after five minutes. but it was snuffed out by some
Fred had a strong penalty appeal well-organised Fulham defending.
waved away not long afterwards, However, it was Fulham who
before Bruno Fernandes struck the started stronger after the break.
post from long range on 20 minutes. Harrison Reed fired one over before
Fernandes was again at the heart Lookman’s curled shot forced De Gea
of it when United got on level terms into a smart save with 53 minutes
soon after. His cross was spilled by on the clock at Craven Cottage.
Fulham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola The Reds were also looking
into the path of Edinson Cavani, dangerous, with Maguire’s header
who thumped in from close range. from a corner fizzing just wide
MAN OF THE MATCH

PAUL POGBA
Another match-winning
contribution from the
Frenchman, with his
decisive strike one of
our goals of the season.
POST-MATCH TABLE “I KNOW WHAT POGBA CAN DO. HE DOES

EVERYTHING. NOW HE IS PUTTING ALL
POS
1 UNITED
PL GD PTS
19 11 40 THE ELEMENTS TOGETHER IN HIS
PERFORMANCES AND IT IS GREAT TO SEE”
2 Man City 18 18 38

FULHAM
POSSESSION (%)
38 62 UNITED
1 SHOTS 1
12 15
34 5 16
SHOTS ON TARGET 29 3 5 23
2 29 21 23
5 5
6 17
CORNERS
15 17 11 18 9
2 8
19 FOULS 7
6 10
STARTING XI FULHAM SUBS USED: Kamara for Cavaleiro 71’ • STARTING XI

1 Areola 21 Reed Lemina for Anguissa 79’ • Mitrovic for Aina 83’ 1 De Gea 17 Fred
34 Aina 23 Bryan YELLOW CARDS: Aina, Anguissa, Bryan 29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood
5 Andersen 15 Loftus-Cheek 3 Bailly 18 Fernandes
16 Tosin 17 Cavaleiro 5 Maguire 9 Martial
UNITED SUBS USED: McTominay for Martial 85’ •
2 Tete 19 Lookman 23 Shaw 7 Cavani
Rashford for Greenwood 85’• Matic for Fernandes 90+5’
29 Anguissa 6 Pogba
YELLOW CARDS: Pogba
4
Left Maguire congratulates
Pogba after his stunning strike;
Fernandes resists Fulham pressure
Below Cavani capitalises on a
goalkeeping error to equalise
Edinson Cavani became
the first United player whose
first four PL goals for the
club were all scored
away from home.

OTHER RESULTS:
EMIRATES FA CUP | FOURTH ROUND
SUNDAY 24 JANUARY 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 5PM
Chorley 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
UNITED 3
Southampton 1-0 Arsenal
Barnsley 1-0 Norwich City
Brighton and Hove Albion 2-1 Blackpool
Millwall 0-3 Bristol City
LIVERPOOL 2
Greenwood 26, Rashford 48, Fernandes 78 Sheffield United 2-1 Plymouth Argyle
Swansea City 5-1 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 4-0 Doncaster Rovers
Cheltenham Town 1-3 Manchester City
Salah 18, 58 Chelsea 3-1 Luton Town
Brentford 1-3 Leicester City
Fulham 0-3 Burnley
Everton 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Bruno helps Reds prevail in topsy-turvy Cup clash

Wycombe Wanderers 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur
Bournemouth 2-1 Crawley Town
S uper-sub Bruno Fernandes

was Manchester United’s
FA Cup matchwinning
hero as the Reds won a pulsating
fourth-round tie 3-2 at Old Trafford.
who controlled the ball on his chest
before smashing past Alisson.
Luke Shaw’s corners were
proving to be a dangerous weapon
as both Paul Pogba and Scott
in the 67th minute to stop Salah
completing a hat-trick.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had brought
on Fernandes and Fred moments
earlier, trying to win back the
Mason Greenwood gave McTominay went close with initiative. And it was Bruno who made
Liverpool two early warnings, first headers from our no.23’s deliveries. the difference 12 minutes from time.
seeing a shot saved by Alisson The left-back also forced a save A Fabinho foul on Edinson Cavani
before drilling wide. But it was the from Alisson after sprinting into inside the ‘D’ was as almost as good
visitors who opened the scoring on the box, while McTominay had as a penalty kick for our Portuguese
18 minutes when Mohamed Salah a powerful drive blocked and maestro and he brilliantly curled
latched on to a through ball from Pogba also went close. his free-kick into the bottom corner.
Curtis Jones before lifting his United deservedly took the Cavani almost put the icing on the
effort over Dean Henderson. lead shortly after the break as cake during a nailbiting finale when
It took just eight minutes for Greenwood sent Rashford clear and he hit the post with a superb
United to level matters. Marcus our no.10 kept cool to steer home. 88th-minute header, but it wasn’t
Rashford arrowed a superb Ten minutes later and the contest needed in the end as Solskjaer’s
cross-field pass to Greenwood, was once again all square. After Reds powered on to round five.
James Milner had shot over,
a defensive lapse allowed Salah
MAN OF THE MATCH the chance to fire beyond
MARCUS RASHFORD Henderson for his second goal.
It was a real Cup thriller now and
Set up Greenwood Henderson had to come to the Reds’
with a sublime assist rescue with a great save from a
before slotting home Trent Alexander-Arnold rocket.
a goal of his own Liverpool were a
after the break. rejuvenated force and
Henderson had to save again
“WE PLAYED SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF IN

PERIODS. WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DEFEND
WELL AGAINST THEM, OF COURSE, AND
WE REACTED WELL [TO GOING BEHIND]”

POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 42 58 LIVERPOOL
26
SHOTS 1
14 14
29 2 5 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 66 46 3 26
6 6
39 6
5 6 7
CORNERS
11 34 10
4 5
7 FOULS 11 9 17
8 9
STARTING XI UNITED SUBSTITUTES:

STARTING XI
26 Henderson 6 Pogba Fred for Greenwood 66’ • Fernandes for van de Beek 66’ • 1 Alisson 5 Wijnaldum
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood Martial for Rashford 86’ YELLOW CARDS: Lindelof, Pogba 66 Alexander- 6 Thiago
2 Lindelof 34 van de Beek Arnold 7 Milner
5 Maguire 10 Rashford LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES: 46 Williams 11 Salah
23 Shaw 7 Cavani 3 Fabinho 9 Firmino
Mane for Wijnaldum 62’ • Shaqiri for Thiago 81’ •
39 McTominay 26 Robertson 17 Jones
Origi for Firmino 81’ YELLOW CARDS: Fabinho, Mane
10
United have eliminated Liverpool
from the FA Cup for the 10th
time; in the Cup’s history,
only Liverpool (12 v Everton)
have knocked a club
out more times.
Left Cavani’s header so nearly found the target;

the boss watches proceedings anxiously
Above Fernandes roars with delight as we go 3-2 up

WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8.15PM
UNITED 1
SHEFFIELD UNITED 2
Maguire 64
Byran 23, Burke 74
Struggling Blades spring a surprise on Ole’s Reds
T he Reds were shocked at

Old Trafford as bottom side
Sheffield United upset the
form book with a 2-1 victory.
An early chance fell to Marcus
prodded home but, frustratingly,
referee Peter Bankes ruled that
Harry Maguire had fouled Ramsdale.
United needed a boost and Bruno
Fernandes provided it with a ball
Rashford, who shot wide, before slipped through to Greenwood
Mason Greenwood ghosted around four minutes after the interval.
Blades goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, The teenage forward, however,
but our no.11 was then outnumbered dragged his shot just wide.
and the opening was gone. The Blades continued to
The away side took a surprise threaten, despite seeing little of
lead in the 23rd minute, when Kean the ball, and David McGoldrick
Bryan rose highest to meet a John nonchalantly curled one effort past
Fleck corner and beat David De Gea the post with the outside of his foot.
with a glancing header into the net. The Reds then had two free-kick
United seemingly equalised in the chances in quick succession from
30th minute when Anthony Martial shooting range but Rashford’s was
saved and Fernandes’s effort
deflected off the wall for a corner.
From the latter set-piece, Alex back in front. The Reds allowed the
MAN OF THE MATCH Telles delivered a pacy cross and Blades to build pressure before
HARRY MAGUIRE Maguire didn’t even have to get Oliver Burke, enjoying space in the
off the ground as he stormed area, cracked in a shot that deflected
On a difficult night at the through to power home a off Axel Tuanzebe and into the net.
Theatre of Dreams, the header against his old club. Despite some late home
skipper fought hard, Alas, the skipper’s pressure, there were few scares for
and nodded home example failed to ignite Ramsdale, except for a deflected
a well-placed leveller. United and 10 minutes effort by Telles that clipped the bar,
later, the visitors were on an evening to forget for the hosts.
“WE STOPPED GETTING OUT TO THE BALL – POST-MATCH TABLE

BAD DECISIONS WHICH IS OUT OF CHARACTER.
BUT THERE WILL BE NO BIG INQUEST. THERE POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
19 23 41
HAVE BEEN MANY ODD RESULTS THIS SEASON”

2 UNITED 20 10 40
4 West Ham 20 6 35
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER 5 Liverpool 19 15 34

3
Sheffield United are only the third
side from Yorkshire to win at Old
Left Nemanja Matic uses his head; Trafford in any competition during
the PL era, after Leeds (2010,
Maguire accepts Tuanzebe’s
FA Cup) and York (1996,
congratulations after scoring our goal League Cup).
Below United walk out on a chilly
January evening at Old Trafford
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 76 24 SHEFFIELD UTD
1
SHOTS 1
16 5
29 38 5 27 SHOTS ON TARGET 6 15 22
4 3
6 31
2 7 16 4 29
CORNERS
11 18 10
7 2
17 10
9 FOULS
10 12
STARTING XI UNITED SUBS USED: Cavani for Greenwood 66’ •

STARTING XI
1 De Gea 31 Matic van de Beek for Tuanzebe 82’ • Shaw for Telles 82’ 1 Ramsdale 16 Norwood
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood YELLOW CARDS: Tuanzebe 6 Basham 4 Fleck
38 Tuanzebe 18 Fernandes 15 Jagielka 29 Bryan
5 Maguire 10 Rashford 22 Ampadu 17 McGoldrick
SHEFFIELD UTD SUBS USED: Bogle for Bryan 53’ •
27 Telles 9 Martial 2 Baldock 10 Sharp
Burke for Sharp 70’ • Brewster for McGoldrick 80’
6 Pogba 7 Lundstram
YELLOW CARDS: Lundstram

SATURDAY 30 JANUARY 2021 | EMIRATES STADIUM | 5.30PM and, after cutting inside David Luiz,
the Portuguese playmaker curled
his shot inches past the far post.
United continued to press as
ARSENAL 0
half-time approached. Rashford
couldn’t get his shot away when he
was found by Luke Shaw just yards
from goal, while Fernandes saw his
UNITED 0
clever free-kick deflected over
by Luiz in the Gunners’ wall.
Arsenal’s Willian almost made an
immediate impact from the bench at
the start of the second period, with
Wan-Bissaka required to make a
Bitterly cold night in London ends in stalemate

superb point-blank block to deflect
the Brazilian’s effort wide, before
Harry Maguire did the same minutes
later as Nicolas Pepe took aim.
M anchester United claimed a

hard-fought point against
Arsenal after both sides had
chances to win it at the Emirates.
Bar a break forward when
the penalty area thanks to Gabriel
Martinelli’s clearing header, while
Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s own headed
effort dropped narrowly wide.
Paul Pogba then put Bruno
Just shy of the hour mark, United
looked certain to go a goal up when
Shaw crossed to Edinson Cavani,
whose drive just yards from goal was
somehow diverted wide by Leno.
Alexandre Lacazette shot straight at Fernandes through on 34 minutes The Reds breathed a sigh of relief
David De Gea, it was pretty much all on 65 minutes when Lacazette
United for the opening 25 minutes. crashed a free-kick off the
Our attacking quartet were lively underside of De Gea’s crossbar,
with Marcus Rashford in a few times before our no.1 made an excellent
down the right, and it was a corner low block from Emile Smith Rowe.
from that side that brought United As the clocked ticked down, Pepe
a first big chance. The ball was curled just wide of United’s far post,
cleared but only as far as Fred on and the visiting Reds went even
the edge of the box. The midfielder closer to snatching the win when
tried a brilliant chipped effort, which Cavani acrobatically hooked the ball
was tipped just wide by Bernd Leno. goalwards from Wan-Bissaka’s
Rashford was then unlucky to excellent cross, but the effort
have the ball just taken off his toe in dropped narrowly wide.
MAN OF THE MATCH

AARON WAN-BISSAKA
Brilliantly blocked Willian’s
goalbound effort, and
set up Cavani for
what was so
nearly a winner.
“YOU LOOK AT OUR GAMES AGAINST ARSENAL, POST-MATCH TABLE

CHELSEA, CITY, LIVERPOOL – WE DEFENDED
WELL AND DIDN’T CONCEDE MANY CHANCES, POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
20 24 44
BUT WE NEED TO TAKE OUR CHANCES”

2 UNITED 21 10 41

ARSENAL
POSSESSION (%)
43 57 UNITED
1 SHOTS 1
17 14
2 16 23 17 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 2 5 23
3 3
18 34 39 17
CORNERS
19 32 35 4 7 10 18 6
9 FOULS 7
9 16
STARTING XI ARSENAL SUBS USED: Willian for Martinelli 45’ •

STARTING XI
1 Leno 34 Xhaka Odegaard for Smith Rowe 83’ • Nketiah for Lacazette 90+4’ 1 De Gea 17 Fred
2 Bellerin 19 Pepe YELLOW CARDS: Cedric 29 Wan-Bissaka 10 Rashford
16 Holding 32 Smith Rowe 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
23 Luiz 35 Martinelli 5 Maguire 6 Pogba
UNITED SUBS USED: Martial for McTominay 37’ •
17 Cedric 9 Lacazette 23 Shaw 7 Cavani
Greenwood for Rashford 80’
18 Partey 39 McTominay
YELLOW CARDS: Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Pogba
Left Cavani rises above Arsenal’s

Thomas Partey to meet a header;
Mason Greenwood fires in a low cross
Below Maguire rallies the troops
before kick-off at the Emirates
2014
This was the first goalless
draw between Arsenal and
Manchester United in the
Premier League in
seven years.

FEBRUARY succumbing to a 3-1 defeat as
Solskjaer’s men looked to cement a
An unbeaten month sees United through to the Champions League spot, before
successive goalless draws against
last eight of the FA Cup and the Europa League’s Real Sociedad and Chelsea
completed the month’s action.
Round of 16, with plenty of goals along the way...

Each dropped point proved
costly in Premier League terms as
Manchester City continued their
metronomic winning form, stretching
their lead at the top of the table to
F ebruary started in spectacular

fashion for the Reds, with
the equalling of the Premier
League’s all-time record victory,
as Southampton were smashed
first-half display ultimately counted
for just a point against Everton. A
two-goal interval lead was cancelled
out early in the second period and,
just as Scott McTominay’s late
12 points. Their German midfielder,
Ilkay Gundogan, picked up his
second successive Premier
League Player of the Month award.
As for reigning champions
for nine goals without reply at Old header looked to have ensured a Liverpool, they slipped to sixth after
Trafford. An early dismissal for home victory, an even later Dominic a run of four losses, including a 2-0
Saints’ Alexandre Jankewitz Calvert-Lewin equaliser meant defeat to Merseyside rivals Everton
after just two minutes helped open the points would be shared. – the Toffees’ victory was their
the floodgates for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side then booked a first at Anfield for over 20 years.
Solskjaer’s men, who netted five place in the FA Cup quarter-finals Further down the table, the race
times in the game’s final 20 minutes. following a 1-0 home win over David to avoid joining doomed Sheffield
Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s opener was Moyes’s West Ham. The Reds were United began to heat up, with just
also his first for the club on home soil. made to work hard on the night, three points separating Brighton,
The goals kept flowing at Old but McTominay powered home Newcastle and Fulham in an
Trafford next time out, albeit in an extra-time winner to guarantee increasingly tense relegation scrap.
frustrating fashion as a commanding progression to the last eight for
a seventh consecutive year.
Next up, a 1-1 draw with
END-OF-MONTH PL STANDINGS relegation-threatened West Brom PLAYER OF THE MONTH
P GD PTS at The Hawthorns, with Bruno LUKE SHAW
1 Manchester City 26 36 62 Fernandes equalising spectacularly
2 UNITED 26 21 50 just before half-time to notch The full-back became the
3 Leicester 26 15 49 his 14th league goal of the campaign. fifth different United player
4 West Ham 26 9 45 The result moved the Reds back to collect the award in the
5 Chelsea 26 16 44 above Leicester into second 2020/21 season after a
6 Liverpool 26 13 43 place but trailing leaders string of solid displays.
7 Everton 24 4 40 Manchester Our no.23 contributed
8 Tottenham 25 14 39 City by seven points. four assists across
9 Aston Villa 24 12 39 A terrific away display in February as well
10 Arsenal 26 7 37 the Europa League Round of as a superb block
11 Leeds 26 -1 35 32 first leg saw United away at Chelsea in
12 Wolves 26 -6 34 hammer Real Sociedad 4-0, our final February
13 Crystal Palace 26 -14 33 with a pair of Fernandes goals game, ensuring United
14 Southampton 25 -12 30 helping us left Stamford
15 Burnley 26 -16 28 gain a healthy lead Bridge
16 Brighton 26 -7 26 in the tie. with a
17 Newcastle 26 -17 26 Newcastle clean
18 Fulham 26 -11 23 then visited sheet.
19 West Brom 26 -35 17 Old Trafford,
20 Sheffield United 26 -28 11 the Magpies

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06.02.21 PL United 3 Everton 3
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BRUNO FERNANDES v EVERTON area, Bruno’s spectacular
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right-footed effort sailed over

The Portuguese magician has the onlooking Robin Olsen to
produced more than his fair give United a two-goal lead
share of wonder-strikes as heading into half-time. Our
a Red since arriving at the club in no.18 later admitted this was
January 2020, and this was right one of his favourite goals
up there with the best. Receiving so far in a United shirt.

TUESDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8.15PM
UNITED 9
Wan-Bissaka 18, Rashford 25, Bednarek 34 (og), Cavani 39,
Martial 69, 90, McTominay 71, Fernandes 87 (pen), James 90+3
SOUTHAMPTON 0
Irrepressible United chalk up joint-record victory
T he ruthless Reds destroyed

Southampton 9-0, equalling
our biggest-ever Premier
League win, the 1995 rout of Ipswich.
The match exploded into life
with a firm header from another
accurate Shaw delivery.
The Saints thought they had
one back early in the second half
when Che Adams drilled home
in just 77 seconds when Alex after a quick free-kick, only for
Jankewitz saw red for a studs-up VAR to rule it out for offside.
tackle on Scott McTominay, on the Just when it looked like our
Saints midfielder’s first league start. potency had faded, Anthony Martial
On 18 minutes, the breakthrough struck a thumping fifth, chesting
came when Luke Shaw crossed down a pass from Fernandes before
to the far post, where Aaron turning and crashing the ball home.
Wan-Bissaka volleyed in his first Old Two minutes later and United
Trafford goal with a side-footed finish. were at it yet again as McTominay
Shaw was soon involved again, seized on a Southampton clearance
slipping a ball into the box to Mason to return the ball with a powerful,
Greenwood, who cut back for low drilled shot and make it 6-0.
Marcus Rashford to finish. Adams shot over and Martial
Both keepers were in action fired wide before the night was
as David De Gea denied James MAN OF THE MATCH capped with further late goals.
Ward-Prowse, while Alex McCarthy AARON WAN-BISSAKA Fernandes scored from the
saved from Bruno Fernandes and spot after Bednarek was sent
Shaw, but more goals were coming. Plenty of contenders but off for fouling Martial; the
Rashford’s powerful low delivery was ‘AWB’ took the prize after Frenchman got his second on
deflected in by Jan Bednarek, then opening the scoring 90 minutes before Daniel
it was 4-0 by the break as Edinson and proving a real James completed a
Cavani also registered his maiden menace all evening. stunning team display
strike at the Theatre of Dreams, by netting in injury-time.
POST-MATCH TABLE “WE HAD AN EASIER TASK WITH THEM GETTING

A SENDING-OFF EARLY BUT IT’S NEVER EASY
POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
20 24 44 TO BREAK TEAMS DOWN WHEN THEY SIT AND
DEFEND, AND I THOUGHT WE WERE EXCELLENT”
2 UNITED 22 19 44
5 West Ham 21 4 35 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

Left James celebrates finishing the
rout; Martial fires home to make it eight
Below Rashford thanks Greenwood
for setting him up with United’s second
7
United became only the second
side to have seven different
scorers in a PL match (after
Chelsea v Aston Villa
in Dec 2012).
UNITED SOUTHAMPTON
POSSESSION (%)
75 25
1 SHOTS 1
24 3
29 2 5 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 31 35 5 3
14 1
39 17
12 8 64 17
CORNERS
11 18 10
5 3
7 FOULS 10 9
11 6
STARTING XI UNITED SUBS USED: van de Beek for Shaw 45’ •

STARTING XI
1 De Gea 17 Fred Martial for Cavani 45’ • James for Rashford 60’ 1 McCarthy 8 Ward-Prowse
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood YELLOW CARDS: Maguire, van de Beek 31 Ramsay 64 Jankewitz
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 35 Bednarek 17 Armstrong
5 Maguire 10 Rashford 5 Stephens 10 Adams
SOUTHAMPTON SUBS USED: Redmond for Ings 70’ •
23 Shaw 7 Cavani 3 Bertrand 9 Ings
Tchaptchet for Djenepo 78’ YELLOW CARDS: Ramsay,
39 McTominay 12 Djenepo
Stephens, Armstrong RED CARDS: Jankewitz, Bednarek

SATURDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8PM out to Abdoulaye Doucoure, who
stabbed home in the six-yard area.
Rejuvenated Everton made it 2-2
in the 52nd minute as Doucoure
UNITED 3
turned creator, enabling James
Rodriguez to control and drill home.
After shrugging off these blows,
United looked sure to regain the lead
EVERTON 3
Cavani 24, Fernandes 45, McTominay 70
10 minutes later, but Olsen thwarted
Rashford at the near post.
The goal did come not long
Doucoure 49, Rodriguez 52, Calvert-Lewin 90+5 after, however, as Shaw’s free-kick
was met by the head of Scott
McTominay to glance in our third.
It was an edge-of-your-seat,
Merseysiders battle back twice to frustrate hosts

end-to-end contest, with Fernandes
curling an effort just over the bar
and Rashford also going close.
Our Portuguese playmaker then
O ld Trafford was the scene of

another high-scoring affair
following the Southampton
rout – but this time the points were
shared as United were held to a 3-3
Just before the break, Victor
Lindelof’s clearance rebounded off
Digne into the path of Richarlison,
whose curled shot went just wide.
Fred dragged a shot past the post
sent a free-kick just too high before
the final twist in a gripping encounter.
With United seconds from victory,
Calvert-Lewin pounced on a
free-kick delivery to prod past De
draw after Everton’s late leveller. before United ended the half on Gea from close range, denying the
Before the match, captains Harry a high with a second goal. Bruno Reds from taking all three points.
Maguire and Lucas Digne laid wreaths Fernandes appeared to be eyeing
in the centre circle to remember the a cross on the edge of the box but
victims of the Munich Air Disaster, instead fooled everyone as he bent
with the game taking place on the in a show-stopping finish over the
63rd anniversary of the crash. head of goalkeeper Robin Olsen.
The Reds went a goal up after Cavani set up Luke Shaw two
24 minutes. Marcus Rashford’s minutes after the break only for his
floated cross was just over the thumping shot to be saved by Olsen.
head of Michael Keane and That spurred the visitors on, and
perfectly flighted for Edinson Cavani they got a goal back when Dominic
to head home at the back post. Calvert-Lewin’s cross was palmed
MAN OF THE MATCH

BRUNO FERNANDES
Made it 2-0 with a
spectacular effort and
was unlucky not to add
to his tally with two late
second-half attempts.
“WE DESERVED TO WIN THE GAME BUT POST-MATCH TABLE

THAT IS FOOTBALL FOR YOU – YOU HAVE
TO TAKE YOUR CHANCES AND CANNOT POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
21 26 47
CONCEDE WITH EVERY SHOT”

2 UNITED 23 19 45

UNITED EVERTON
POSSESSION (%)
62 38
1 SHOTS 33
14 6
29 2 5 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 4 5 22 12
5 3
39 6
16 26 19
CORNERS
11 18 10
5 1 21
7 FOULS 9 7
14 10
STARTING XI UNITED SUBS USED: Fred for Pogba 39’ •

STARTING XI
1 De Gea 6 Pogba Tuanzebe for Greenwood 90+3’ 33 Olsen 26 Davies
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood YELLOW CARDS: Shaw, Tuanzebe 4 Holgate 19 Rodriguez
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 5 Keane 21 Gomes
5 Maguire 10 Rashford EVERTON SUBS USED: Sigurdsson for Rodriguez 69’ • 22 Godfrey 9 Calvert-Lewin
23 Shaw 7 Cavani 12 Digne 7 Richarlison
Iwobi for Davies 75’ • King for Doucoure 81’
39 McTominay 16 Doucoure
YELLOW CARDS: Keane
Left Mason Greenwood challenges Digne;
4
McTominay celebrates United’s third
Below Bruno’s late free-kick loops
over the wall but just too high
This was just the fourth time

United led a PL home game by at
least two goals and failed to win,
with Everton responsible for
the past two occasions
(4-4 in Apr 2012).

OTHER RESULTS:
EMIRATES FA CUP | FIFTH ROUND
TUESDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 7.30PM
Burnley 0-2 Bournemouth
UNITED 1
Swansea 1-3 Manchester City
Leicester City 1-0 Brighton
Sheffield United 1-0 Bristol City
Everton 5-4 Tottenham (aet)
WEST HAM UNITED 0

McTominay 97 (after extra-time) Wolves 0-2 Southampton
Barnsley 0-1 Chelsea
Extra-time is needed but Scott sees us march on
S cott McTominay’s extra-time

winner against West Ham
booked Manchester United
an FA Cup quarter-final spot.
Anthony Martial had the first
opportunity in the 11th minute but
his shot was blocked at close range
by visiting defender Angelo Ogbonna.
United kept up the pressure and
it needed another desperate block
to stop Mason Greenwood firing
in a chance after 16 minutes. the Dutchman’s stab goalwards
The Reds looked certain to take was deflected over.
the lead just before the half-hour, but Fabianski proved a stubborn
Hammers keeper Lukasz Fabianski barricade again after 53 minutes
somehow turned Victor Lindelof’s when Marcus Rashford looked
deflected header on to the post. close to tucking home.
A minute later, Alex Telles set up a The away side threatened
chance for Donny van de Beek, but considerably more in the second
half and broke three-on-two in
the 68th minute. Luckily, Pablo Neither side could produce
MAN OF THE MATCH Fornals hesitated and United a goal to prevent extra-time, but
SCOTT McTOMINAY were able to recover. there was a late scare for United
Dean Henderson then as the Hammers had a corner
Came off the bench needed to be alert to tip hacked away by Wan-Bissaka.
to bag the winner, providing Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s wayward After 97 minutes of stalemate,
the decisive strike for clearance over his bar, it was substitute McTominay who
the second time in while at the other end finally broke the deadlock in the tie.
the Cup in ’20/21. Bruno Fernandes and The Reds had broken up a West
Martial went close. Ham attack and raided at speed.
Fred caused panic in the visitors’
ranks with his cross and, eventually,
Rashford nicked a pass into the path
“WE NEEDED TO HAVE A GOOD RESULT AND of the onrushing McTominay, who
placed his shot well while on the run.
A GOOD FEELING BECAUSE WE WERE LOW West Ham sub Said Benrahma
came close to snatching an
AFTER THE EVERTON GAME. TONIGHT WAS equaliser in the second period
of extra-time but his header
PERFECT. IT’S IMPORTANT TO GET THROUGH”

went straight at Henderson.
United saw out the final minutes,
with Martial almost making it two at
HARRY MAGUIRE the death, only for Fabianski to save.

250
Both Rashford and Martial made
their 250th United appearance in
Left Lindelof brings the ball out; the same game – emulating what
Mike Duxbury and Frank
Shaw considers his options
Stapleton did in 1986,
Above McTominay celebrates also v West Ham.
as extra-time finally brings a goal
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 62 38 WEST HAM
26
SHOTS 1
17 3
29 2 5 27 SHOTS ON TARGET 5 15 21 3
5 1
17 31
16 41
CORNERS
11 34 10 20 28 18
6 4
9 FOULS 7
15 12
UNITED SUBSTITUTES:
STARTING XI McTominay for Matic 73’ • Fernandes for van de Beek 73’ •
STARTING XI
26 Henderson 31 Matic Cavani for Greenwood 86’ • Williams for Wan-Bissaka 90’ • 1 Fabianski 41 Rice
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood Shaw for Telles 90’ YELLOW CARDS: None 5 Coufal 20 Bowen
2 Lindelof 34 van de Beek WEST HAM SUBSTITUTES: Diop for Ogbonna 16’ • 15 Dawson 28 Soucek
5 Maguire 10 Rashford Fredericks for Diop 45’ • Johnson for Bowen 45’ • 21 Ogbonna 18 Fornals
27 Telles 9 Martial 3 Cresswell 7 Yarmolenko
Odubeko for Yarmolenko 54’ • Benrahma for Fornals 88’ •
17 Fred 16 Noble
Lanzini for Odubeko 112’ YELLOW CARDS: None

SUNDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2021 | THE HAWTHORNS | 2PM
WEST BROMWICH
ALBION 1
UNITED 1
Diagne 2
Fernandes 44
Honours even despite Fernandes’s wonderstrike
A dogged West Bromwich

Albion frustrated United
at The Hawthorns as the
sides played out a 1-1 draw despite
starting the game at opposite
volleyed into the top corner by our
no.18, delivering yet another
memorable finish for the Reds.
Chances were at a premium
after the break, with Matheus
Semi Ajayi. Referee Craig Pawson
pointed to the spot before going
over to the pitchside monitor
to assess his decision.
Replays showed Maguire was
ends of the Premier League table. Pereira dragging a low drive wide possibly offside, but Pawson opted
The hosts made a quick start and of De Gea’s left-hand post. to overturn his decision, with ‘no foul’
had the lead within 90 seconds. Fernandes saw a shot deflect off flashing up on the big screen.
Conor Gallagher curled a cross Scott McTominay into goalkeeper Substitute Mason Greenwood
towards Senegalese target man Johnstone’s path after 58 minutes forced Johnstone into a smart
Mbaye Diagne, who rose above and, four minutes later, the match’s save with his feet on 70 minutes,
Victor Lindelof to head the opener. major talking point arrived. and then Darnell Furlong cleared
Fred took aim on the half-volley When Fernandes sent a deep the ball off the line from
after eight minutes but it was free-kick towards the back post, McTominay’s follow-up shot.
straight at goalkeeper Sam Maguire went down under a Diagne had the chance to snatch
Johnstone. At the other end, David challenge from Baggies centre-back it for the Baggies when through on
De Gea had to be alert to tip the ball goal, but De Gea did well to save his
over on 27 minutes when Robert initial shot and then leap straight
Snodgrass leapt to meet Conor MAN OF THE MATCH back up to punch the ball clear.
Townsend’s delivery from the left. BRUNO FERNANDES The same player also had a
The Reds piled on the pressure golden chance three minutes
as half-time approached and, a Provided a stellar moment from time but flicked the ball
minute before the break, Bruno when he adjusted to hook a over, before the Reds were
Fernandes drew us level in superb stunning left-footed volley denied a winner with
fashion. The influential Harry into the top corner and seconds left as Johnstone
Maguire found Luke Shaw on the get us on level terms. tipped Maguire’s
left and his centre was brilliantly header on to the post.
POST-MATCH TABLE “IT’S DISAPPOINTING, AS WE FELT WE DESERVED

MORE. WE DOMINATED THE GAME IN THEIR
POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
23 32 53 HALF – WE CREATED CHANCES; THEY PUT
IN BLOCKS AND CLEARED OFF THE LINE”
2 UNITED 24 19 46
5 Chelsea 23 14 39 HARRY MAGUIRE

Left Marcus Rashford chests the ball down
with West Brom’s Townsend in pursuit
Below Lindelof passes out of
defence as Gallagher tracks him
5
Having registered just seven
assists in 156 PL appearances
before 2020/21, this game saw
Luke Shaw claim his fifth
assist of the season.
WEST BROM UNITED

POSSESSION (%)
27 73
1 SHOTS 1
7 10
22 6 5 14 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 2 5 23
35
3 7
39 17
CORNERS
23 30 18 12 4 5 10 18 9
17 FOULS 7
13 10
STARTING XI WEST BROM SUBS USED: Furlong for Peltier 45’ •

STARTING XI
1 Johnstone 23 Snodgrass Livermore for Yokuslu 67’ • Phillips for Snodgrass 87’ 1 De Gea 17 Fred
22 Peltier 30 Maitland-Niles YELLOW CARDS: Bartley, Snodgrass, 29 Wan-Bissaka 10 Rashford
6 Ajayi 18 Gallagher Maitland-Niles, Gallagher, Diagne 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
5 Bartley 12 Pereira 5 Maguire 9 Martial
14 Townsend 17 Diagne 23 Shaw 7 Cavani
UNITED SUBS USED: Greenwood for Martial 66’ •
35 Yokuslu 39 McTominay
van de Beek for Fred 79’ YELLOW CARDS: None

OTHER RESULTS:
EUROPA LEAGUE | ROUND OF 32 FIRST LEG
THURSDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2021 | JUVENTUS STADIUM | 5.55PM
Dynamo Kiev 1-1 Club Brugge
REAL SOCIEDAD 0
Young Boys 4-3 Bayer Leverkusen
Sporting Braga 0-2 Roma
Red Star Belgrade 2-2 AC Milan
Krasnodar 2-3 Dinamo Zagreb
UNITED 4
Olympiacos 4-2 PSV Eindhoven
Wolfsberger 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur
Slavia Prague 0-0 Leicester City
Royal Antwerp 3-4 Rangers
Fernandes 27, 57, Rashford 64, James 90 Benfica 1-1 Arsenal
Granada 2-0 Napoli
Lille 1-2 Ajax
United turn on style in Turin for fine first-leg win

Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Molde 3-3 Hoffenheim
Red Bull Salzburg 0-2 Villarreal
M anchester United produced

a top-class display on the
road in the Europa League,
securing a 4-0 first-leg advantage
over Real Sociedad in a fixture
McTominay to burst into the box,
but Remiro blocked the shot with his
legs. Soon after, Remiro saved from
Rashford, and from the rebound
a Fernandes header was cleared
It soon got better still for Ole
Gunnar Solskjaer’s men as Fred set
up Rashford to steer a right-foot finish
wide of Remiro for number three.
Mason Greenwood was denied a
played at Juventus Stadium, Turin. off the line by Robin Le Normand. goal by a marginal offside call, before
The match got off to a fast start, The breakthrough for United he and Daniel James were both
with former Red Adnan Januzaj deservedly arrived on 27 minutes. thwarted by the home goalkeeper.
curling a drive inches wide from Rashford floated a dangerous pass James did make it four late on
the first attack of the game, then towards Fernandes and, as Igor though, after galloping on to Eric
Marcus Rashford being denied in Zubeldia, Le Normand and Remiro Bailly’s pass down the right flank and
a one-on-one with goalkeeper almost collided while failing to cut cutting inside. Debutant Amad, who
Alejandro Remiro at the other end. it out, the Portuguese midfielder had come on for the final seven
Alexander Isak then forced produced a confident finish. minutes, got into a good position in
Dean Henderson to palm the ball La Real were bright after the the middle, but the Welshman went
around his near post as an restart and started to ask questions it alone, squeezing a shot past
end-to-end contest developed. of the United backline, without really Remiro to round things off superbly
A clever pass by Bruno extending Henderson, who did have on a memorable evening in Italy.
Fernandes allowed Scott to make one commanding punch.
But it was Fernandes who struck
again just before the hour. Excellent
MAN OF THE MATCH work from Fred and Rashford
BRUNO FERNANDES led to Bruno dummying and
receiving the ball when it
More midfield mastery, bounced to him, before curving
as Bruno bagged himself in an inch-perfect drive.
two goals and created After initially being
numerous chances ruled out for offside,
to extend the lead. the goal was given
following a VAR check.
“WE’VE BEEN THROUGH A DIFFICULT SPELL

AND I THOUGHT WE FOUND OURSELVES
TONIGHT. THE BOYS HAD THAT LITTLE
BIT OF ZIP IN THEIR LEGS AGAIN”

POSSESSION (%)
REAL SOCIEDAD 59 41 UNITED
1
SHOTS 26
8 13
2 5 24 20 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 3 5 27
2 10
39 17
21 4 8 CORNERS
21 18 10
4 5
11 19 10 FOULS 11
15 13
STARTING XI REAL SOCIEDAD SUBSTITUTES:

STARTING XI
Gorosabel for Zaldua 73’ • Guevara for Illarramendi 73’ •
1 Remiro 4 Illarramendi 26 Henderson 17 Fred
Portu for Januzaj 80’ • Barrenetxea for Isak 80’ •
2 Zaldua 8 Merino 29 Wan-Bissaka 21 James
Bautista for Oyarzabal 86’ YELLOW CARDS: Le Normand
5 Zubeldia 11 Januzaj 3 Bailly 18 Fernandes
24 Le Normand 19 Isak 5 Maguire 10 Rashford
20 Monreal 10 Oyarzabal UNITED SUBSTITUTES: Matic for McTominay 60’ • 27 Telles 11 Greenwood
21 Silva Martial for Rashford 68’ • Mata for Fernandes 83’ • 39 McTominay
Amad for Greenwood 83’ YELLOW CARDS: Wan-Bissaka
4-0
This was the biggest away
victory by an English side against
a Spanish club in the Uefa Cup/
Europa League, surpassing
Newcastle’s 3-0 win at
Mallorca in 2004.
Left Mata fires in a shot; debutant Amad takes flight

Above Rashford makes it three as the visitors
turn the screw against Imanol Alguacil’s side

SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 7PM rearguard, before feeding Daniel
James to sweep a shot past Darlow.
United were buzzing and the
Newcastle goalkeeper had to pull
UNITED 3
off an excellent save to deny
Anthony Martial scoring with a
powerful hit three minutes later.
Matic and Rashford combined in
NEWCASTLE
Rashford 30, James 57, Fernandes 75 (pen)
the move that led to the final strike of
the game, with the latter being
brought down inside the area by Joe
UNITED 1
Willock. Bruno Fernandes stepped
up to tuck home the penalty and
give the Reds some breathing space.
Saint-Maximin 36 Matic and Harry Maguire (twice)
couldn’t quite turn home corners
from Luke Shaw as Ole Gunnar
Reds go through the gears to see off Tynesiders

Solskjaer’s side sought to add
further gloss to the scoreline.
With the Reds finally now cruising,
there was a lovely moment for Shola
U nited’s second-half power

play broke down a resilient
Newcastle team, as the Reds
got back to winning ways with a
deserved 3-1 victory at Old Trafford.
It was Marcus Rashford who
finally broke the deadlock on the
half-hour mark. After tormenting
Emil Krafth wide on the left, our
no.10 cut inside on to his right foot
Shoretire as the Newcastle-born
17-year-old replaced Rashford
for his senior Reds debut.
David De Gea was called into and smashed a thunderous shot

action early on when he tipped past Darlow at his near post.
Joelinton’s deflected effort over the Newcastle, however, weren’t
bar, while Jonjo Shelvey shot over. noticeably disheartened by the
A low Daniel James attempt, setback and, after De Gea superbly
easily gathered by Newcastle denied Allan Saint-Maximin, the
keeper Karl Darlow, was the closest French winger fired in a powerful
the hosts came to turning the tide equaliser in the 36th minute.
before Miguel Almiron responded Fred then had a cracking drive
with his own long-distance effort from distance that was well covered
comfortably saved by De Gea. by Darlow, before Saint-Maximin
was quickest out of the attacking
blocks in the second half
MAN OF THE MATCH as the Frenchman forced
DANIEL JAMES De Gea into yet another
save after 50 minutes.
Continued his impressive The Reds, though, broke
upturn in form when he through in the 57th minute.
clinically drilled in at the Rather than prodding
far post to restore our down the left, Nemanja
lead after 57 minutes. Matic turned inside to
wrongfoot the Magpies’
“IT FEELS GREAT. EVERYONE IN THE ACADEMY POST-MATCH TABLE

IDOLISES MARCUS AND MASON – THEY HAVE
GONE THROUGH THE PATH WE WANT TO POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
25 35 59
FOLLOW, AND I CAN LEARN FROM THEM”

2 UNITED 25 21 49
4 West Ham 25 10 45
SHOLA SHORETIRE 5 Chelsea 25 16 43

UNITED NEWCASTLE
POSSESSION (%)
72 28
1 SHOTS 26
15 10
29 2 5 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 17 6 2 15
7 6
17 31
28 14 24
CORNERS
21 18 10
6 4 8
9 FOULS 9 10
9 11
STARTING XI UNITED SUBS USED: Greenwood for Martial 70’ •

STARTING XI
1 De Gea 31 Matic Mata for James 88’ • Shoretire for Rashford 89’ 26 Darlow 14 Hayden
29 Wan-Bissaka 21 James YELLOW CARDS: Fernandes 17 Krafth 24 Almiron
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 6 Lascelles 8 Shelvey
5 Maguire 10 Rashford NEWCASTLE SUBS USED: Fraser for Joelinton 55’ • 2 Clark 9 Joelinton
23 Shaw 9 Martial 15 Lewis 10 Saint-Maximin
Murphy for Saint-Maximin 77’ • Gayle for Almiron 79’
17 Fred 28 Willock
YELLOW CARDS: Hayden, Joelinton
Left Matic battles for possession

with Newcastle’s Joelinton; young
Shoretire comes on for Rashford
Below James enjoys the feeling
of putting United back in front
53
After this 25th PL game of
2020/21, United had scored 53
goals – our most at this stage
of a top-flight campaign
since 2012/13 (60).

OTHER RESULTS:
EUROPA LEAGUE | ROUND OF 32 SECOND LEG
THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8PM
Tottenham 4-0 Wolfsberger (agg 8-1)
UNITED 0
Ajax 2-1 Lille (agg 4-2)
Arsenal 3-2 Benfica (agg 4-3)
Hoffenheim 0-2 Molde (agg 3-5)
Napoli 2-1 Granada (agg 2-3)
(United win 4-0 on aggregate) Rangers 5-2 Royal Antwerp (agg 9-5)
REAL SOCIEDAD 0
Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv (agg 3-0)
Villarreal 2-1 Red Bull Salzburg (agg 4-1)
AC Milan 1-1 Red Star Belgrade
(agg 3-3, AC Milan win on away goals)
Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 Young Boys (agg 3-6)
Club Brugge 0-1 Dynamo Kiev (agg 1-2)
Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 Krasnodar (agg 4-2)
No goals, but no problems as Ole’s men progress

Leicester City 0-2 Slavia Prague (agg 0-2)
PSV Eindhoven 2-1 Olympiacos (agg 4-5)
Roma 3-1 Braga (agg 5-1)
M anchester United eased

into the last 16 of the Europa
League 4-0 on aggregate
despite being held to a second-leg
goalless draw at Old Trafford
Oyarzabal proved it is anything but,
as he skied his copycat effort high
over the bar into the Stretford End.
Januzaj then delivered a tempting
low cross that needed a timely
James with a glorious delivery that
our winger met with a firm header,
but goalkeeper Alejandro Remiro
saved from point-blank range.
against La Liga side Real Sociedad. interception by Victor Lindelof to Marcus Rashford came on at
Our former player Adnan Januzaj turn the ball away for a corner, and half-time and almost immediately
was a thorn in United’s side in the Januzaj also put one on a plate for got on the scoresheet with a
opening stages and almost teed up Ander Guevara, who blasted over. free-kick after 48 minutes that
an early goal to potentially set a few United’s only effort among that swerved late to just pass by the
nerves jangling in the home camp. initial burst from the Spaniards was post. The visitors responded with
In the 12th minute it was his pass a Fernandes attempt on the turn. a header from Modibo Sagnan.
into Andoni Gorosabel that forced Anthony Martial then rattled in a It was an unlikely source of
Daniel James into a mistimed shot after 22 minutes and Fernandes inspiration who looked like he’d given
challenge to give away a penalty. hit the bar with a cracking strike two United a second-leg lead, when
While Bruno Fernandes makes minutes later as the Reds came alive. Axel Tuanzebe powered in a header
his trademark jump-and-shoot Fernandes was warming to the after 63 minutes from an Alex Telles
spot-kick look simple, Mikel task and he crafted a chance for corner. However, a VAR check
showed that Lindelof had fouled
Jon Bautista before the ball reached
MAN OF THE MATCH his fellow centre-back. Lindelof
NEMANJA MATIC was yellow-carded as a result
and the goal chalked off.
Our Serbian no.31 was a Martial fired over soon
composed presence in after as the Reds looked for
the midfield, breaking up that elusive strike that never
opposition attacks and came. Nevertheless, Ole
starting raids forward. Gunnar Solskjaer’s men
marched on to the last 16.
“IF YOU FAIL IN THREE SEMIS, YOU WANT TO

DO BETTER AND IMPROVE. THIS IS A GROUP
OF PLAYERS THAT WILL IMPROVE BECAUSE
WE’RE STILL A YOUNG TEAM. IT’S EXCITING”

5
United have progressed from
all five of our last-32 ties in
Left At 17 years and 23 days, sub the Europa League (also
Shola Shoretire became the youngest in 2011/12, 2015/16,
player to appear for United in Europe 2016/17 and 2019/20).
Above Fernandes leads the Reds out
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 57 43 REAL SOCIEDAD
26
SHOTS 1
11 9
29 3 2 27 SHOTS ON TARGET 18 5 15 12
4 1
17 31
16 36 8
CORNERS
11 18 21
4 7
11 19 10
9 FOULS
12 13
UNITED SUBSTITUTES: Willliams for Wan-Bissaka 45’ •

STARTING XI Tuanzebe for Fred 45’ • Rashford for Fernandes 45’ •
STARTING XI
26 Henderson 31 Matic Amad for James 59’ • Shoretire for Greenwood 76’ 1 Remiro 36 Zubimendi
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood YELLOW CARDS: Williams, Lindelof, Fred 18 Gorosabel 8 Merino
3 Bailly 18 Fernandes REAL SOCIEDAD SUBSTITUTES: 5 Zubeldia 11 Januzaj
2 Lindelof 21 James Bautista for Gorosabel 45’ • Portu for Isak 45’ • 15 Sagnan 19 Isak
27 Telles 9 Martial 12 Munoz 10 Oyarzabal
Barrenetxea for Oyarzabal 45’ • Merquelanz for Januzaj
17 Fred 16 Guevara
66’ • Guridi for Guevara 72’ YELLOW CARDS: None

SUNDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2021 | STAMFORD BRIDGE | 4.30PM
CHELSEA 0
UNITED 0
No way through for either side at Stamford Bridge
T he spoils were shared at

Stamford Bridge as
Manchester United drew 0-0
with Chelsea in the Premier League.
In a frenetic start full of
A few minutes later, the veteran
French forward was inches away
from connecting with Hudson-Odoi’s
delicious cross into the United
box, but it was just ahead of
After weathering that spell of
pressure, the Reds went close
themselves on the hour mark
from Mason Greenwood’s driven
strike, but it sailed just wide.
end-to-end action, Marcus Rashford the former Arsenal striker. Mendy was then called into
registered the first shot on target United ended the half on top action to make saves from both
from a free-kick on 12 minutes, which and Bruno Fernandes saw his shot McTominay and Rashford, not long
Edouard Mendy punched clear. deflected wide on 40 minutes, before our Scottish no.39’s strike
Chelsea then had their first before N’Golo Kante got a toe from outside the box was
goalbound attempt via Hakim to the ball to deny Rashford a blocked by Antonio Rudiger.
Ziyech, which was well saved by shooting opportunity in the box. Fred went close on 68 minutes
David De Gea, before Callum It was the hosts who started from a curled effort at the edge of
Hudson-Odoi fired one wide. quicker after the interval. Within a the box, before a Chelsea foray
It took until around the half-hour few minutes, De Gea had produced forward resulted in a Mateo
mark for the next chance to arrive, an excellent reaction save from Kovacic shot, which was
when Olivier Giroud thrashed over Ziyech’s shot inside the box, then comfortably held by De Gea.
after latching on to a misplaced Luke Shaw threw himself in front of As the game entered the latter
kick from De Gea. Reece James’s powerful follow-up. stages, the hosts pressed in vain for
a winner. Victor Lindelof was on
hand to steer a dangerous James
MAN OF THE MATCH cross wide of the mark, while
DAVID DE GEA Timo Werner and Christian
Pulisic had strikes on goal.
An excellent display Kovacic later had a shot from
from our no.1, with key saves, distance in injury-time which
particularly from failed to test De Gea,
Ziyech and Kovacic, to and it proved to be the
preserve a clean sheet. game’s final chance as
both teams took a point.
POST-MATCH TABLE “QUALITY ON THE BALL LET US DOWN. IT WAS

A POOR GAME REALLY AND THE FIRST HALF WAS
POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
26 36 62 SCRAPPY. WHEN WE SETTLED WE CREATED A
FEW CHANCES BUT WE DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH”
2 UNITED 26 21 50
4 West Ham 26 9 45
5 Chelsea 26 16 44 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

2
This fixture has finished
goalless in both matches in
a league campaign for just
Left Harry Maguire moves in on Giroud;
the second time, the other
(bottom left) Luke Shaw in action occasion coming
Above Solskjaer thanks Fernandes in 1921/22.
for his efforts at full-time
CHELSEA UNITED
POSSESSION (%)
57 43
16 SHOTS 1
18 11
6 4
39 17
20 7 17 21
CORNERS
3 4 21 18 10
22 19
18 FOULS 11
11 12
STARTING XI CHELSEA SUBS USED: James for Hudson-Odoi 45’ •

STARTING XI
16 Mendy 17 Kovacic Pulisic for Giroud 65’ • Werner for Ziyech 78’ 1 De Gea 17 Fred
28 Azpilicueta 21 Chilwell YELLOW CARDS: Chilwell 29 Wan-Bissaka 21 James
4 Christensen 22 Ziyech 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
2 Rudiger 19 Mount UNITED SUBS USED: Martial for Greenwood 79’ 5 Maguire 10 Rashford
20 Hudson-Odoi 18 Giroud 23 Shaw 11 Greenwood
YELLOW CARDS: Maguire, Fred
7 Kante 39 McTominay

MARCH
The Reds display solid foundations at the back
to edge games both domestically and in Europe,
although loss in Leicester ends FA Cup journey...
F ollowing an unbeaten February,

the Reds entered the spring
competing on three fronts as
the finish line for 2020/21 began
to appear on the horizon.
Both the Blades and West Brom
were starting to cut themselves
adrift while Brighton overcame
Newcastle to create some breathing
room in a clash between two sides
Premier League matters placed just above the drop zone.
remained the primary concern as At the top, the battle for the
United looked to close the gap on European places continued to twist
Manchester City at the top, but and turn. Successive 1-0 defeats at
March began how the previous home, to Chelsea and Fulham, left
month had ended, with a 0-0 draw, Liverpool with just one win in seven
this time at Crystal Palace on a league games, although victory
misty evening in south-east London. over Wolves at Molineux later in the
Nearly a year to the day since month would spark a strong return
there were last supporters inside to form for Jurgen Klopp’s side.
Old Trafford for a memorable win A Goal of the Season frontrunner
against Manchester City, the rivalry from Erik Lamela wasn’t enough
was reunited as the Reds secured for Tottenham as they lost out to
the bragging rights with a 2-0 league Arsenal in the 203rd north London
victory once again, this time at the derby before the Gunners produced
Etihad, before attention turned to a thrilling comeback a week later to PLAYER OF THE MONTH
the Europa League and a two-legged bounce back from three goals down LUKE SHAW
last-16 date with AC Milan. and take a point at West Ham.
Having gone in all-square at the On the same weekend, The full-back secured his
halfway point in the tie following a 1-1 the FA Cup quarter-finals saw second successive Player
draw in the first leg at home, Paul Southampton, Manchester of the Month award, having
Pogba made a timely return from City and Chelsea all been key to the Reds’
injury in the return fixture a week book their Wembley four clean sheets from
later, coming off the bench at the places in the last six throughout the
San Siro to grab the all-important four while the Reds’ month. Luke also
goal and secure our progression. month had a disappointing displayed his
Sandwiched in the middle end with Leicester continued prowess
of those two meetings with the condemning going forward on the
Rossoneri was our second one-goal Ole Gunnar left with a fine solo run
victory in as many months over Solskjaer’s that led to his goal
West Ham at Old Trafford, with this side to defeat in the derby
one coming in the Premier League. at the King that put
Elsewhere in the top flight, Chris Power ahead us 2-0
Wilder departed from his role as of the ahead.
manager of Sheffield United with the international
Yorkshire side rooted to the bottom. break.

UNITED’S MARCH RESULTS
03.03.21 PL Palace 0 United 0
07.03.21 PL Man City 0 United 2
11.03.21 EL United 1 AC Milan 1
14.03.21 PL United 1 West Ham 0
18.03.21 EL AC Milan 0 United 1
21.03.21 FA Leicester 3 United 1
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CONTENTS
P GD PTS
2 UNITED 29 24 57
4 Chelsea 29 19 51
5 West Ham 29 10 49
8 Everton 28 3 46
9 Arsenal 29 8 42
11 Leeds 29 -2 39
13 Wolves 29 -10 35
14 Southampton 29 -15 33
15 Burnley 29 -15 33
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GOAL OF THE MONTH entrance, the young Ivorian
AMAD v AC MILAN netted his first senior goal for
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United to open the scoring.

Having been introduced as Having met Bruno Fernandes’s
a half-time substitute for the lobbed ball in behind following a
injured Anthony Martial, the well-timed run, Amad executed
teenager wasted no time in a superb back-headed flick to
making an impact in our first-leg send the ball into the Rossoneri
meeting with the Italians. Less net and give United the lead.

WEDNESDAY 3 MARCH 2021 | SELHURST PARK | 8.15PM from a harder chance which he tried
to execute acrobatically.
The Belgium striker then tried to
turn creator, laying the ball off to
CRYSTAL PALACE 0
Ayew, who shot on target, but it
was easily saved by Henderson.
Scott McTominay and Daniel
James were introduced around the
UNITED 0
75-minute mark in a bid to find a
breakthrough and the Wales winger
nearly did it immediately, leaping in
the box to meet the ball but only
winning a corner for the Reds.
It was then the turn of Mason
Another goalless draw in the capital for the Reds

Greenwood to threaten, as he cut
inside to unleash a powerful shot,
but it was just over the Eagles’ bar.
With the spoils looking destined
M anchester United were

held 0-0 by a resolute
Crystal Palace side on
a foggy night at Selhurst Park
in the Premier League.
subsequent set-play, having seen
Harry Maguire’s header cleared
off the line, but the threat to
Palace didn’t ease for long.
Marcus Rashford was played in
to be shared, Patrick van Aanholt
got in behind the United defence in
the 89th minute but Henderson was
on hand and out quickly to close the
angle and make sure there was no
Christian Benteke shot well over superbly by Luke Shaw, and his low late winner for Roy Hodgson’s side.
with the first effort of the night, shot appeared to have the Palace
before Dean Henderson – replacing stopper beaten as it slipped the
David De Gea, who was absent wrong side of the upright.
ahead of the birth of his first child Cavani almost had an opening
– comfortably gathered a corner a minute before the interval, but a
after Jordan Ayew’s cross had desperate Joel Ward lunge towards
been deflected behind. his own goal successfully stopped
From that point, United were the ball from reaching the
on top, with Vicente Guaita called Uruguayan forward and kept
into action to tip Nemanja Matic’s the scores level at the break.
deflected strike behind for a corner. Benteke was unsuccessful with
Edinson Cavani then hooked another early shooting opportunity
an effort over the bar from the at the start of the second half, albeit
MAN OF THE MATCH

DEAN HENDERSON
Kept a clean sheet
after a number of
key saves, crucially
denying van
Aanholt late on.
“WHEN YOU HAVE THREE CLEAN SHEETS IN POST-MATCH TABLE

A ROW, THAT WILL HELP YOU WIN GAMES –
BUT WE HAVEN’T PRODUCED THE QUALITY. POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
27 39 65
WE JUST HAVE TO FIND A SPARK AGAIN”

2 UNITED 27 21 51
4 West Ham 26 9 45
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER 5 Chelsea 26 16 44

CRYSTAL PALACE UNITED
POSSESSION (%)
37 63
31 SHOTS 26
8 11
2 8 24 3 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 3 5 23
2 1
17 31
10 22 4 25
CORNERS
4 6 11 18 10
9 20 FOULS 7
4 13
STARTING XI CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS USED:

STARTING XI
31 Guaita 22 McCarthy Riedewald for McCarthy 62’ • Schlupp for Eze 84’ 26 Henderson 31 Matic
2 Ward 4 Milivojevic YELLOW CARDS: Riedewald 29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood
8 Kouyate 25 Eze 3 Bailly 18 Fernandes
24 Cahill 9 J Ayew 5 Maguire 10 Rashford
UNITED SUBS USED: McTominay for Fred 74’ •
3 van Aanholt 20 Benteke 23 Shaw 7 Cavani
James for Cavani 76’
10 Townsend 17 Fred
YELLOW CARDS: None
3
Left (clockwise from top) Rashford
tries to find an opening; Bruno Fernandes
on the ball; Cavani takes aim at goal
Below Palace striker Benteke
is denied by Aaron Wan-Bissaka United have drawn three
consecutive matches 0-0 for
the first time since Oct 2015
– with the third game in that
run also being a 0-0
draw at Palace.

SUNDAY 7 MARCH 2021 | ETIHAD STADIUM | 4.30PM
MANCHESTER CITY 0
UNITED 2
Fernandes 2 (pen), Shaw 50
Clinical United end the Blues’ long winning streak
T he Reds ended Manchester

City’s 21-game winning run
with a superb 2-0 derby
victory at the Etihad Stadium.
United couldn’t have wished
Marcus Rashford then forced
goalkeeper Ederson to scramble
across his goal line to deny the
attacker’s shot from distance.
City began to apply more
Mahrez fizzed a right-foot shot just
inches past the far post, with Jesus
also close to converting as he slid
in, although replays showed he
would have been offside.
for a better start, being awarded pressure from around 20 minutes. It was a similar story at the start
a penalty within a minute after Victor Lindelof was called into of the second half as Rodri clipped
Anthony Martial was tripped by action to block Jesus’s shot, the top of the crossbar within
Gabriel Jesus. Bruno Fernandes before Gundogan fired over. three minutes of the restart.
duly dispatched from the spot. Riyad Mahrez and Joao Cancelo That proved a big miss as United
It could have been two soon produced dangerous strikes, and doubled our lead soon after. Shaw
after, but Luke Shaw didn’t connect Oleksandr Zinchenko forced pushed forward after receiving the
properly with his right-footed Henderson into a smart stop ball from Henderson and linked
effort inside the box. with a blasted effort. up with Rashford, before being
The hosts registered their first The United keeper had to be played in to shoot past Ederson.
shot on target after nine minutes, on his toes again to deny Gundogan United were looking dangerous
but Ilkay Gundogan failed to as well as tipping over Kevin De on the counter, with Daniel James
seriously test Dean Henderson. Bruyne’s free-kick. Soon after, seeing his shot deflect wide and
Martial going close with a header.
Jesus then flashed an effort
MAN OF THE MATCH across goal, before Martial
LUKE SHAW shot straight at Ederson after
going through one-on-one.
Played a key role in another Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling
clean sheet and showed and John Stones all had
precision to net our further chances for City,
second with a clinical but United held out to
finish into the corner. clinch a third straight
derby win at the Etihad.
POST-MATCH TABLE “WE STARTED BOTH HALVES BRILLIANTLY – THE

ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT IS THAT NO FANS WERE
POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
28 37 65 HERE TO CELEBRATE, BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE
ATMOSPHERE WHEN WE WON HERE LAST YEAR”
2 UNITED 28 23 54
4 Chelsea 27 17 47
5 Everton 26 6 46 HARRY MAGUIRE

Left Harry Maguire celebrates victory;
(bottom left) Fred holds off Stones
10
Below Rashford, Scott McTominay
and Martial rush to congratulate Fernandes
Rashford’s assist for United’s

second goal was his 10th in all
competitions this season –
the first time he’s reached
double figures.
MAN CITY UNITED

POSSESSION (%)
66 34
31 SHOTS 26
23 8
27 5 3 11 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 2 5 23
6 6
16 8 39 17
CORNERS
26 17 7 6 2 21 18 10
9 FOULS 9
9 12
MAN CITY SUBS USED: Walker for Cencelo 65’ •
31 Ederson 8 Gundogan Foden for Jesus 71’ 26 Henderson 17 Fred
27 Cancelo 26 Mahrez 29 Wan-Bissaka 21 James
YELLOW CARDS: None
5 Stones 17 De Bruyne 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
3 Dias 7 Sterling 5 Maguire 10 Rashford
UNITED SUBS USED: Greenwood for Rashford 73’ •
11 Zinchenko 9 Jesus 23 Shaw 9 Martial
Matic for Martial 88’ • Williams for Fernandes 90+3’
16 Rodri 39 McTominay
YELLOW CARDS: Henderson, Maguire, Shaw

OTHER RESULTS:
EUROPA LEAGUE | ROUND OF 16 FIRST LEG
THURSDAY 11 MARCH 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 5.55PM
Ajax 3-0 Young Boys
UNITED 1
Dynamo Kiev 0-2 Villarreal
Slavia Prague 1-1 Rangers
Granada 2-0 Molde
Olympiacos 1-3 Arsenal
AC MILAN 1
Amad 50 Roma 3-0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb
Kjaer 90+2 over. As the rain lashed down,

Solskjaer tried to protect the lead,
bringing on Fred, Brandon Williams
Late equaliser leaves last-16 tie in the balance

and Luke Shaw for Fernandes,
Wan-Bissaka and James, but the
reshuffled United side couldn’t
quite hold on for the win.
M anchester United suffered

stoppage-time agony at
Old Trafford in the Europa
League’s Round of 16 first leg, as
AC Milan struck a last-gasp leveller
a half-volley past Henderson, but
after a lengthy VAR consultation
it was ruled out for handball.
Henderson saved from Brahim
Diaz and Alexis Saelemaekers as
In the 92nd minute, centre-back
Simon Kjaer headed home from
a corner, with Henderson getting
a touch but unable to keep it out,
to level the scores up and snatch a
to cancel out Amad’s first Reds goal. the Italians continued to threaten. valuable away goal for the Rossoneri.
The visitors had the ball in our net Despite that pressure, United
after just five minutes when Rafael had a glorious chance on 38 minutes
Leao broke clear to put his shot when Harry Maguire somehow hit
past Dean Henderson, but the the woodwork from virtually on the
Portuguese forward was clearly goal line, after being found from
offside and the goal was chalked off. a Bruno Fernandes corner.
Soon afterwards, Anthony Martial Martial had picked up an injury in
produced a fine chest-and-swivel the first 45 and was replaced at the
to force a tip-over from Milan interval by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. It
goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. proved an inspired switch when, five
Milan had another goal disallowed minutes later, replacement Amad
on 11 minutes. Franck Kessie opened up his senior United goal
controlled a throw-in and crashed account by putting us ahead.
Fernandes was the architect,
picking out the teenager’s run with
MAN OF THE MATCH a superb ball behind the Milan
AMAD defence, and Amad did the rest
with a brilliant back-headed
Made an instant impact flick over Donnarumma.
from the bench and took Milan almost levelled in the
his goal like a seasoned 65th minute as a Davide
pro with a looping Calabria cross found
header into the net. Rade Krunic, but he
headed wastefully
“IT’S DISAPPOINTING TO CONCEDE WITH ONE

OF THE LAST KICKS – OR HEADERS. THAT MAKES
IT HARDER, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE
GOING DOWN TO THE SECOND LEG OUT THERE”

POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 51 49 AC MILAN
26
SHOTS 99
7 15
29 3 5 27 SHOTS ON TARGET 2 24 23 5
2 5
39 31 18 79
CORNERS
11 18 21 56 21 33
4 3
9 FOULS 17
16 13
STARTING XI UNITED SUBSTITUTES: Amad for Martial 45’ •

STARTING XI
26 Henderson 31 Matic Fred for Fernandes 74’ • Williams for Wan-Bissaka 74’ • 99 Donnarumma 79 Kessie
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood Shaw for James 74’ YELLOW CARDS: McTominay 2 Calabria 56 Saelemaekers
3 Bailly 18 Fernandes 24 Kjaer 21 Diaz
5 Maguire 21 James AC MILAN SUBSTITUTES: Castillejo for Saelemaekers 23 Tomori 33 Krunic
27 Telles 9 Martial 5 Dalot 17 Leao
69’ • Tonali for Diaz 69’ • Kalulu for Calabria 74’
39 McTominay 18 Meite
YELLOW CARDS: Saelemaekers
Left Maguire hits the post; Fernandes shoots;

a Red wall is formed to keep Milan at bay
Below Amad celebrates his clever finish
alongside Fernandes and Bailly
503
AC Milan’s late equaliser
ended a run of 503 minutes
in which United hadn’t
conceded a goal in
all competitions.

SUNDAY 14 MARCH 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 7.15PM a glove on it and turned the ball
on to the post.
Rashford had another headed
chance that didn’t overly extend
UNITED 1
Fabianski as we started to get our
momentum going in attack and
finished the half in charge.
Just when the second half looked
WEST HAM UNITED 0

Dawson 53 (og)
like it was starting as tightly as the
first, the game came into life
when United took the lead.
Daniel James drove over a low
cross that Vladimir Coufal turned
away at the last second as Rashford
Solitary second-half goal sees off the Hammers

was set to pounce. However, from
the resulting corner by Fernandes,
visiting defender Dawson turned the
ball into his own net with a header, to
U nited earned a valuable

victory against West Ham
at Old Trafford thanks to
a second-half own goal from
Hammers defender Craig Dawson.
Greenwood was at the sharp end
of the Reds’ next best chance after
37 minutes. After being set up by
Bruno Fernandes, our no.11’s effort
was sneaking in but West Ham
make it 1-0 to the Reds.
It was almost two on the hour
when a Fernandes snap-shot
flashed towards goal but keeper
Fabianksi got down to save well.
The visitors looked the slicker goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski got At the other end, Jarrod Bowen
initially, but their only real moment headed wide from a cross after 64
of goal threat came with a looping minutes but he would have been
Aaron Cresswell cross that needed offside, even if the connection
Dean Henderson to leap through had been effective.
a ruck of players to punch clear. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men were
United finally created a major pinned back but did break on West
chance after 25 minutes. Mason Ham on 77 minutes and Greenwood
Greenwood sent over a delightful struck a post on a swift counterattack,
cross from the right and Marcus after being fed by Rashford.
Rashford had an unchallenged, West Ham continued to press
free header at the back post but United saw the game out well,
but didn’t catch the delivery with Harry Maguire and Victor
correctly and it glanced well wide. Lindelof in command at the back.
MAN OF THE MATCH

LUKE SHAW
A second straight PL prize for
Shaw, linking up well with
Rashford going forward
and once again proving
solid in defence.
“IT’S A PLEASING WIN FROM A DIFFICULT POST-MATCH TABLE

GAME. THAT’S WHY THEY’RE SO HIGH UP THE
TABLE. BUT WE KNEW WE WOULD BE IN THEIR POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
30 43 71
HALF FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE GAME”

2 UNITED 29 24 57
4 Chelsea 29 19 51
SCOTT McTOMINAY 5 West Ham 28 10 48

UNITED WEST HAM
POSSESSION (%)
62 38
26 SHOTS 1
15 7
29 2 5 23 23 15 3
SHOTS ON TARGET
4 0 41
39 17
CORNERS 5 16 28 31
21 18 10
6 3
11 FOULS 20 30
12 2
STARTING XI UNITED SUBS USED: None

STARTING XI
26 Henderson 17 Fred YELLOW CARDS: Wan-Bissaka, McTominay, 1 Fabianski 16 Noble
29 Wan-Bissaka 21 James James, Rashford 23 Diop 28 Soucek
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 15 Dawson 31 Johnson
5 Maguire 10 Rashford WEST HAM SUBS USED: Lanzini for Noble 62’ • 3 Cresswell 20 Bowen
23 Shaw 11 Greenwood 41 Rice 30 Antonio
Benrahma for Johnson 62’
39 McTominay 5 Coufal
YELLOW CARDS: None
4
United have kept four
straight clean sheets in the
PL for the first time under
Solskjaer, last doing so
in January 2018.
Left (clockwise from top) Scott McTominay

celebrates the winning goal; Fred gets
his toe to the ball; the boss appeals
Above Henderson punches clear

OTHER RESULTS:
EUROPA LEAGUE | ROUND OF 16 SECOND LEG
THURSDAY 18 MARCH 2021 | SAN SIRO | 8PM
Arsenal 0-1 Olympiacos (agg 3-2)
AC MILAN 0
Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 Tottenham (aet, agg 3-2)
Molde 2-1 Granada (agg 2-3)
Shakhtar Donetsk 1-2 Roma (agg 1-5)
Young Boys 0-2 Ajax (agg 0-5)
UNITED 1
Rangers 0-2 Slavia Prague (agg 1-3)
Villarreal 2-0 Dynamo Kiev (agg 4-0)
Pogba 48 (United win 2-1 on aggregate) Pogba entered the fray, in place of
Marcus Rashford, at the restart and
took up the Mancunican’s position
out on the left. And the Frenchman
Returning Red Pogba makes the difference in Italy

made an immediate impact.
Our no.6 took control of a
frenzied situation inside the Milan
box, feigning to shoot before curling
P aul Pogba proved to be the

matchwinner in Milan as
he returned from injury to
score the vital away goal that sent
Manchester United through to
down when Daniel James was
barged over by Fikayo Tomori.
Milan grew stronger through the
half. Henderson had to push away an
Alexis Saelemaekers shot from the
the ball home brilliantly from a tight
angle to net a vital away goal.
Saelemaekers then shot
straight at Henderson before Mason
Greenwood forced a decent save
the Europa League quarter-finals. edge of the area, then Rade Krunic from Gianluigi Donnarumma.
United’s intent was clear from the fired wide just before the break. Current Reds defender Diogo
off, with a lively start featuring plenty Dalot and former United striker
of early possession. The first clear Zlatan Ibrahimovic both joined
opening came on 13 minutes when the action from the bench on 65
Luke Shaw linked up well with Bruno minutes and Milan immediately
Fernandes but our no.18 fired over. looked for the big Swedish
Midfielder Franck Kessie was frontman with a couple of high balls.
buzzing around for the hosts, but It was Kessie who had a go
his shot on 15 minutes was bread soon after as he tried to flick a
and butter for Dean Henderson. shot on goal from close range, but
Soon after at the other end, Victor Lindelof blocked brilliantly.
United had a penalty shout turned United needed another superb
stop soon afterwards, this time
from Henderson, as he reacted
MAN OF THE MATCH instinctively to punch away
PAUL POGBA Ibrahimovic’s point-blank header
from a Hakan Calhanoglu cross.
What an introduction! The Reds’ work ethic and
Back for the first time since fighting spirit were decisive factors
early February, and it took in the final stages as Ole Gunnar
him just three minutes Solskjaer’s men held out for a superb
to deliver the winner. and well-deserved victory, both
on the night and on aggregate.
“WE’VE COME THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT

TIE AGAINST A FANTASTIC CLUB. WE’VE MISSED
PAUL. HE’S BEEN OUT [INJURED] AND TODAY
HE MADE A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE TO US”

Left Solskjaer celebrates;
Lindelof helps Ibrahimovic up
Below Pogba tees up the winner
at the start of the second half
2
United have progressed from
our past two knockout ties
with AC Milan in European
competition, having
been eliminated in the
four ties beforehand.
POSSESSION (%)
AC MILAN 51
-
49 UNITED
99
SHOTS 26
10 13
20 24 23 19 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 2 5 23
4 4
18 79 39 17
CORNERS
56 10 33 21 18 10
4 4
7 FOULS 11
13 8
STARTING XI AC MILAN SUBSTITUTES:

STARTING XI
99 Donnarumma 79 Kessie Dalot for Kalulu 65’ • Ibrahimovic for Castillejo 65’ • 26 Henderson 17 Fred
20 Kalulu 56 Saelemaekers Diaz for Krunic 72’ 29 Wan-Bissaka 21 James
24 Kjaer 10 Calhanoglu YELLOW CARDS: Kalulu, Kjaer, Hernandez, Dalot 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
23 Tomori 33 Krunic 5 Maguire 10 Rashford
19 Hernandez 7 Castillejo 23 Shaw 11 Greenwood
UNITED SUBSTITUTES: Pogba for Rashford 45’
18 Meite 39 McTominay
YELLOW CARDS: Shaw

OTHER RESULTS:
EMIRATES FA CUP | QUARTER-FINAL
SUNDAY 21 MARCH 2021 | KING POWER STADIUM | 5PM
Bournemouth 0-3 Southampton
LEICESTER CITY 3
Everton 0-2 Manchester City
Chelsea 2-0 Sheffield United
Maguire to get himself through on
UNITED 1
Iheanacho 24, 78, Tielemans 52
goal but, thankfully, the Foxes’ no.9
dragged his shot past the near post.
Unfortunately, we were undone at
Greenwood 38 a set-piece, 12 minutes from time.
Marc Albrighton’s free-kick from the
left dropped over Scott McTominay
Second-half goals curtail the Reds’ FA Cup run

and on to the head of the unmarked
Iheanacho at the back post, with
Henderson unable to keep it out.
It was an uphill task now and the
O ur 2020/21 FA Cup run

sadly came to an end at
the quarter-final stage
as Leicester City ran out 3-1
winners at the King Power Stadium.
striker almost in on goal threatening
to add a second for the Foxes.
Seven minutes from the break,
United produced our best move of
the half and drew level. Paul Pogba
Foxes held firm right to the last, with
Schmeichel making a great save
from a Bruno Fernandes free-kick.
The hosts had the better of the received the ball on the left and
early chances, first when Jamie cleverly dropped the shoulder before
Vardy’s cross rebounded back rolling a cross into the box, which
to him and Dean Henderson Donny van de Beek dummied and
palmed away his follow-up shot. Mason Greenwood blasted home.
Harry Maguire blocked from A Pogba daisy-cutter, which
the striker again soon after, before Kasper Schmeichel collected, and
Leicester found the opener. Kelechi an Ayoze Perez curled effort, which
Iheanacho seized on a wayward dropped wide, were the last main
backpass before rounding bits of action in the half as it
Henderson and slotting home. ended honours even at the break.
Vardy continued to be the Foxes’ The home side went back in front
main threat and Aaron Wan-Bissaka seven minutes after the restart.
had to cover brilliantly with the Youri Tielemans played a one-two
with Iheanacho before powering
towards the area and shooting low
MAN OF THE MATCH into the bottom corner past the
MASON GREENWOOD outstretched arm of Henderson.
United responded with a strong
Plenty of effort from the run from Greenwood into the box,
striker, who took his goal before Alex Telles fired wide.
well and was at the Leicester went straight down
heart of much of the other end and almost
our attacking play. bagged a third as Vardy
flicked the ball past
“WE DIDN’T HAVE THE SPARK TONIGHT, BUT

IT’S UNDERSTANDABLE. WE’VE PLAYED EVERY
THREE DAYS AND BEEN ON A GREAT RUN. WE
DIDN’T HAVE THE EXTRA ZIP AND AUTHORITY”

POSSESSION (%)
LEICESTER 48 52 UNITED
1
SHOTS 26
11 9
5 5
17 31
11 8 25 27
CORNERS
11 34 6
17 2 7
14 9 FOULS 9
14 8
STARTING XI LEICESTER SUBSTITUTES:

STARTING XI
Praet for Perez 73’ • Choudhury for Vardy 83’
1 Schmeichel 25 Ndidi 26 Henderson 31 Matic
YELLOW CARDS: Evans, Albrighton
3 Fofana 27 Castagne 29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood
6 Evans 17 Perez 2 Lindelof 34 van de Beek
UNITED SUBSTITUTES:
4 Soyuncu 14 Iheanacho 5 Maguire 6 Pogba
11 Albrighton 9 Vardy Shaw for Telles 64’ • Fernandes for Matic 64’ • Cavani for 27 Telles 9 Martial
8 Tielemans van de Beek 64’ • McTominay for Pogba 64’ • Amad for 17 Fred
Fred 84’ YELLOW CARDS: Maguire, McTominay
14
Left (from top) the managers at
full-time; van de Beek hails Pogba;
a dejected Fred and Greenwood
Below Maguire tries to get a Red
move started against his old club
This was Leicester’s first
victory in 14 attempts against
United, since their 5-3
Premier League win
in September 2014.

APRIL
times across those two victories,
taking his goal tally in claret and
blue to nine by the end of April,
having started his loan in January.
Another surprise this month was
Spurs’ parting of ways with former
United manager Jose Mourinho.
The Portuguese was relieved of his
duties just days before the club’s
Carabao Cup final meeting with
Manchester City. Former Tottenham
An unbeaten month and goals galore as Ole’s midfielder Ryan Mason would go
on to take charge for that one, and
Reds display both consistency and quality in for the remainder of ’20/21, in a
showpiece where City came out
pursuit of a strong finish to the ’20/21 season…

on top to win the trophy for the
fourth successive season, courtesy
of Aymeric Laporte’s header.
It meant City ended the month
with the first piece of 2020/21
W ith the final international

break of the season in
the rearview mirror, the
Reds’ focus was firmly fixed on
club action again as the campaign
rampant, thrashing Roma 6-2 in what
was another come-from-behind
victory from Solskjaer’s men.
Across England in April, the
Premier League featured several
silverware and in touching distance
of another in the form of the Premier
League. Although Pep Guardiola’s
side would lose at home to Leeds
midway through April, they would
entered its penultimate month. surprise results – none more so than end the month requiring just two
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side made struggling West Brom’s 5-2 victory more wins from their remaining five
a winning return to the pitch, coming over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. games to be crowned champions.
from behind to beat Brighton in the That put a dent in the Blues’
league at Old Trafford before taking Champions League hopes, with UNITED’S APRIL RESULTS
a huge step towards the Europa their competitors for those spots, 04.04.21 PL United 2 Brighton 1
League semi-finals with a 2-0 including West Ham, continuing 08.04.21 EL Granada 0 United 2
quarter-final first-leg victory over to pick up winning momentum. 11.04.21 PL Tottenham 1 United 3
Granada in Andalusia, Spain. The Hammers won back-to-back 15.04.21 EL United 2 Granada 0
When the Premier League games against Wolves and Leicester, 18.04.21 PL United 3 Burnley 1
action resumed the following in which on-loan Red Jesse Lingard 25.04.21 PL Leeds 0 United 0
weekend, United showed great continued to be at the heart of the 29.04.21 EL United 6 Roma 2
character to come from behind Londoners’ success. He netted three
yet again and win for the first
time at Tottenham’s new stadium. END-OF-MONTH PL STANDINGS
Things were more plain sailing PLAYER OF THE MONTH P GD PTS
in Europe four days later as the EDINSON CAVANI 1 Manchester City 33 45 77
Reds put in a professional 2 UNITED 33 29 67
performance to repeat the first-leg The spearhead of a fine 3 Leicester 34 22 63
scoreline against Granada in the month in both domestic 4 Chelsea 33 20 58
return outing at Old Trafford, and European 5 West Ham 33 10 55
thus booking a place in the competitions. 6 Liverpool 33 16 54
competition’s last four. Following a sublime 7 Tottenham 33 18 53
A victory against diving header to 8 Everton 32 4 52
Burnley was followed complete the 9 Leeds 33 0 47
by a stalemate with turnaround in the 10 Arsenal 33 7 46
Leeds in our first win at Spurs, Cavani 11 Aston Villa 32 9 45
Premier League went on to net in 12 Wolves 33 -13 41
visit to Elland successive games 13 Crystal Palace 32 -20 38
Road since 2003. against Granada and 14 Southampton 33 -18 37
Then came the Burnley before his 15 Burnley 33 -15 36
Europa League brace against Roma 16 Newcastle 33 -18 36
semi-final first helped United 17 Brighton 33 -6 34
leg in which put one foot in a 18 Fulham 33 -18 27
the Reds European final. 19 West Brom 33 -34 25
were 20 Sheffield United 33 -38 17

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With the Reds 2-1 down in the tie, effort into the top corner to draw
Cavani rose to the occasion to us level. It would be the catalyst
net a much-needed equaliser for a free-scoring second period
early in the second half. Having from United – the first of five
been picked out by Bruno goals after the break as we hit
Fernandes on the counterattack, the Italians for six on the night.

SUNDAY 4 APRIL 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 7.30PM
UNITED 2
BRIGHTON &
Rashford 62, Greenwood 83
HOVE ALBION 1
Welbeck 13
Second-half surge ensures three big home points
T he Reds came from behind at

Old Trafford to beat Brighton
2-1 with goals from Marcus
Rashford and Mason Greenwood.
After Greenwood struck the
But Brighton were not off the
hook and Bruno was the source
of United’s equaliser in the 62nd
minute as he slipped a lovely ball
into Rashford and the striker coolly
post early on, United were unlucky finished to level up the match.
to fall behind after 13 minutes. Welbeck had a penalty appeal
Danny Welbeck had a header dismissed by VAR before Sanchez
saved by Dean Henderson spilled a ferocious low shot from
but the former Reds striker Fernandes in the 76th minute and
headed in from the rebound. sub Dan James touched the loose
United were almost caught ball to Greenwood, who fired over.
out again five minutes later, with But he made no mistake shortly
Henderson brilliantly tipping Lewis afterwards to put us in front.
Dunk’s header on to the bar and over. Fernandes found Pogba, who
The Reds were finding it a drove his shot into the ground and it
struggle to get back into the match
and it wasn’t until the 38th minute popped up nicely for Greenwood
that we really threatened, but Paul MAN OF THE MATCH to stoop and force his header
Pogba dragged a good chance wide MASON GREENWOOD – a first for the senior team –
from a Bruno Fernandes lay-off. beyond the visitors’ desperate
On the hour there was a spark of Mason had gone close a attempts to keep the ball out.
ingenuity from Pogba as he released few times before getting Despite some late pressure
Fernandes, but Brighton goalkeeper his goal, showing from the Seagulls, United
Robert Sanchez was swiftly on to predatory instinct held on to claim a vital
our midfielder to smother his to head the winner. Premier League
attempt and the danger was cleared. victory.
POST-MATCH TABLE “MASON WAS MATURE. HE WAS CLEAN,

HE WAS TIDY AND HE GOT THE GOAL.
POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
31 45 74 IT’S A HEADER INSIDE THE SIX-YARD BOX –
THAT’S WHAT WE NEED MORE FROM MASON”
2 UNITED 30 25 60
4 Chelsea 30 16 51

2
United have beaten Brighton
twice in the ’20/21 PL despite
conceding first in both games
– the only previous time this
Left Edinson Cavani congratulates scorer happened in the PL was
Rashford; a proud moment for Greenwood v Southampton in ’12/13.
Above Pogba holds off the visitors
UNITED BRIGHTON
POSSESSION (%)
58 42
26 SHOTS 26
15 5
29 2 5 23 3 5 34
SHOTS ON TARGET
7 3
6 17
13 14 8 15
CORNERS
11 18 10
5 6 11
7 FOULS 9 18
14 7
STARTING XI UNITED SUBS USED: James for Rashford 72’ •

STARTING XI
26 Henderson 17 Fred van de Beek for Cavani 82’ • McTominay for Pogba 84’ 26 Sanchez 8 Bissouma
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood YELLOW CARDS: Greenwood, Cavani 3 White 15 Moder
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 5 Dunk 11 Trossard
5 Maguire 10 Rashford BRIGHTON SUBS USED: Mac Allister for Trossard 63’ • 34 Veltman 9 Maupay
23 Shaw 7 Cavani 13 Gross 18 Welbeck
Zeqiri for Lallana 87’ • Jahanbakhsh for Moder 87’
6 Pogba 14 Lallana
YELLOW CARDS: Gross, White

OTHER RESULTS:
EUROPA LEAGUE | QUARTER-FINAL FIRST LEG
THURSDAY 8 APRIL 2021 | ESTADIO LOS CARMENES | 8PM
Ajax 1-2 Roma
GRANADA 0
Arsenal 1-1 Slavia Prague
Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Villarreal
which was driven in purposefully

by Alex Telles towards Scott
UNITED 2
McTominay, only for it to be turned
away from danger by a defender.
Reds skipper Harry Maguire then
Rashford 31, Fernandes 90 (pen) looked to demonstrate his attacking
potential as he collected the ball in
the Granada half. Driving towards
goal, he unleashed a shot past the
A great Europa League last-eight result in Spain

lunges of several defenders, but
also past the post.
Despite trailing, Granada weren’t
showing many signs of throwing
A sublime Marcus Rashford

strike and a late penalty
from Bruno Fernandes
ensured United built a significant 2-0
advantage away to Granada in the
Moments later, the Reds were in
front. Victor Lindelof received the
ball from a goal-kick and found
Rashford, who controlled it sweetly
before rolling past oncoming
caution to the wind and leaving gaps
by committing players in a bid to
draw level. However, Lindelof was
twice called into action, cutting out
dangerous-looking crosses from
Europa League quarter-final first leg. goalkeeper Rui Silva for 1-0. Herrera and then Carlos Neva.
The Reds’ first chance came The trailing home side created Eight minutes before time,
when Fernandes was fouled 30 a couple of chances before the Fernandes had a chance to double
yards from goal. Rashford sent interval as they looked to hit back. our advantage as he latched on to
the free-kick just over the bar and Yangel Herrera’s shot ricocheted a ball from a break by Daniel James
went close again when he curled off the outside of the post, before but as he cut back and shot, the
narrowly off target soon afterwards. Roberto Soldado found himself goalkeeper was equal to his effort.
Just after the half-hour mark, with an opportunity at the back With United looking likely winners,
Kenedy looked to benefit from a post but couldn’t seriously a late penalty guaranteed the victory
rare move forward by the Spanish trouble David De Gea. as Fernandes was fouled by Yan
side, but he lashed his shooting The second half action began Eteki before our Portuguese ace
chance high into the stand. in earnest with a United free-kick, slotted home from the spot.
MAN OF THE MATCH

VICTOR LINDELOF
Solid at the back with
some key interventions,
and also provided the
assist for Rashford
to open the scoring.
“IT’S A MASSIVE WIN, AND TO GET THE CLEAN

SHEET WAS VERY IMPORTANT. WE ALWAYS
KNEW IT WOULD BE PHYSICAL – WE JUST HAD
TO MATCH THAT AND PLAY OUR FOOTBALL”
DANIEL JAMES

1st
This win meant United had won
consecutive away games against
Spanish opposition for the
Left The Reds walk out in Andalusia; first time, after beating
Shaw drives forward for the visitors Real Sociedad two
Above Fernandes is all smiles after months earlier.
scoring the second from the spot
POSSESSION (%)
GRANADA 33 67 UNITED
1
SHOTS 1
11 13
16 22 20 15 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 2 5 23
3 3
21 4 6 39
CORNERS
10 19 24 21 18 10
11 5
9 FOULS 11
14 12
GRANADA SUBSTITUTES:
STARTING XI Sanchez for Duarte 54’ • Foulquier for Neva 74’ •
STARTING XI
1 Silva 4 Gonalons Machis for Kenedy 75’ • Eteki for Gonalons 86’ • 1 De Gea 39 McTominay
16 Diaz 10 Puertas Suarez for Soldado 87’ YELLOW CARDS: Duarte, Eteki 29 Wan-Bissaka 21 James
22 Duarte 19 Montoro UNITED SUBSTITUTES: 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
20 Vallejo 24 Kenedy 5 Maguire 10 Rashford
Telles for Shaw 45’ • Cavani for Rashford 66’ •
15 Neva 9 Soldado 23 Shaw 11 Greenwood
Matic for Pogba 74’ • van de Beek for Greenwood 85’
21 Herrera 6 Pogba
YELLOW CARDS: Maguire, Shaw, Pogba, McTominay, Matic

SUNDAY 11 APRIL 2021 | TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM | 4.30PM
TOTTENHAM
HOTSPUR 1 Then 11 minutes from time, Cavani
UNITED 3
Son 40
had the ball in the net again and this
time it counted, as the Uruguayan
met Greenwood’s delicious cross
Fred 57, Cavani 79, Greenwood 90+6 with a diving header into the corner.
But there was then drama at the
other end when a Spurs corner was
Another resilient display is rewarded in London

flicked on by Pogba and Cavani,
who headed it against his own post.
It was the Reds who topped
off the victory instead, as the
A superb second-half
comeback helped
Manchester United to a 3-1
victory away to Tottenham Hotspur.
After a scrappy opening, the
build-up – a decision met with utter
disbelief from the United contingent.
The feeling of frustration was
soon added to, when that man Son
slotted home the opener at the back
hugely impressive Pogba found
Greenwood, who fired home to seal
a fantastic comeback success.
first big opening came when post from Lucas Moura’s delivery.
Bruno Fernandes, Paul Pogba and United hit back with a deserved
Edinson Cavani combined to set up equaliser shortly before the hour.
Marcus Rashford, whose effort was After Hugo Lloris saved well from
deflected behind by Eric Dier’s block. Cavani, Fred was on hand to
There was then controversy just hammer into the unguarded net.
after the half-hour mark. Pogba set Three minutes later, Spurs
up Cavani to finish skifully, but the almost regained the lead when
goal was ruled out by VAR after the ball deflected to Son in the box,
Scott McTominay was adjudged to but his shot was saved superbly by
have fouled Heung-min Son in the Dean Henderson in the United goal.
More chances fell the way of the
Reds as Lloris saved from
MAN OF THE MATCH Fernandes before Pogba’s
EDINSON CAVANI close-range backheel
was blocked by Dier.
Shrugged off his disallowed Spurs still looked a
goal and forced the save threat and Henderson
that led to Fred’s leveller, had to be alert to deny
before showing his class Harry Kane, with Mason
with a fine headed goal. Greenwood shooting just
wide at the other end.
“WE OWED SPURS A PROPER GAME – WE HAD POST-MATCH TABLE

THAT IN OUR MINDS – AND TODAY WAS MUCH
BETTER THAN LAST TIME. THE BOSS WILL BE POS PL GD PTS
PLEASED WITH A LOT OF PLAYERS TODAY”

1 Man City 32 44 74
2 UNITED 31 27 63
4 West Ham 31 12 55
SCOTT McTOMINAY 5 Chelsea 31 19 54

TOTTENHAM UNITED
POSSESSION (%)
47 53
1 SHOTS 26
12 12
24 15 14 3 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 2 5 23
3 7
39 17
18 5 28
CORNERS
7 5 10 18 6
27 10 7 FOULS 7
11 15
STARTING XI TOTTENHAM SUBS USED: Sissoko for Lo Celso 61’ • STARTING XI

1 Lloris 5 Hojbjerg Lamela for Ndombele 78’ • Bale for Lucas Moura 82’ 26 Henderson 17 Fred
24 Aurier 28 Ndombele YELLOW CARDS: Sissoko 29 Wan-Bissaka 10 Rashford
15 Dier 27 Lucas Moura 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
14 Rodon 10 Kane UNITED SUBS USED: Greenwood for Rashford 72’ • 5 Maguire 6 Pogba
3 Reguilon 7 Son 23 Shaw 7 Cavani
Matic for Fernandes 90’ YELLOW CARDS: Maguire,
18 Lo Celso 39 McTominay
Shaw, McTominay, Fred, Cavani
Left (from top) Cavani heads home to make it

2-1; referee Chris Kavanagh consults VAR
before harshly ruling out a first-half effort
from our no.7; Greenwood hits number three
Below Fred shows his delight at
equalising for the visiting Reds
2
Fred scored just the second
goal of his Premier League
career – his previous one
came against Wolves
in September 2018.

OTHER RESULTS:
EUROPA LEAGUE | QUARTER-FINAL SECOND LEG
THURSDAY 15 APRIL 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8PM
Roma 1-1 Ajax (agg 3-2)
UNITED 2
Slavia Prague 0-4 Arsenal (agg 1-5)
Villarreal 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb (agg 3-1)
Solskjaer’s side on 34 minutes when

Cavani 6, Vallejo 90 (og) (United win 4-0 on aggregate) he crashed a volley narrowly over
the top after being picked out
GRANADA 0
from midfield by Nemanja Matic.
Our no.18 then dragged one well
wide before Mason Greenwood was
also off target, with the Reds in the
lead and in control at the break.
Both United and our Andalusian
Two more Europa League goals seal a semi spot

visitors had early second-half
headed chances, with Granada’s
sub Jorge Molina and Greenwood
frustrated that they didn’t do better
M anchester United secured

a deserved semi-final berth
in the Europa League, with
an Edinson Cavani volley and a late
own goal sealing a 2-0 second-leg
The same man popped up again
on 20 minutes with another header
that flew just past the post from
a free-kick to fire another warning.
Bruno Fernandes almost added
with their close-range chances.
Cavani added to the missed
header category when he was
picked out by Fernandes in the
56th minute. The striker’s run was
win against Granada at Old Trafford. a second goal for Ole Gunnar perfection, but the execution was
There were no signs of misjudged as his unopposed attempt
complacency after building a glanced off his shoulder and wide.
healthy lead in Spain, as the Reds Donny van de Beek was next to
went ahead on the night after just go close, drilling a shot just inches
six minutes. Paul Pogba’s header wide following a penetrating run
found Cavani, who struck home from Greenwood.
with a controlled left-footed volley. Granada’s late flurry saw them
Granada gave a reminder that almost get a much sought-after
they still wanted to leave their mark consolation goal, but a hit from sub
on the club’s first visit to England Nehuen Perez was handled easily by
when Yangel Herrera nodded David De Gea and our goalkeeper,
just wide two minutes later. who had been largely unoccupied
all evening, then pulled off a
point-blank save from Herrera
MAN OF THE MATCH to secure a clean sheet.
EDINSON CAVANI United went forward to
snatch a second in the final
His first continental goal minute of normal time when
for United was his 50th an Alex Telles cross just
in European competition brushed over Juan Mata’s
and set the tone for head and came off the
a comfortable victory. unfortunate Jesus Vallejo
to make it a routine victory.
“I HAD TO COME OFF [AT HALF-TIME FOLLOWING

A YELLOW CARD]. BUT I KNOW THAT IF I COME
OFF THE OTHER PLAYERS WHO COME IN,
THEY WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE AS WELL”
PAUL POGBA

Left van de Beek bursts clear;
Mata is elated after the second goal
2008
Below Cavani opens United’s account
with just six minutes on the clock
This win meant United had won

three consecutive knockout stage
games without conceding
in European competition
for the first time since
April 2008.
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 59 41 GRANADA
1
SHOTS 1
9 11
29 38 2 27 SHOTS ON TARGET 2 6 20 15
2 3
17 31
4 19
CORNERS
11 18 6 24 21 11
0 4
7 FOULS 9
16 12
UNITED SUBSTITUTES:
STARTING XI van de Beek for Pogba 45’ • James for Cavani 60’ •
STARTING XI
1 De Gea 31 Matic Mata for Fernandes 73’ • Williams for Wan-Bissaka 82’ • 1 Silva 19 Montoro
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood Amad for Greenwood 82’ YELLOW CARDS: Pogba 2 Foulquier 24 Kenedy
38 Tuanzebe 18 Fernandes GRANADA SUBSTITUTES: 6 Sanchez 21 Herrera
2 Lindelof 6 Pogba Molina for Gonalons 32’ • Puertas for Kenedy 45’ • 20 Vallejo 11 Machis
27 Telles 7 Cavani 15 Neva 9 Soldado
Suarez for Soldado 45’ • Diaz for Neva 74’ • Perez for
17 Fred 4 Gonalons
Sanchez 82’ YELLOW CARDS: Sanchez, Neva, Soldado

SUNDAY 18 APRIL 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 4PM
UNITED 3
BURNLEY 1
Greenwood 48, 84, Cavani 90+3
Tarkowski 50
Dogged Burnley are undone by pair of late strikes
M anchester United saw

off Burnley as Mason
Greenwood’s double and
a late Edinson Cavani strike gave
the Reds a thrilling 3-1 victory.
But all the joy disappeared
moments later as Burnley found a
quick equaliser. James Tarkowski
got on the end of Ashley Westwood’s
corner to head the visitors level.
It was almost a nightmare start It was a struggle for the Reds
for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side when to regain control of proceedings
Chris Wood headed home at the against determined visitors, and
Stretford End after just 25 seconds. we didn’t have another clear
However, the Reds’ fears were chance until the 70th minute.
quelled when the referee’s assistant Shaw raced on to a Rashford
raised his flag for offside against pass and crossed for Fernandes to
Wood and VAR was in agreement. steer a header towards goal, where
Scott McTominay then had keeper Peacock-Farrell was well
a shot blocked and Paul Pogba had positioned to save. But the Reds
a header turned aside by Clarets stuck at it and finally broke through on
goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell, 84 minutes. It was Greenwood again
before Bruno Fernandes sent who was on the end of a spell of a
a bending attempt wide.
Marcus Rashford’s thunderous United power-play, firing a shot
shot was tipped over and Pogba MAN OF THE MATCH that deflected off Jack Cork
couldn’t cleanly connect with MASON GREENWOOD to wrong-foot the keeper.
a header, before the former’s Burnley went all out for another
penalty appeal was turned down. Two more key goals by the equaliser but the Reds made
It was a bittersweet opening to prodigious forward, first them pay on the break with
the second half, which first saw sweeping home before Cavani finishing off Donny
Rashford crossing for Fernandes beating Peacock-Farrell van de Beek’s cross for
to step over the ball and with a deflected strike. a tap in to complete
Greenwood to ram the ball home. a battling win.
POST-MATCH TABLE “WE BUILT SOME PRESSURE, ESPECIALLY

DOWN THE LEFT, AND WE GOT THE
POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
32 44 74 GOALS WE WANTED. WE WILL KEEP
CONCENTRATING ON WHAT WE’RE DOING”
2 UNITED 32 29 66
4 West Ham 32 11 55
5 Chelsea 31 19 54 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

5
had won five league games on
the spin for the first time since
Solskjaer’s first six league
matches in charge.
Left Pogba rises highest at Old Trafford;

Victor Lindelof brings the ball out
Below Fernandes congratulates van de Beek
after the latter’s assist for the third goal
UNITED BURNLEY
POSSESSION (%)
69 31
26 SHOTS 15
17 10
29 2 5 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 2 5 6 3
9 3
39 17
7 18 4 11
CORNERS
11 18 6
8 3 8
10 FOULS 9
9 12
STARTING XI UNITED SUBS USED: Cavani for Fred 45’ •

STARTING XI
26 Henderson 17 Fred van de Beek for Rashford 84’ 15 Peacock- 7 Gudmundsson
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood YELLOW CARDS: Wan-Bissaka Farrell 18 Westwood
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 2 Lowton 4 Cork
5 Maguire 6 Pogba BURNLEY SUBS USED: Rodriguez for 5 Tarkowski 11 McNeil
23 Shaw 10 Rashford 6 Mee 8 Brownhill
Gudmundsson 88’ • Vydra for Brownhill 88’
39 McTominay 3 Taylor 9 Wood
YELLOW CARDS: Tarkowski, Cork

SUNDAY 25 APRIL 2021 | ELLAND ROAD | 2PM after the interval. Greenwood’s
through ball should have created
a clear opening, only for a mix-up
between Daniel James and
LEEDS UNITED 0
Fernandes over who would take
it on allowed Leeds to clear.
Fernandes pushed further
forward and crashed a drive wide
UNITED 0
before Meslier was forced into
action to deny Greenwood, as the
home defence appealed for offside.
Seconds later, Fernandes fired
a fine ball to Rashford, who fed
James, but the Wales international
was unable to work it through to
Long-awaited return to Elland Road ends goalless

Greenwood, who was in space
on the left-hand side of the box.
Leeds reacted as Helder Costa’s
shot deflected off Aaron Wan-Bissaka
T he Reds’ unbeaten Premier

League away run in 2020/21
was extended with a 0-0
draw away to Leeds United.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer oversaw
it on target with his knee. Leeds also
had a handball shout against Luke
Shaw denied by VAR in an opening
half-hour of few clear-cut chances.
Fernandes clipped a free-kick
and landed on top of the net.
Dallas and Luke Ayling also
tested Henderson but, with few
chances in the closing minutes,
the game fizzled out into a draw.
a positive start as Mason over the bar a few minutes before
Greenwood’s header from a Bruno Stuart Dallas had the hosts’ first
Fernandes free-kick was held by shot on target, which forced
Leeds goalkeeper Illan Meslier. a simple save from Dean
Marcus Rashford then got his Henderson in the United goal.
finish all wrong after streaking on to The closest we came to a goal
a glorious long pass out of defence was in the closing stages of the half
by Victor Lindelof, providing a let-off as Meslier produced a top save to
for the exposed home defence. tip away Rashford’s free-kick, with
Another Fernandes set-piece Maguire nodding the resulting
from the left threatened but it came corner over the top.
to Harry Maguire at an awkward Both sides looked to inject some
height and the skipper couldn’t steer more passion into the proceedings
MAN OF THE MATCH

AARON WAN-BISSAKA
Beat his man brilliantly to
create an opening
for Fernandes and his
vital touch deflected
Costa’s shot away.
“WE HAD CONTROL OF THE GAME WITHOUT POST-MATCH TABLE

PUNISHING THEM. WE KNEW HOW THEY
WOULD PLAY – OUR ATTACKING PLAYERS LOVE POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
33 45 77
A ONE v ONE BUT TODAY IT WASN’T TO BE”

2 UNITED 33 29 67
4 Chelsea 33 20 58
HARRY MAGUIRE 5 West Ham 33 10 55

LEEDS UNITED
POSSESSION (%)
44 56
1 SHOTS 26
6 16
2 14 21 10 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 2 5 23
3 4
23 39 17
CORNERS
17 15 11 22 21 18 10
2 6
9 FOULS 11
21 11
STARTING XI LEEDS SUBS USED: Poveda-Ocampo for Harrison 68’ •

STARTING XI
1 Meslier 17 Costa Klich for Costa 72’ • Koch for Roberts 77’ 26 Henderson 17 Fred
2 Ayling 15 Dallas YELLOW CARDS: Ayling, Alioski, Roberts, Bamford 29 Wan-Bissaka 21 James
14 Llorente 11 Roberts 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
21 Struijk 22 Harrison UNITED SUBS USED: Pogba for James 76’ • 5 Maguire 10 Rashford
10 Alioski 9 Bamford 23 Shaw 11 Greenwood
Cavani for Rashford 86’ • van de Beek for Fred 89’
23 Phillips 39 McTominay
Left Solskjaer with opposite number

Marcelo Bielsa; Donny van de Beek
fends off Ezgjan Alioski
Below Rashford takes on Pascal
Struijk as the Reds push for a winner
6
Leeds were restricted to just
six shots in this match – their
joint-fewest in a home league
game under Marcelo
Bielsa until this point.

OTHER RESULT:
EUROPA LEAGUE | SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEG
THURSDAY 29 APRIL 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8PM
Villarreal 2-1 Arsenal
UNITED 6
Fernandes 9, 71 (pen), Cavani 48, 64, Pogba 75, Greenwood 86
ROMA 2
Pellegrini 15 (pen), Dzeko 33
The Reds roar back in a thrilling first-leg display
A thrilling, destructive five-goal

second-half blitz from
Manchester United against
Roma gave the Reds a 6-2 Europa
League semi-final first-leg lead, after
penalty, which was duly smashed
home by Lorenzo Pellegrini.
United rallied with two efforts by
Fernandes, before Lopez was called
into action to save Pogba’s piledriver,
Smalling, blocked the follow-up.
However, Cavani made up for the
missed opportunity within three
minutes of the restart, latching
on to a Fernandes pass and
a sensational night at Old Trafford. injuring himself in the process and rifling in an unstoppable effort.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side could being replaced by Antonio Mirante. It was developing into a really
not have wished for a better start The disruption failed to derail the hectic night for our no.7 as he then
when Edinson Cavani knocked a visitors, who took the lead after 33 scooped a great opportunity over
pass from Paul Pogba into Bruno minutes. United old boy Henrikh the bar at the Stretford End from a
Fernandes, who beat goalkeeper Mkhitaryan found Pellegrini, whose Luke Shaw cross after 53 minutes.
Pau Lopez with a chipped finish. cross was tapped in by one-time But it was that man Cavani who
The lead didn’t last long, however, Manchester City hitman Edin Dzeko. did it again, just after the hour,
thanks to a controversial moment as A stray pass from Roger Ibanez tapping us back in front when
Rick Karsdorp’s cross from the right gave Cavani the chance to equalise Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s shot was
hit Pogba’s hand in the box as the in the last seconds of the half, but parried into his path by Mirante.
Frenchman was sliding in to block Mirante saved his shot before United were on a roll and added
a cross. Roma were awarded a another former United player, Chris another on 71 minutes. A VAR
check confirmed a penalty for
a Smalling foul on Cavani,
MAN OF THE MATCH with Fernandes doing what he
EDINSON CAVANI does so well and dispatching
coolly from the spot.
Two goals and two Pogba headed his team’s
assists from the fifth soon afterwards, set up by
no.7 in a devastating Fernandes, before Greenwood
display from both ran on to Cavani’s pass and
himself and his team. beat Mirante to round off
a memorable win.
“WE DID WELL BUT WE KNOW THEY HAVE

QUALITY. MAYBE FIVE OR 10 MINUTES AT THE
END OF THE FIRST HALF, WE DIDN’T LOOK
GREAT, BUT WE GOT OURSELVES TOGETHER”

Left (bottom) Pogba hails Cavani;
(top) McTominay wins an aerial battle
Below Greenwood makes it six to
round off a night of high drama
1964
United became the first side to
score six in the semi-final of a
European competition since
1964 (Real Madrid v Zurich
in the European Cup).
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 64 36 ROMA
1
SHOTS 13
20 5
11 3
39 17
2 17 42 37
CORNERS
10 18 6 7 77
6 2
7 FOULS 9
12 12
STARTING XI UNITED SUBSTITUTES:

STARTING XI
1 De Gea 17 Fred Greenwood for Rashford 76’ • Matic for Fred 83’ • 13 Lopez 42 Diawara
29 Wan-Bissaka 10 Rashford Mata for Fernandes 89’ YELLOW CARDS: Pogba 6 Smalling 37 Spinazzola
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 4 Cristante 7 Pellegrini
5 Maguire 6 Pogba ROMA SUBSTITUTES: 3 Ibanez 77 Mkhitaryan
23 Shaw 7 Cavani 2 Karsdorp 9 Dzeko
Villar for Veretout 5’ • Mirante for Lopez 27’ •
39 McTominay 17 Veretout
Peres for Spinazzola 37’ YELLOW CARDS: Smalling, Villar

MAY
Europa League glory is denied, but fans return
as an unbeaten away campaign in the top flight
is achieved, along with a runners-up berth...
A near-perfect and unbeaten

April saw United march into
the season’s final month
with plenty of momentum in
search of a strong finish.
the days that followed, with Premier
League grounds able to welcome
10,000 fans back for their final
home games as social distancing
restrictions started to ease.
An impressive 6-2 victory over United’s turn came against
Roma in the first leg of our Europa Fulham on 18 May, where an Edinson
League semi-final meant that Cavani wonder strike and a 1-1 draw
despite kicking-off May with helped secure a second-place
a narrow defeat in the return at finish in the Premier League table.
the Stadio Olimpico, Ole Gunnar With one eye on the Europa
Solskjaer’s Reds advanced to League final, Solskjaer named a
the final at the end of the month. much-changed side for the final day
With 20 days between that where the Reds rounded off the
game in Rome and the meeting with domestic campaign with a 2-1 win
Villarreal in Gdansk, the Premier against the departing Nuno Espirito
League’s finale was the sole focus Santo’s Wolves, concluding an entire
for most of May, with a busy league season unbeaten on the road.
domestic schedule to negotiate. Elsewhere, Liverpool secured
Indeed, the Reds would play three Champions League football for next
league games in the space of five season with a win over the retiring PLAYER OF THE MONTH
days, starting with a 3-1 comeback Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace. EDINSON CAVANI
victory at Aston Villa on the Sunday, Chelsea did the same, despite
before back-to-back defeats against defeat at Aston Villa, and Thomas United’s no.7 continued his
Leicester City and Liverpool at Old Tuchel’s Blues would lift the brilliant late-season
Trafford in the following midweek. Champions League trophy six form, claiming this
The loss to the Foxes saw days later, beating accolade in
Manchester City confirmed as Manchester back-to-back
champions, while at the foot of the City in the final in Porto. months. Cavani
table defeats for West Brom and Sadly, the season would started May with
Fulham in the two days prior saw not end with European a brace against
them join Sheffield United in being glory for United, with the Roma before a fine
relegated to the Championship. Reds edged out 11-10 on header at Aston
Having edged out the Reds in penalties by Villa and that stunner
M16, Leicester then overcame Villarreal in the against Fulham, which
Chelsea in the FA Cup final four Europa League preceded his
days later to lift the trophy for final after the equalising strike
the first time, in front of around sides drew 1-1 in the Europa
21,000 spectators in the capital. over 120 League final.
That was a precursor for what minutes in
was to come across the country in Gdansk.

BACK TO
CONTENTS
FINAL PREMIER LEAGUE STANDINGS

P GD PTS
2 UNITED 38 29 74
4 Chelsea 38 22 67
6 West Ham 38 15 65
8 Arsenal 38 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 8 59
10 Everton 38 -1 59
UNITED’S MAY RESULTS 12 Newcastle 38 -16 45
06.05.21 EL Roma 3 United 2 13 Wolves 38 -16 45
09.05.21 PL Aston Villa 1 United 3 14 Crystal Palace 38 -25 44
11.05.21 PL United 1 Leicester 2 15 Southampton 38 -21 43
WATCH!
13.05.21 PL United 2 Liverpool 4 16 Brighton 38 -6 41
18.05.21 PL United 1 Fulham 1 17 Burnley 38 -22 39
23.05.21 PL Wolves 1 United 2 18 Fulham 38 -26 28
26.05.21 EL Villarreal 1 United 1 19 West Brom 38 -41 26
Click here to enjoy (Villarreal win 11-10 on pens) 20 Sheffield United 38 -43 23
all the Goal of the
Month contenders
of the pitch, the Uruguayan

GOAL OF THE MONTH found himself through on goal,
EDINSON CAVANI V FULHAM but stayed composed around
▶
40 yards out. Edinson spotted

Cavani lit up our fans’ return to the keeper off his line and
Old Trafford with a delightful lobbed the ball over him with a
long-range chip against the first-time effort (left). It opened
Londoners. With the ball running the scoring at the Stretford End,
through to him following David sending the 10,000 fans inside
De Gea’s low pass into the centre the stadium into raptures.

OTHER RESULT:
EUROPA LEAGUE | SEMI-FINAL SECOND LEG
THURSDAY 6 MAY 2021 | STADIO OLIMPICO | 8PM
Arsenal 0-0 Villarreal (agg 1-2)
ROMA 3
the hour, as the Bosnian made no
mistake inside the six-yard box
from Pedro’s volleyed cross.
Dzeko 57, Cristante 60, Telles 83 (og) Three minutes later and the home
side struck again. Pellegrini won the
UNITED 2
ball from Fred just outside the area
before Bryan Cristante smashed a
powerful strike into the top corner.
Cavani 39, 68 (United win 8-5 on aggregate) Only the brilliance of De Gea
prevented us going further behind,
as he saved from Pedro, Dzeko and
Mkhitaryan in quick succession.
Defeat on the night but a ticket to Gdansk is ours

Greenwood fired wide before
Cavani headed home Fernandes’s
cross to equalise once more.
With seven minutes to play, Nicola
A rare loss on the road was

not enough to stop United
reaching the Europa League
final with an aggregate triumph.
Hosts Roma attacked from the
called into action again to deny
Lorenzo Pellegrini and then Mancini.
On 39 minutes, Cavani
showcased his immense finishing
quality to put United ahead. Fred
Zalewski’s shot deflected in off Alex
Telles but by then, our progression
to the final was all but assured.
off as Gianluca Mancini was denied released the Uruguayan with

by a brilliant David De Gea save a precise pass and he fired
before Edin Dzeko headed just wide. home with a devastating strike.
For United, Edinson Cavani went A few minutes later, Mason
close when he lobbed goalkeeper Greenwood, on his 100th United
Antonio Mirante, only to see his appearance, performed his
attempt clip the bar and go behind. trademark step-over dribble
He had another chance when before dragging a shot just wide.
sent through one-on-one by Bruno De Gea then stopped an attempt
Fernandes, but Mirante saved. from Mkhitaryan before Fernandes
Ex-Red Henrikh Mkhitaryan had the last two chances of the half,
headed wide while De Gea was missing the ball with a spectacular
scorpion kick and shooting
wide from the edge of the box.
MAN OF THE MATCH Roma had the first chance
DAVID DE GEA after the interval, with Dzeko
testing De Gea but once
Showed his world-class again the Spaniard was
ability and reflexes quick to react.
with incredible saves However, there was
to prevent Roma from little our keeper could do
getting back in the tie. to deny the same player
an equaliser just before
“IT’S A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT TO GET TO THE

FINAL. WE DIDN’T WIN THE GAME TONIGHT
AND THAT’S DISAPPOINTING BUT WE DID
THE HARD WORK IN THE FIRST LEG”
HARRY MAGUIRE

POSSESSION (%)
ROMA 53 47 UNITED
83
SHOTS 1
22 13
2 6 3 33 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 3 5 23
23 12 5
6 17
CORNERS
11 4 7 77 11 18 34
7 1
9 FOULS 7
11 16
ROMA SUBSTITUTES: Darboe for Smalling 30’ • Santon

for Peres 69’ • Zalewski for Pedro 76’ • Mayoral for
83 Mirante 11 Pedro Dzeko 76’ YELLOW CARDS: Karsdorp, Cristante 1 De Gea 17 Fred
2 Karsdorp 4 Cristante 29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood
6 Smalling 7 Pellegrini 3 Bailly 18 Fernandes
UNITED SUBSTITUTES: Williams for Wan-Bissaka 45’ •
3 Ibanez 77 Mkhitaryan 5 Maguire 34 van de Beek
Telles for Shaw 45’ • Matic for Pogba 64’ • Rashford
33 Peres 9 Dzeko 23 Shaw 7 Cavani
for Cavani 73’ • Mata for Fernandes 84’
23 Mancini 6 Pogba
YELLOW CARDS: Wan-Bissaka, Williams, Fred, Cavani
13
Left Rashford on the ball; De Gea
punches clear; Cavani wheels away
after scoring United’s second goal
Below United congratulate the no.7
The total of 13 goals over the

two legs is the biggest ever tally
in a UEFA Cup/Europa
League semi-final.

SUNDAY 9 MAY 2021 | VILLA PARK | 2.05PM
ASTON VILLA 1
UNITED 3
Traore 24
Fernandes 52 (pen), Greenwood 56, Cavani 87
Captain’s injury mars fine win in West Midlands
M anchester United once

again came from behind on
the road to take all three
league points at Villa Park.
The Reds started brighter, with
from distance, before Martinez was
called into action to hold Rashford’s
effort from the edge of the box.
Greenwood stung the palms of
the Villa keeper on 40 minutes, with
Mason Greenwood shooting just Martinez at full stretch to push the
wide with the first effort after five youngster’s powerful shot wide,
minutes. Emiliano Martinez pulled while Ollie Watkins’s drilled effort the edge of the box and blasted
off a great reaction save from Luke was kept out by Henderson. past Martinez at his near post.
Shaw’s powerful strike, before dealing Within minutes of the restart, Maguire nodded over before
with shots from Paul Pogba and Fred. Pogba had a shot deflected wide Henderson had to claw away the
A rare home foray into the United and, soon afterwards, earned a defender’s header back towards his
half resulted in a deflected Bertrand penalty after being brought down own goal, while Rashford went close
Traore shot, after which Bruno by Douglas Luiz. Fernandes from distance and Cavani cleared
Fernandes poked wide from coolly converted to level the scores. a header from Anwar El Ghazi.
a half-chance inside the box. It didn’t take long for another More worryingly, Maguire was
Marcus Rashford was then United goal. Greenwood shrugged then forced off with an injury after
inches away from converting when off the challenge of Tyrone Mings on a collision with El Ghazi – a cause for
he connected with Greenwood’s concern for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
smashed delivery, but he couldn’t Aaron Wan-Bissaka blocked
quite react quick enough. MAN OF THE MATCH from Watkins and Henderson
Despite our early dominance, it BRUNO FERNANDES saved from Traore before Cavani
was Villa who got the opening goal got on the end of Rashford’s
when Traore unleashed a powerful Bounced back from a cross to head home our third.
strike past Dean Henderson after frustrating first half to be Watkins then got a second
the ball had deflected back to as reliable as ever from booking for simulation as
him off Victor Lindelof. the spot, and played key the Reds comfortably
United were still making roles in several attacks. saw out the closing
opportunities – Fernandes fired over stages of the victory.
POST-MATCH TABLE “WE DON’T REALLY WANT TO GO BEHIND BUT IT

GIVES US A BOOST TO COME BACK. IT WAS WELL
POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
35 46 80 IMPROVED [IN THE SECOND HALF]. OLE SAID HIS
BITS IN THE CHANGING ROOM – IT PAID OFF”
2 UNITED 34 31 70
3 Chelsea 35 23 64
5 West Ham 35 10 58 MASON GREENWOOD

10
This was United’s 10th Premier
League win of 2020/21 after
conceding first – a record by
Left Cavani with Villa keeper Martinez; a team in a single season
Maguire is injured in a collision with El Ghazi in the competition.
Above Wan-Bissaka hails scorer Greenwood
ASTON VILLA UNITED

POSSESSION (%)
41 59
26 SHOTS 26
11 18
2 4 5 18 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 2 5 23
5 7
39 17
7 6
CORNERS
11 18 6
15 20 21 5 6
11 FOULS 10
13 18
ASTON VILLA SUBS USED: Ramsey for Luiz 65’ •
26 Martinez 6 Luiz Davis for Barkley 77’ • Wesley for El Ghazi 78’ 26 Henderson 17 Fred
2 Cash 15 Traore YELLOW CARDS: McGinn, Watkins RED CARDS: Watkins 29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood
4 Konsa 20 Barkley 2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes
5 Mings 21 El Ghazi 5 Maguire 6 Pogba
UNITED SUBS USED: Cavani for Greenwood 65’ •
18 Targett 11 Watkins 23 Shaw 10 Rashford
Bailly for Maguire 78’ • Matic for Fernandes 86’
7 McGinn 39 McTominay

TUESDAY 11 MAY 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 6PM Ole Gunnar Solskjaer provided an
attacking injection from the bench
when Edinson Cavani and Marcus
Rashford were introduced on 66
UNITED 1
minutes, but just 16 seconds later
Leicester regained the lead.
Turkish defender Caglar Soyuncu
climbed above Nemanja Matic and
LEICESTER CITY 2
Greenwood 15
thumped a header past De Gea from
Marc Albrighton’s right-wing corner.
The visitors were almost further
Thomas 10, Soyuncu 66 ahead in the 73rd minute when an
Iheanacho cross was met by Vardy,
who sent a header to the back
post. Tielemans, racing in, just
Solskjaer’s reshuffled Reds are narrowly beaten

couldn’t connect with the ball.
Bruno Fernandes came on for
the hosts in the 78th minute and
had the only real chance to salvage
T he Reds were beaten at a

rain-sodden Old Trafford as
Leicester City won 2-1 against
a United line-up much-altered due
to a packed fixture schedule.
the lead on 10 minutes when Youri
Tielemans’s cross was met by Luke
Thomas, who fired his first Premier
League goal past David De Gea.
United made a quick response
a point but the normally dead-eyed
Portuguese midfielder could only
screw his attempt well wide, after
good work in the build-up by
team-mates Telles and Juan Mata.
It was the Foxes who dominated and were level five minutes later.
the early possession and they took Amad, on his league debut, set
up Mason Greenwood to beat
goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel
with a right-footed drive.
After the early goal rush, neither
side could then summon up any
further chances as the half
settled into an uneventful affair.
Jamie Vardy did threaten late in
the half as he ran on to a pass but his
push on Axel Tuanzebe ended the
chance for the visitors to score.
After the break Greenwood had
a chance for his second when he
MAN OF THE MATCH connected with a free-kick from
MASON GREENWOOD Alex Telles, but his header was
deflected behind for a corner.
The in-form frontman At the other end, it took a
got United level when near-post stop from De Gea
he eluded several Foxes to foil Kelechi Iheanacho
defenders before after the striker was
clinically slotting home. put through by
Tielemans.
“OF COURSE WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH POST-MATCH TABLE

THE RESULT, BUT WE PLAYED SOME GOOD
FOOTBALL. THE YOUNGSTERS DID WELL AND POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
35 46 80
SHOWED CHARACTER AGAINST A GOOD SIDE”

2 UNITED 35 30 70
4 Chelsea 35 23 64
NEMANJA MATIC 5 West Ham 35 10 58

POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 53 47 LEICESTER
1
SHOTS 1
4 12
33 3 38 27 SHOTS ON TARGET 27 3 4 33
1 3
34 31
11 8 25 17
CORNERS
19 8 56
3 4
14 9
11 FOULS
9 12
UNITED SUBS USED: Rashford for Elanga 66’ •
1 De Gea 31 Matic 1 Schmeichel 8 Tielemans
Cavani for Greenwood 66’ • Fernandes for Amad 78’
33 Williams 19 Amad 27 Castagne 25 Ndidi
YELLOW CARDS: None
3 Bailly 8 Mata 3 Fofana 17 Perez
38 Tuanzebe 56 Elanga 4 Soyuncu 14 Iheanacho
27 Telles 11 Greenwood LEICESTER SUBS USED: Maddison for Perez 65’ • 33 Thomas 9 Vardy
34 van de Beek Choudhury for Vardy 80’ 11 Albrighton
YELLOW CARDS: None
Left (clockwise from far left) Brandon Williams

crosses; Greenwood salutes his strike;
Cavani’s effort is saved by Schmeichel
Below Amad takes on the Foxes
2006
Amad’s assist for Greenwood was
the first time a teenager assisted
another teenager for a PL goal
since Middlesbrough achieved
the feat in May 2006.

THURSDAY 13 MAY 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 8.15PM
UNITED 2
LIVERPOOL 4
Fernandes 10, Rashford 68
Jota 34, Firmino 45+3, 47, Salah 90
Tough run-in continues as Klopp’s men battle back
U nited fell to a second

successive defeat in just
over 48 hours as Liverpool
ran out 4-2 winners at Old Trafford.
After a brief VAR check for a
Alexander-Arnold’s free-kick to the
back post was headed in by Firmino.
The momentum continued for
the away side early in the second
period. Alexander-Arnold’s shot
potential penalty to the visitors, proved too hot for Henderson to
when Roberto Firmino’s cross struck handle, and Firmino reacted
Eric Bailly’s trailing hand, Edinson quickest to tap in his second.
Cavani shot wide when inexplicably Out of nothing, the hosts found
presented with the ball by Alisson. a lifeline in the 68th minute. Luke
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men Shaw and Cavani were involved in
continued to press and took the lead the build-up, with the latter threading
on 10 minutes, when a bending shot a pass through to Marcus Rashford
from Bruno Fernandes found the who finished superbly to make it 2-3.
net via a deflection off Nat Phillips. The balance of play had now
Liverpool were initially awarded a shifted, with Mason Greenwood
penalty just before the half-hour mark having a shot cleared off the line
when Bailly was adjudged to have before his follow-up was also
fouled Phillips. However, the decision
was overturned when VAR replays blocked by the Liverpool defence.
showed our no.3 had played the ball. MAN OF THE MATCH However, as United continued
Diogo Jota had a shot tipped over AARON WAN-BISSAKA the search for a dramatic
by Dean Henderson but it was only a escape, we were hit on the
brief let-off. From the corner, Phillips Our right-back was one of the break and Mohamed Salah
shot at goal and Jota was on hand better home performers on a ended all hopes of us
to expertly flick in the equaliser. tough night, providing the salvaging a point when
Paul Pogba hit the side-netting assist for Fernandes to he broke forward and
before Liverpool went ahead in open the scoring. finished calmly in
first-half injury-time, when Trent the 90th minute.
POST-MATCH TABLE “THEY DESERVED THE WIN. WE CONCEDED

GOALS IN KEY MOMENTS – IT’S A BAD MOMENT
POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
35 46 80 TO CONCEDE JUST BEFORE HALF-TIME.
WE GAVE THEM TWO GOALS, REALLY”
2 UNITED 36 28 70
4 Chelsea 36 22 64
5 Liverpool 35 20 60 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

5/5
Left Fernandes celebrates the
opener; Fred challenges Firmino
Below The teams line up ahead of the
207th meeting between the local rivals
Rashford has five goals in his last
five home games v Liverpool,
with this latest one being
his 50th at Old Trafford
for United.
POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 53 47 LIVERPOOL
26
SHOTS 1
18 17
29 3 2 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 66 47 46 26
3 8
39 17
CORNERS 6 3 5
10 18 6
6 4
11 9 20
7 FOULS
10 12
UNITED SUBS USED: Greenwood for Fred 63’ •
26 Henderson 17 Fred Matic for Bailly 86’ 1 Alisson 6 Thiago
29 Wan-Bissaka 10 Rashford 66 Alexander- 3 Fabinho
YELLOW CARDS: Bailly, McTominay, Cavani
3 Bailly 18 Fernandes Arnold 5 Wijnaldum
2 Lindelof 6 Pogba 47 Phillips 11 Salah
LIVERPOOL SUBS USED: Jones for Wijnaldum 74’ •
23 Shaw 7 Cavani 46 R Williams 9 Firmino
Mane for Jota 74’ • N Williams for Salah 90+2’
39 McTominay 26 Robertson 20 Jota
YELLOW CARDS: None

TUESDAY 18 MAY 2021 | OLD TRAFFORD | 6PM
UNITED 1
FULHAM 1
Cavani 15
also there to deny Greenwood after

he had been sent in behind by Cavani.
Bryan 76 The Cottagers had managed to
stay in the game and got an
equaliser with 15 minutes remaining,
when Bobby Decordova-Reid’s
Returning fans see a wondergoal... but no victory

precise cross was headed in at the
back post by Joe Bryan. It was a
tight offside call but, after a VAR
check, the goal was given.
U nited and Fulham shared

the points in front of 10,000
supporters at Old Trafford,
in our first home game with fans
in attendance for 14 months.
40-yard effort over helpless Fulham
goalkeeper Alphonse Areola to send
the returning fans wild with delight.
The attacks kept coming as
Mason Greenwood nodded over
United turned the screw in the
final stages but couldn’t find a goal,
meaning the team – and the 10,000
Reds in full voice in the stands –
had to settle for just a point.
Paul Pogba had the first attempt and Fernandes saw a long-range
of the game in the fifth minute when effort held by Areola.
he headed over from Aaron Fabio Carvalho had a chance
Wan-Bissaka’s corner, before for the visitors when he escaped
Edinson Cavani’s penalty claim was from Victor Lindelof, but De Gea
dismissed by referee Lee Mason. got down well to stop the shot.
But our no.7 was celebrating soon The half ended with Fernandes
afterwards when he produced a once again testing Areola and
moment of magic that will be shown Luke Shaw sending an effort wide.
over and over for years to come. Five minutes after the interval,
David De Gea’s ball forward was Fernandes stepped up with a
flicked on by Bruno Fernandes to free-kick and wrong-footed Areola,
Cavani, who floated a glorious only for his effort to fly inches wide.
On the hour mark, De Gea
showcased his world-class
MAN OF THE MATCH ability with a superb double
EDINSON CAVANI save. First, he got a hand to
Ademola Lookman’s attempt
Gave the returning fans towards the near post before
a moment to savour, and saving Carvalho’s header
received a standing from the rebound inside
ovation when he was the six-yard area.
substituted late on. Areola parried another
Fernandes set-piece and was
“IT WAS REALLY GOOD [TO HAVE FANS BACK]. POST-MATCH TABLE
IT’S SUCH A GOOD FEELING. WE DIDN’T GIVE
THEM WHAT WE WANTED WITH THE VICTORY POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
37 46 83
BUT WE’LL FOCUS ON THE NEXT GAME”

2 UNITED 37 28 71
3 Chelsea 37 23 67
BRUNO FERNANDES 5 Liverpool 36 21 63

POSSESSION (%)
UNITED 57 43 FULHAM
1
SHOTS 1
13 8
29 2 38 23 SHOTS ON TARGET 18 16 13
6 5
39 17
14 29 21 23
CORNERS
11 18 6
6 1 48 19
7 FOULS 17
10 15
UNITED SUBS USED: Rashford for McTominay 62’ •
1 De Gea 17 Fred 1 Areola 29 Anguissa
Amad for Greenwood 83’ • van de Beek for Cavani 87’
29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood 18 Lemina 21 Reed
YELLOW CARDS: Shaw, Fernandes
2 Lindelof 18 Fernandes 16 Tosin 23 Bryan
38 Tuanzebe 6 Pogba 13 Ream 48 Carvalho
23 Shaw 7 Cavani FULHAM SUBS USED: Andersen for Reed 32’ • 14 Decordova- 19 Lookman
39 McTominay Loftus-Cheek for Carvalho 63’ • Tete for Lookman 89’ Reid 17 Cavaleiro
YELLOW CARDS: Areola, Lemina, Lookman
Left Ole Gunnar Solskjaer addresses Old

Trafford after the game; (above left) De Gea
and Mata applaud the returning fans
Below Cavani enjoys the crowd’s
acclaim after his stunning strike
25
Cavani became the 25th man to
score 10+ goals in a single PL
season for United – no other
club has seen so many
players reach
that figure.

SUNDAY 23 MAY 2021 | MOLINEUX | 4PM
WOLVERHAMPTON
WANDERERS 1
UNITED 2
Semedo 39
Elanga 13, Mata 45+4 (pen)
First-half strikes seal stunning away milestone
O le Gunnar Solskjaer’s side

ended the Premier League
season with a victory at
Wolves as the Reds made it a whole
campaign unbeaten away from
Williams, put through by Nemanja
Matic, saw his strong shot well
saved by Rui Patricio, before
Telles fired the follow-up over.
There was still more action to
home, on a day when the hosts come before the break when Donny
said goodbye to departing van de Beek went down under the
manager Nuno Espirito Santo. challenge of Romain Saiss. After
Youngster Anthony Elanga not initially giving the penalty, Mike
caught the eye from the off and Dean referred to a VAR check by his jubilant team-mates. United
could have had a hat-trick inside 13 and a spot-kick was awarded. then created the first big chance
minutes. He just couldn’t control an Juan Mata sent the goalkeeper of the second half after 58 minutes
Alex Telles pass when through on the wrong way to restore the lead. It as Amad put James through on
goal, before blasting over after was a poignant moment for our no.8 goal, but the Wales international
being found by Daniel James. who pointed to the sky in tribute to couldn’t keep his attempted
The 19-year-old made no mistake his late mother as he was engulfed flicked finish on target.
with his third chance, however. Telles Axel Tuanzebe did brilliantly
slipped the ball into James on the to get back and clear when Silva
left wing and his cross was met by MAN OF THE MATCH was through, before twice
a bullet header from the Swede. ANTHONY ELANGA thwarting the same player
Six minutes from the break, it was again minutes later.
1-1. The ball dropped to Fabio Silva Was unlucky to not have United subs Hannibal and
as Wolves headed forward and scored before his opener, Will Fish came on for their
he picked out Nelson Semedo to when he powered home debuts late on as the
clip home, via a slight deflection. a textbook header for Reds held out to end
The Reds responded well as his first senior goal. the league season
half-time approached as Brandon with a win.
POST-MATCH TABLE “IT WAS A GAME IN THE SPIRIT OF UNITED

– SIR ALEX AND SIR MATT – IN THAT YOU GIVE
POS
1 Man City
PL GD PTS
38 51 86 PLAYERS A CHANCE. I’M PROUD OF THEM; THEY
TOOK THE BALL WELL AND CREATED CHANCES”
2 UNITED 38 29 74
4 Chelsea 38 22 67
5 Leicester 38 18 66 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

19
Elanga became the 19th different
Left Hannibal makes his debut; teenager to score a PL goal for
United – only Arsenal (20)
Telles holds off Semedo
have had more in the
Above Elanga celebrates competition’s history.
his first goal for United
WOLVES UNITED
POSSESSION (%)
57 43
1 SHOTS 26
14 9
27 16 15 SHOTS ON TARGET 33 3 38 27
4 4
34 31
22 32 8 28 3
CORNERS
6 2 56 8 21
37 17
FOULS 19
14 3
WOLVES SUBS USED: Willian Jose for Traore 27’ •
11 Rui Patricio 8 Neves Gibbs-White for Dendoncker 60’ • Marcal for Ait-Nouri 82’ 26 Henderson 31 Matic
27 Saiss 28 Moutinho YELLOW CARDS: Boly, Dendoncker, Gibbs-White, Ait-Nouri 33 Williams 56 Elanga
16 Coady 3 Ait-Nouri 3 Bailly 8 Mata
15 Boly 37 Traore 38 Tuanzebe 21 James
UNITED SUBS USED: Hannibal for Mata 82’ •
22 Semedo 17 Fabio Silva 27 Telles 19 Amad
Shoretire for Amad 82’ • Fish for James 90+5’
32 Dendoncker 34 van de Beek
YELLOW CARDS: Henderson

EUROPA LEAGUE | FINAL box and Gerard Moreno outfoxed
WEDNESDAY 26 MAY 2021 | STADION GDANSK | 8PM the United defence to dart in and
prod past David De Gea.
For a while, United struggled
to regroup. Greenwood made an
VILLARREAL 1
encouraging and dangerous driving
run in the closing seconds of the
half, but it was a yellow shirt that
Gerard 29 (aet, Villarreal win 11-10 on penalties) was able to get contact on it as it
dropped into the arms of Villarreal
UNITED 1
goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli.
Early in the second half there was
a check from the video assistant
Cavani 55 referee for a potential penalty
after a foul on Greenwood, but
the appeal was quickly dismissed.
Tense European final ends in shoot-out agony

However, there was VAR joy for
the Reds soon after as the equaliser
came. McTominay’s tenacity won a
corner and though Villarreal cleared
M anchester United suffered

Europa League heartache
in Gdansk as we lost out in
an agonising marathon penalty
shoot-out against Villarreal.
Cavani couldn’t quite bring Mason
Greenwood’s high delivery under
control in a threatening position.
The opening goal came just
before the half-hour mark, when
Shaw’s delivery it was powered
back in by Marcus Rashford,
with Cavani on hand to strike.
The 2,000 United fans in the
stadium held their breaths as VAR
Scott McTominay had the first Dani Parejo sent a free-kick into the checked for offside, but cheers of
attempt of the game against the relief erupted as the goal was given.
Spanish side on seven minutes, Rashford, however, would have
dragging his low effort well wide. been delighted that an offside flag
The Reds were enjoying plenty of was raised in the 70th minute
possession, but Luke Shaw’s drilled against Fernandes after the English
cross-cum-shot lacked a decisive striker shot wide with a golden
touch from an attacker in the box. chance from the midfielder’s cross.
Meanwhile, the opposition Cavani headed against
showed they had threats of their a defender but there was no further
own, as centre-back Pau Torres breakthrough in 90 minutes as the
headed over for Villarreal after teams headed into extra-time.
23 minutes. Meanwhile, Edinson Chances were few as the tension
heightened. There was a worry
for substitute Fred when the ball
MAN OF THE MATCH struck his hand in the box but
SCOTT McTOMINAY VAR ruled out any penalty.
It meant the game would be
Put in an industrious display decided by spot-kicks and, after
from start to finish, standing a remarkable sequence of
strong in midfield as he 21 converted attempts,
gave everything Rulli saved from
for his side. De Gea to clinch the
trophy for Villarreal.
“WE HAD THE MAJORITY OF POSSESSION BUT

WE DIDN’T PLAY AS WELL WE KNOW WE CAN
DO AND THEY DEFENDED WELL. WE DIDN’T
CREATE ENOUGH BIG CHANCES”

22
Left (top to bottom) Cavani heads
back to the centre-spot after
levelling; tense Reds watch the
shoot-out; United fans in the stadium
Below De Gea’s penalty – the 22nd With every player on the pitch
kick of the shoot-out – is saved taking a kick, this was the longest
penalty shoot-out in the final
of a major European
club competition.
POSSESSION (%)
VILLARREAL 40 60 UNITED
13
SHOTS 1
12 14
8 3 4 24 SHOTS ON TARGET 29 3 2 23
1 2
39 6
30 25 5 14
CORNERS
11 18 10
7 3
7 9 FOULS 7
10 15
VILLARREAL SUBSTITUTES: Coquelin for Bacca 60’ •

STARTING XI Alcacer for Pino 77’ • Gomez for Trigueros 77’ • Mario
STARTING XI
13 Rulli 25 Capoue for Foyth 88’ • Moreno for Pedraza 88’ • Raba for 1 De Gea 6 Pogba
8 Foyth 5 Parejo Capoue 120+3’ YELLOW CARDS: Foyth, Capoue 29 Wan-Bissaka 11 Greenwood
3 Albiol 14 Trigueros UNITED SUBSTITUTES: Fred for Greenwood 100’ • 3 Bailly 18 Fernandes
4 Torres 7 Gerard Tuanzebe for Bailly 116’ • James for Pogba 116’ • Mata 2 Lindelof 10 Rashford
24 Pedraza 9 Bacca 23 Shaw 7 Cavani
for Wan-Bissaka 120+3’ • Telles for McTominay 120+3’
30 Pino 39 McTominay
YELLOW CARDS: Bailly, Cavani

MEN’S
TEAM:
PROFILES
& STATS
We assess the individual progress of our first-team

regulars throughout 2020/21, as well as the
other squad members and those out on loan...
1 DAVID DE GEA
Few would have predicted at the start given a period of leave to be by his
of 2020/21 that David De Gea’s 10th partner’s side in Spain. This left the
season at United would have door open for Henderson to stake his
concluded with him taking the 22nd claim for the goalkeeper’s jersey on
penalty in an epic shoot-out in the a more regular basis and when David
Europa League final, but you have to returned the roles were switched,
expect the unexpected these days. with the Englishman mainly selected
Position Goalkeeper Such fine margins mean the Spaniard for league games, although the no.1
Born Madrid, Spain, 07.11.90 could have headed into the summer did start against Fulham in our final
Signed from Atletico Madrid, 29.06.11 as the hero of the hour, but instead home game, when he was able to
United debut v Manchester City, 07.08.11 was left to reflect on what might have take the acclaim of United fans in
Previous clubs Atletico Madrid been. Despite Dean Henderson’s Old Trafford for the first time in
return to the club and place in the over a year. In the Europa League,
UNITED RECORD: senior squad for the first time, De De Gea was picked for our ties
Premier League 339 games Gea began the season as first-choice against Granada, Roma and that
FA Cup 21 games goalkeeper once more, starting the heartbreaking final against Villarreal.
League Cup 14 games first nine league games and five of
Europe 63 games the six Champions League group
Other 4 games matches. As the second half of
Total 441 games 2020/21 commenced, the pattern
of De Gea for league games and
INTERNATIONAL RECORD: Henderson for the cups was
45 caps for Spain generally set, although the joyous
news of the arrival of De Gea’s first
child in early March meant he was
26 DEAN HENDERSON
They say patience is a virtue, and night to remember in the Old
that certainly bears witness when it Trafford victory over Liverpool in the
comes to Dean Henderson’s United FA Cup. David De Gea’s spell of
career. The Cumbrian goalkeeper paternity leave in March gave
came through the Academy ranks Henderson his first unbroken run
*All statistics correct up to 10 June 2021. Substitute appearances in brackets
with Marcus Rashford, but the striker in the team and he enjoyed a streak
racked up over 200 first-team of seven consecutive matches,
appearances before his mate had including a clean sheet away to Position Goalkeeper
the chance to make his senior Reds Manchester City. Upon De Gea’s Born Whitehaven, England, 12.03.97
debut in September 2020. This was return, Henderson mainly remained Signed from Trainee
the result of Henderson’s long the keeper on Premier League duty United debut v Luton Town, 22.09.20
journey through the levels of English and started our final league game of Previous clubs Stockport County (loan),
football as a loan player at four the season, away to Wolves. The Grimsby Town (loan), Shrewsbury Town
different clubs, before returning to no.26 ended the campaign with 26 (loan), Sheffield United (loan)
stake a claim as United’s first-choice United games to his name across all
keeper. His long-awaited debut five competitions we competed in. UNITED RECORD:
came in the League Cup away to Premier League 12 (1) games
Luton, and his first league start for FA Cup 4 games
United followed in the 3-1 triumph at League Cup 4 games
West Ham in December, then Europe 5 games
another in the dramatic win over his Other 0 games
previous team, Sheffield United. An Total 25 (1) games
excellent performance in the League
Cup at Everton served further notice INTERNATIONAL RECORD:
of his talents and he enjoyed another 1 cap for England

2 VICTOR LINDELOF
In his fourth season at Old Trafford, With so many players vying for
Swedish international defender inclusion, the centre of Ole Gunnar
Victor Lindelof turned in some of the Solskjaer’s defence was a focus
finest performances of his Reds point for much discussion during
career to date, seemingly upping his the course of 2020/21, with skipper
game in some of United’s biggest Harry Maguire a virtual ever-present.
fixtures. “We are always confident No player started more games in
Position Defender going into every game – we know we tandem with the England monolith
Born Vasteras, Sweden, 17.07.94 can beat every team,” said Victor than Lindelof, who also capped his
Signed from Benfica, 14.06.17 after a peerless outing in March’s defensive contribution with a neat
United debut v Real Madrid, 08.08.17 rousing 2-0 win at Manchester City, finish in December’s 6-2 romp
Previous clubs Vasteras SK, Benfica a display he arguably topped with against Leeds. Only four players –
an outstanding performance in our Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Bruno
UNITED RECORD: narrow 1-0 win at AC Milan, where Fernandes and Marcus Rashford
Premier League 106 (5) games, 3 goals compatriot Zlatan Ibrahimovic was – started more games than the
FA Cup 14 games, 0 goals impressively shackled throughout. Swede, despite him playing for much
League Cup 8 games, 0 goals of the campaign with a niggling back
Europe 26 (1) games, 0 goals injury. “If the team needs me, I’m
Other 1 game, 0 goals going to do my best to be there
Total 155 (6) games, 3 goals and try to perform at the highest
level,” he said. “It’s been difficult,
INTERNATIONAL RECORD: particularly after games, but I’m
41 caps for Sweden, 3 goals trying to be as smart as possible with
it when I’m playing, when I’m doing
my recovery and having treatment.”
3 ERIC BAILLY
The award of a new contract, lasting room. He was thrilled to pen an
until at least 2024, outlined the extension at Old Trafford towards
continued faith in Eric Bailly within the end of the campaign and quickly
Old Trafford’s walls, despite him set his sights forward. “This decision
having to contend with injury issues is something I didn’t have to think
for long spells of 2020/21. The about,” said the 27-year-old. “I love
Ivorian’s season skipped 10 weeks this club and I love playing for
between early October and late Manchester United. A new contract Position Defender
December, plus stretches of late is like a new challenge and I’m ready Born Bingerville, Ivory Coast, 12.04.94
winter and mid-spring, before he for this. For me, it’s the dream to be Signed from Villarreal, 08.06.16
returned to full fitness in the late here. Now it’s my fifth season and I United debut v Leicester City, 07.08.16
weeks of the campaign. Such is his hope to be here a long time. I believe Previous clubs Espanyol, Villarreal
standing in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s in my team-mates. We are a good,
eyes that he was selected to replace young team. The team wants to UNITED RECORD:
injured skipper Harry Maguire in improve and that’s very important Premier League 54 (12) games, 1 goal
the Europa League final, where for the group for next season.” FA Cup 6 (1) games, 0 goals
he partnered Victor Lindelof. Eric League Cup 5 games, 0 goals
performed in typically dominant Europe 27 games, 0 goals
fashion in Gdansk, even if the Other 1 game, 0 goals
evening ultimately ended in Total 93 (13) games, 1 goal
disappointment. An aggressive
and powerful yet deceptively skilful INTERNATIONAL RECORD:
presence in defence, the Reds’ no.3 37 caps for Ivory Coast, 2 goals
is also a deeply popular, charismatic
presence in the United dressing

5 HARRY MAGUIRE
A defensive mainstay ever since his turning in a string of magnificent
arrival at Old Trafford, Harry Maguire performances prior to the England
showed himself as one of the Reds’ international’s badly timed injury,
most important players during just weeks before the start of this
2020/21. Until an ankle ligament summer’s Euros. Though Maguire’s
injury sustained in May’s win at campaign was most memorable
Aston Villa, the England international for a string of dominant defensive
Position Defender was an ever-present in Ole Gunnar displays and key organisational
Born Sheffield, England, 05.03.93 Solskjaer’s defence throughout the performances, Harry also
Signed from Leicester City, 05.08.19 Premier League campaign – setting punctuated his season with
United debut v Chelsea, 11.08.19 a new club record for most excellent headed goals against
Previous clubs Sheffield United, Hull City, successive divisional minutes Newcastle and Sheffield United.
Wigan Athletic (loan), Leicester City played. During that period, skipper Even though he could reflect on a
Maguire demonstrated his value to fine personal effort and collective
UNITED RECORD: the cause, growing in stature improvement, however, the captain
Premier League 72 games, 3 goals throughout the campaign and ended 2020/21 with his focus firmly
FA Cup 8 (1) games, 2 goals on the future and how his club can
League Cup 6 games, 0 goals pick up major honours. “We know we
Europe 20 games, 0 goals can do better in some games and be
Other 0 games more ruthless in others, and really
Total 106 (1) games, 5 goals have great belief in the bigger games
that we can go and win,” he said.
INTERNATIONAL RECORD: “The main thing is improvement
32 caps for England, 3 goals – second isn’t good enough, and
I’m sure the lads all agree on that.”
23 LUKE SHAW
“I knew where I wanted to get to and I performances in forward positions
wanted to prove people wrong,” said made him one of the Reds’ most
Luke Shaw, looking back on his consistent attacking outlets, best
2020/21 campaign. “A lot of people evidenced by his superb goal away
were doubting me and I always to Manchester City in March
believe in my ability to get back to (pictured). “I’m on a much better
where I can be.” It’s safe to say that, path and setting a higher bar than I
having been named Players’ Player have done before,” he admitted. Position Defender
of the Year by his team-mates, taken “Consistency for me is key. I don’t Born Kingston-upon-Thames,
a spot in the PFA Team of the Year want to get too comfortable, I want England, 12.07.95
and played his way into England’s to keep pushing myself and try to Signed from Southampton, 27.06.14
belated Euro 2020 campaign, Shaw deliver high, consistent performances United debut v West Ham United, 27.09.14
had returned to his finest form. each week. I need to set the bar high Previous clubs Southampton
But for the sustained genius of because I believe I can do that and
Bruno Fernandes, the England it only benefits the team and UNITED RECORD:
international would almost certainly myself when I do push myself.” Premier League 116 (12) games, 2 goals
have walked away with his second FA Cup 15 (3) games, 1 goal
Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year League Cup 6 (3) games, 0 goals
trophy after a stellar campaign’s Europe 29 (1) games, 0 goals
work in which he registered a career- Other 1 game, 0 goals
best 47 appearances and Total 167 (19) games, 3 goals
established himself as one of the
modern game’s finest full-backs. In INTERNATIONAL RECORD:
addition to flawless defensive work 10 caps for England, 0 goals
week in, week out, Shaw’s thrusting

27 ALEX TELLES
When announced as a United player featured on the pitch again, his
on transfer deadline day in October patience was rewarded with 10 more
2020, Telles enthused: “To join a appearances before the turn of the
club with the prestige of Manchester year. During that time he set up his
United is a huge honour. I can’t wait first goal, a moment the Brazilian
to pull on the famous shirt.” By the also enjoyed: “Another important
time the season finished, the game for me was against West Ham
Position Defender Brazilian had worn that Red jersey in London, where I got my first assist
Born Caxias do Sul, Brazil, 15.12.92 24 times in compiling a maiden for Mason [Greenwood].” A further
Signed from Porto, 05.10.20 campaign with which he declared 13 appearances followed in 2021,
United debut v Paris Saint-Germain, 20.10.20 himself “really happy”. plus two more assists, to round
Previous clubs Juventude, Gremio, When you play in the same position off a pleasing first Reds campaign.
Galatasaray, Internazionale (loan), Porto as the man later named as the club’s “I believe I’ve made the most of
Players’ Player of the Year, then your this season,” Telles reflected. “I’ve
UNITED RECORD: first challenge as a United player is learnt a great deal, I’ve developed
Premier League 8 (1) games, 0 goals already in front of you. But Telles – as a player and a person as well.”
FA Cup 3 games, 0 goals described as a “fighter” by Ole
League Cup 1 game, 0 goals Gunnar Solskjaer – soon got
Europe 8 (3) games, 0 goals about the business of earning his
Other 0 games stripes as a Red. His debut, in the 2-1
Total 20 (4) games, 0 goals Champions League win at PSG on
20 October (pictured), was one to
INTERNATIONAL RECORD: remember, described by Alex as
4 caps for Brazil, 0 goals his “best moment of the season”.
Though it was a month before he
29 AARON WAN-BISSAKA
The London-born right-back ended Arsenal and home to Southampton,
2020/21 with his 100th appearance saw him repeatedly nick the ball off
in a red shirt, a statistic that reflects the home attackers’ toes, block
how essential a part of Ole Gunnar shots and build rapid counterattacks,
Solskjaer’s United defence he has as well as netting our opener against
quickly become in the two years the Saints after ghosting in at the
since his move from Crystal Palace. back post. Most impressively, AWB
His second season saw him spend topped the United stats for most Position Defender
more minutes on the pitch than any tackles, most blocks and most Born Croydon, England, 26.11.97
Red across all competitions, and he interceptions, highlighting his ability Signed from Crystal Palace, 29.06.19
also opened his goalscoring account: to get a foot in when it matters most. United debut v Chelsea, 11.08.19
his emphatic finish to grab United’s Aaron is now frequently referred to Previous clubs Crystal Palace
third of four goals at Newcastle in as the best English defender in
October was his first-ever senior one-on-one situations, which made UNITED RECORD:
goal. Man-of-the-Match displays it a surprise when he wasn’t included Premier League 68 (1) games, 2 goals
in consecutive league games, at in Gareth Southgate’s Euros squad. FA Cup 5 games, 0 goals
England’s loss could be United’s gain, League Cup 6 games, 0 goals
though, and such are his defensive Europe 20 games, 0 goals
abilities, he could even step inside Other 0 games
and play at centre-half. “I think he’s Total 99 (1) games, 2 goals
done remarkably well,” the boss
said of his no.29 in April. “It’s still INTERNATIONAL RECORD:
very early in his full-back career, England U20s-U21s
and I think we’ll see a lot of
improvement from Aaron.”

33 BRANDON WILLIAMS
After a promising breakthrough a classic example. With United
season in 2019/20, in which the struggling to break down a highly
Academy full-back made 36 motivated Luton Town in the third
appearances, 2020/21 proved a round of the Carabao Cup, Williams’s
touch more difficult for Brandon alertness and bravery drew a foul
Williams. Injury to Luke Shaw had and won the Reds a penalty just
paved the way for his initial before the interval. The local lad was
Position Defender first-team chance in the autumn of solid again in the next round – a 3-0
Born Manchester, England, 03.09.2000 2019, but Williams regularly had to sit win away to Brighton – but had to
Signed from Trainee patiently on the bench this term, as wait until January for his next
United debut v Rochdale, 25.09.19 both Shaw and Aaron Wan-Bissaka starting opportunity, in the FA Cup
Previous clubs None performed stoutly throughout a win against Watford (pictured). Bar
uniquely demanding campaign. substitute appearances, that was it
UNITED RECORD: Nevertheless, Williams showed all until the final weeks of the season.
Premier League 13 (8) games, 1 goal his usual tenacity when called upon. With second place in the league
FA Cup 4 (4) games, 0 goals His first appearance of the year was virtually assured, Ole Gunnar
League Cup 5 (2) games, 0 goals Solskjaer opted for rotation, and
Europe 8 (6) games, 0 goals Williams started two of our final three
Other 0 games league games, against Leicester
Total 30 (20) games, 1 goal and Wolves. He finished particularly
strongly at Molineux, where he
INTERNATIONAL RECORD: helped an inexperienced side to a 2-1
England U20s-U21s victory, ensuring a positive end to a
frustrating term and confirming his
commitment to the United cause.
38 AXEL TUANZEBE
Axel Tuanzebe began the season for his next start in central defence
desperate to impress and establish (despite impressing at right-back in
himself as United’s first-choice the Carabao Cup win at Everton),
centre-back alongside Harry and by Christmas he’d played just 24
Maguire, and his first appearance of Premier League minutes. Even a first
2020/21 could hardly have gone any United goal was cruelly taken away
better. In Paris, he was drafted into the from him when a brilliant header
starting XI for the first time in 10 against Real Sociedad was ruled out Position Defender
injury-plagued months, for our first due to a mistimed Victor Lindelof Born Bunia, DR Congo, 14.11.97
Champions League game of the challenge yards away. But Tuanzebe Signed from Trainee
season, where he found himself up put his frustrations behind him to United debut v Wigan Athletic, 29.01.17
against PSG’s lethal attack of Kylian finish the season encouragingly, Previous clubs Aston Villa (loan)
Mbappe and Neymar. Tuanzebe starting three of our final four league
nervelessly dealt with the pair on their games. He’ll no doubt hope for better UNITED RECORD:
own patch (pictured), in a stunning luck next term, and more nights like Premier League 10 (9) games, 0 goals
display that had every Red cooing that memorable evening in Paris. FA Cup 1 (1) games, 0 goals
with excitement. Sadly, the defender’s League Cup 4 (0) games, 0 goals
season did not kick on from that Europe 6 (6) games, 0 goals
glorious 2-1 win. Injury niggles and Other 0 games
irregular opportunities meant it was Total 21 (16) games, 0 goals
another campaign of what-ifs for the
much-loved Axel, who has captained INTERNATIONAL RECORD:
the club at every level. After a tough England U19s-U21s
night away to Istanbul Basaksehir,
Tuanzebe had to wait until January

6 PAUL POGBA
The 2020/21 season was one the bench. Nominated for the club’s
defined by versatility and coming Goal of the Season, the winner was
up big in the key moments for Paul the type only a composed, confident
Pogba, with the midfielder’s crucial and relaxed footballer could score.
matchwinning goals against Fulham Receiving a loose ball, Pogba paused
and Burnley helping United to the in the box, and then paused again.
top of the league in January. The Chaos ensued around him but he
Position Midfielder Frenchman had begun the season deftly finished through a crowd of
Born Lagny-sur-Marne, Paris, 15.03.93 playing centrally but displays against bodies. He captained United against
Signed from Juventus, 09.08.16 Everton and PSG showed his Granada before finding the net again
United debut v Leeds United, 20.09.11 potential as a wide player. That would in a 6-2 rout of Roma in the semis.
Previous clubs Le Havre (youth), become clearer as the campaign He finished a solid campaign with six
Manchester United, Juventus progressed with appearances in the goals and six assists, while in April he
middle rarer, and those out wide surpassed 200 appearances for the
UNITED RECORD: more common. A hamstring injury in Reds since his senior debut, which
Premier League 122 (15) games, 28 goals February cut short a purple patch of came 10 years ago in September.
FA Cup 9 (3) games, 1 goal form and prevented both Pogba and
League Cup 8 (4) games, 2 goals United from continuing a brilliant
Europe 34 (10) games, 7 goals start to 2021. When he returned,
Other 1 game, 0 goals three assists in three victories made
Total 174 (32) games, 38 goals clear his importance to the team. As
United’s run in the Europa League
INTERNATIONAL RECORD: progressed, Pogba proved pivotal,
80 caps for France, 10 goals the standout moment being a goal of
class in Milan just after coming off
8 JUAN MATA
In what was his eighth season as a valuable option for his manager
Red, amicable Spaniard Juan Mata beyond that early flourish, putting in
continued to have an influence on a fine display at Newcastle in
and off the pitch, offering advice to October, in which the visiting Reds
the young players making their played some very attractive football.
first-team bows while breaking the The sad passing of his mother in
50-goal mark for the club. Mata March made spring a difficult time
began the season in fine fashion, for Juan, who shared a close Position Midfielder
picking up the club’s Player of the relationship with the woman he Born Burgos, Spain, 28.04.88
Month award for September. Goals described as a “source of extra Signed from Chelsea, 25.01.14
against Luton and Brighton in the motivation” in his life. Following her United debut v Cardiff City, 28.01.14
Carabao Cup helped us progress in death, Juan paid tribute to the Previous clubs Real Oviedo (youth),
the competition, with a captain’s support he received from his United Real Madrid Castilla, Valencia, Chelsea
performance on the south coast in team-mates and the fans: “It’s
the latter fixture drawing particular something I’ll always remember.” It UNITED RECORD:
praise. Mata continued to be a highly made for a poignant moment, then, Premier League 147 (42) games, 34 goals
when Mata celebrated a goal against FA Cup 18 (4) games, 6 goals
Wolves on the final day of the league League Cup 9 (2) games, 5 goals
season by pointing to the sky and Europe 35 (15) games, 6 goals
blowing a kiss (pictured). After the Other 0 (1) game, 0 goals
game, fellow scorer Anthony Elanga Total 209 (64) games, 51 goals
praised Mata for his words of advice
pre-match – it summed up what an INTERNATIONAL RECORD:
important role our no.8 holds within 41 caps for Spain, 10 goals
the squad and across the whole club.

17 FRED
The Brazilian has become an “Sometimes players say, ‘it was
increasingly important figure in my best season, I scored so many
United’s midfield in his three years goals’, but my job is totally different,”
at the club, and the 2020/21 season said Fred recently. “My role is to
was surely his best yet. Once again support the attack, for them to do
over this campaign, he hasn’t caught a good job, also for the defence, on
the eye with flashy play – Fred’s been the ball, I think this work is being
Position Midfielder noticed more when he hasn’t been done well, I’m very happy with this.”
Born Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 05.03.93 part of the side, as was arguably the He’s not the only one – his displays
Signed from Shakhtar Donetsk, 21.06.18 case when injury meant he couldn’t saw him recalled to Brazil’s squad
United debut v Leicester City, 10.08.18 start the Europa League final in for the summer’s Copa America,
Previous clubs Internacional, Gdansk. “When I came [to the club held in his homeland. All last season
Shakhtar Donetsk as manager] he was a boy that was Fred tirelessly broke up opposition
struggling a bit,” Ole Gunnar moves and helped start our own,
UNITED RECORD: Solskjaer said of Fred when he made making the hard yards in the Red
Premier League 63 (13) games, 2 goals his 100th United appearance back in engine room. Long may he run.
FA Cup 7 (3) games, 0 goals February. “For players coming into a
League Cup 7 (1) games, 0 goals new country, it takes time to settle.
Europe 24 (3) games, 2 goals Now that he has, he’s grown in
Other 0 games confidence.” The man himself
Total 101 (20) games, 4 goals knows he doesn’t often appear on
the scoresheet – his vital equaliser
INTERNATIONAL RECORD: in April’s 3-1 league win at Spurs was
13 caps for Brazil, 0 goals his only strike of the season – but
his value to the team lies elsewhere.
18 BRUNO FERNANDES
Our ‘Portuguese magnifico’ is the CV, with his curled chip against
man who makes Manchester United Everton at Old Trafford being voted
tick, as demonstrated by him being our Goal of the Season. The variety
voted Sir Matt Busby Player of the of his goals was also impressive, with
Year two years running. Few could memorable strikes coming at
argue with either award, with Bruno Newcastle (finishing a lightning
Fernandes transforming United’s counter), at Everton (a steepling
attack in half a season in 2019/20, header), at home to Istanbul Position Midfielder
then finishing top scorer (28) in an Basaksehir (a rocket of a shot) and Born Maia, Portugal, 08.09.1994
even more influential ’20/21. He was against Liverpool in the FA Cup (a Signed from Sporting Libson, 30.01.2020
an almost instant crowd favourite wonderfully flighted free-kick). Bruno, United debut v Wolves (h), 01.02.2020
upon joining and has continuously who has often captained the side in Previous clubs Novara, Udinese,
added to his standing in fans’ the absence of Harry Maguire, Sampdoria, Sporting Lisbon
affection with sterling displays, promised to give his everything upon
assists and goals at a prolific rate. his arrival at Old Trafford and he’s UNITED RECORD:
Likened to Eric Cantona for his undoubtedly been true to his word. Premier League 49 (2) games, 26 goals
impact – quite the compliment – he FA Cup 3 (3) games, 2 goals
again pulled the strings last term and League Cup 2 (1) games, 0 goals
was as reliable as ever from the spot, Europe 18 (2) games, 12 goals
scoring 13 penalties. The first of Other 0 games
those demonstrated just how cool Total 72 (8) games, 40 goals
he is under the most immense of
pressure, netting with the last kick INTERNATIONAL RECORD:
of the game in our 3-2 league win at 29 caps for Portugal, 4 goals
Brighton. Stunning efforts littered his

21 DANIEL JAMES
After an impressive first campaign Leeds, Southampton and Real
at Old Trafford in 2019/20, Daniel Sociedad. Daniel was especially
James saw his game-time limited pleased with his goal against La Real
until February in his sophomore in the Europa League as United won
season, but the winger worked hard 4-0 in Spain (pictured), but he said
in training throughout and showed his best moment was simply forcing
enough to earn himself a spot back himself back into the first team. “I set
Position Midfielder in the side in 2020/21’s latter months. myself a few targets,” he revealed in
Born Beverley, England, 10.11.97 Used primarily as a rotation player, June as he looked back on the
Signed from Swansea, 12.06.19 the Welshman offers something campaign. “I’m developing every
United debut v Chelsea, 11.08.19 different with his blistering pace, single game and I reflect on every
Previous clubs Swansea City, brilliant work ethic, plus a few goals. game. I’m nowhere near my potential
Shrewsbury Town (loan) He played in some of the Reds’ most and I just want to keep improving.”
dominant displays over the course After representing Wales at this
UNITED RECORD: of the season, scoring in convincing summer’s Euros, the 23-year-old will
Premier League 37 (11) games, 6 goals victories against Istanbul Basaksehir, be working hard to make sure he has
FA Cup 4 games, 0 goals more of a role at club level in the
League Cup 3 (2) games, 0 goals opening months of 2021/22. United’s
Europe 9 (6) games, 3 goals no.21 may be one player in particular
Other 0 games who will benefit from the return
Total 53 (19) games, 9 goals of fans to stadiums. “You just want
to hear that roar of when you’re
INTERNATIONAL RECORD: running with the ball,” he says.
20 caps for Wales, 4 goals “You remember it well in your head...
it will be great to have that back.”
31 NEMANJA MATIC
In his fourth campaign as a Red, and Nema were really important to
Nemanja Matic once again displayed us,” said Bruno. “They worked and
the game-reading, positioning and they worked, and they were two
intelligence that make him a players who calmed down the game
high-class performer in the deeper and moved the ball. In the second
midfield position. Ole Gunnar half, that was crucial.” A month later
Solskjaer relied on the Serbian to it was his manager namechecking
rotate with Fred and Scott Nemanja, picking him out for his Position Midfielder
McTominay as his three chief diligence in snuffing out Wolves Born Sabac, Serbia, 01.08.88
proponents of that role, freeing up counterattacks after our tight win at Signed from Chelsea, 31.07.17
the attacking players further ahead. Old Trafford, and recognition via a United debut v Real Madrid, 08.08.17
One such beneficiary, Bruno fan-voted Man of the Match award Previous clubs Kolubara, Kosice, Chelsea,
Fernandes, was eager to shine a light also arrived after Nemanja’s shift in Vitesse (loan), Benfica, Chelsea
on Matic’s value alongside Fred after the Europa League last-32 second
the dramatic 3-2 comeback win at leg against Real Sociedad, helping UNITED RECORD:
Southampton in November. “Fred nullify the Spaniards and control the Premier League 93 (12) games, 2 goals
0-0 draw that sealed the tie. Those FA Cup 13 (2) games, 1 goal
examples of appreciation – from League Cup 5 (2) games, 1 goal
team-mate, boss and fans – Europe 22 (7) games, 0 goals
demonstrate the value the Serbian Other 1 game, 0 goals
brings. And with 36 appearances Total 134 (23) games, 4 goals
made, passing the landmark of 150
Reds matches on the way, Nemanja INTERNATIONAL RECORD:
can be well satisfied with his 48 caps for Serbia, 2 goals
personal contribution to 2020/21.

34 DONNY VAN DE BEEK
Signed from Ajax in early September maiden term in Manchester, which
2020 to much excitement, the matched his tally of Premier League
midfielder experienced a lengthy starts, with 21 of his 36 appearances
settling-in period at Old Trafford, coming from the bench. But such is
punctuated by moments of his strength at keeping the ball and
creativity and quality that has left recycling possession, much hope
fans wanting more next season. The remains for van de Beek , who can
Position Midfielder Dutchman scored on his debut for take inspiration from team-mates
Born Amersfoort, Netherlands, 18.04.97 the Reds – albeit in a disappointing Fred and Victor Lindelof, both of
Signed from Ajax, 02.09.20 opening-day defeat to Crystal whom kicked on in their second
United debut v Crystal Palace, 19.09.20 Palace – pouncing on a loose ball in seasons at the club. As disappointed
Previous clubs Ajax the box and punching a sidefooted as he was at missing the Netherlands’
strike into the net. As the season Euros campaign after suffering a
UNITED RECORD: progressed, United’s new no.34 groin injury, Donny will be hoping to
Premier League 4 (15) games, 1 goal regularly showed his ability to play hit 2021/22 refreshed and ready to
FA Cup 4 games, 0 goals off the striker, making darting runs help the Reds compete for trophies.
League Cup 3 (1) games, 0 goals into and across the opposition box
Europe 4 (5) games, 0 goals and dragging defenders with him. He
Other 0 games also showed great awareness, with
Total 15 (21) games, 1 goal one particular highlight being his
dummy against Leicester City in the
INTERNATIONAL RECORD: FA Cup, as Mason Greenwood ran
19 caps for Netherlands, 3 goals on to the ball and fired home to
equalise. That was van de Beek’s
fourth and final FA Cup start of his
39 SCOTT McTOMINAY
The 2020/21 season was the year his left foot, just minutes after
in which Scott McTominay proved arrowing home a right-footed finish
himself a key member of United’s from outside the box. In the weeks
first-team squad. Not only was he after that, he achieved similarly
frequently seen bringing the ball out laser-guided placed goals against
of defence and driving the first Southampton in the league, and then
phases of our attacks, but he was West Ham in the FA Cup. On an
also found waiting for chances in ultimately disappointing night in Position Midfielder
order to finish them. Scott carried Gdansk, Scott showed his big-game Born Lancaster, England, 08.12.96
the ball forward more often than any pedigree by earning our Man of the Signed from Trainee
United player besides Bruno Match award, but this is not a player United debut v Arsenal, 07.05.17
Fernandes and Marcus Rashford, likely to rest on any laurels. “I expect Previous clubs None
and also had more touches in the high standards of myself and always
final third than any other Red. expect more,” says the midfielder. “I UNITED RECORD:
That may be one reason why Scott’s can never settle for just playing well Premier League 61 (29) games, 10 goals
goalscoring threat has also – I always want to go to the next level.” FA Cup 8 (4) games, 2 goals
increased noticeably, with the result League Cup 5 (1) games, 1 goal
that he netted a career-best seven Europe 19 (6) games, 1 goal
across all competitions. At 6ft 3in, it Other 0 games
was no surprise to see the Scotland Total 93 (40) games, 14 goals
international pop up to head three of
those goals from set-pieces, but he’s INTERNATIONAL RECORD:
also become a very cool finisher with 23 caps for Scotland, 0 goals
both feet. In December he controlled
and slotted home against Leeds with

7 EDINSON CAVANI
When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took away to Everton in November,
the opportunity to snap up Paris which he soon followed up with an
Saint-Germain’s all-time leading eye-catching brace and assist off the
scorer in October, Edinson Cavani’s bench at Southampton. Meanwhile,
class was never in doubt. But could Edinson’s cool head under pressure
he still offer the same impact allowed him to make breakthroughs
approaching his mid-30s as his old such as the late long-range strike at
Position Forward PSG team-mate Zlatan Ibrahimovic Everton in the Carabao Cup, and the
Born Salto, Uruguay, 14.02.87 did at United a few years previously? all-important leveller against Roma
Signed from Paris Saint-Germain, 05.10.20 Well, he’s already on his way to in the Europa League, which opened
United debut v Chelsea, 24.10.20 exceeding it. His introduction to the the floodgates. That was a stage of
Previous clubs Danubio, Palermo, side at a time when early results had the campaign when the Uruguayan
Napoli, Paris Saint-Germain been patchy offered an important was really firing United to new
new outlet, and Edinson’s clinical heights. Another trademark diving
UNITED RECORD: finishing and shrewd build-up play header against Spurs in the league
Premier League 13 (13) games, 10 goals was showcased in his first strike, was the first of 10 goals in 11 games
FA Cup 1 (2) games, 0 goals during the run-in, the last of which
League Cup 1 game, 1 goal were a long-range stunner against
Europe 6 (3) games, 6 goals Fulham and the equaliser in the
Other 0 games Europa League final. “I haven’t been
Total 21 (18) games, 17 goals surprised by Edinson, just impressed,”
Solskjaer said in February, and the
INTERNATIONAL RECORD: no.7’s contract extension suggests
118 caps for Uruguay, 51 goals the boss sees him wowing the
Stretford End for some time to come.
9 ANTHONY MARTIAL
The French no.9 headed into ’20/21 tad harsh, while the three-game ban
fresh from his best-ever season at that followed hindered his form, not
United: a 23-goal campaign that helped by how limited the team’s
ended with him being named our pre-season had been. Martial scored
Players’ Player of the Year. With his first goal of the season from
Edinson Cavani joining, there was the penalty spot against RB Leipzig,
undoubtedly some pressure on but had just two as Christmas
Martial’s place, but it was surely approached. He found some form Position Forward
hoped the Uruguayan could inspire over the festive period, thanks to Born Massy, France, 05.12.95
and drive his younger team-mate on, goals against Sheffield United and Signed from Monaco, 01.09.15
in the same way Alex Telles’s arrival Everton, plus a brave header in the United debut v Liverpool, 12.09.15
motivated Luke Shaw. But Anthony’s New Year’s Day win against Aston Previous clubs Lyon, Monaco
season got off to a less than ideal Villa. But he would find the net just
start: in just his third game he was twice more before a sprained knee UNITED RECORD:
red-carded for a spat with Spurs’ on international duty prematurely Premier League 131 (36) games, 55 goals
Erik Lamela. The decision seemed a ended his season in late March. FA Cup 16 (9) games, 5 goals
Nevertheless, Martial gave a clear League Cup 9 (6) games, 6 goals
indication that 2021/22 could bring Europe 36 (14) games, 12 goals
better things with a fine display in Other 1 game, 0 goals
the 2-0 win at Manchester City in Total 193 (65) games, 78 goals
March. The only thing missing was
a goal, but Martial was a menace INTERNATIONAL RECORD:
throughout, proving that few can 27 caps for France, 1 goal
live with the talented Frenchman
when he finds the best of himself.

10 MARCUS RASHFORD
Marcus Rashford earned virtually As the draining, pandemic-affected
the entire country’s adulation during season headed towards the final
the first Covid-19 lockdown in spring straight, Rashford’s form slowed –
2020, by forcing the government to and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted
extend their free school meals his no.10 had rarely been pain-free
programme over the holiday period. for any of the run-in. But still he
So heroic was the young Academy contributed, with either goals, assists
Position Forward graduate’s campaigning, it was easy or just selfless hard work. Like many
Born Manchester, England, 31.10.97 to overlook that he eventually of the squad, Rashford will feel that a
Signed from Trainee finished 2019/20 with his best goals less intensive calendar next term will
United debut v Midtjylland, 25.02.2016 tally yet (22). And despite continuing offer him a much-needed chance to
Previous clubs None his phenomenal campaigning work put together full fitness and top form
during ’20/21, he still managed to in harmony. But either way, Marcus
UNITED RECORD: surpass 20 goals once more (21) – will again will earn the respect and
Premier League 134 (45) games, 55 goals the first United player to reach that admiration of everyone who follows
FA Cup 15 (8) games, 7 goals milestone in successive campaigns the club – both on and off the field.
League Cup 10 (6) games, 8 goals since Wayne Rooney between
Europe 36 (15) games, 18 goals 2008-10. Highlights were numerous:
Other 0 (2) games, 0 goals another late winner in Paris to fell
Total 195 (76) games, 88 goals PSG, a white-hot hat-trick against
RB Leipzig (as a substitute) and an
INTERNATIONAL RECORD: injury-time winner against Wolves
41 caps for England, 12 goals in December that had fans dreaming
of a serious title challenge that,
sadly, could not quite be sustained.
11 MASON GREENWOOD
“He’s got something special.” That’s Liverpool in January kick-started a
how Ole Gunnar Solskjaer described run of strong displays and by the end
his exciting young forward towards of the campaign he’d added a further
the end of 2020/21, after Mason eight goals to finish on 12 – fewer
Greenwood had overcome a slow than the 17 in his debut season, but
start to the season to end it on still a fine return as he became the
a high. It was perhaps inevitable third-youngest player in our history
that the prodigious equal-footed to play 100 games, and behind only Position Forward
attacker – who played most of his George Best and Norman Whiteside Born Bradford, England, 01.10.01
games on the right-hand side of our as a teenage goalscorer for the Reds Signed from Trainee
forward line – should come in for (29). Injury meant Mason missed out United debut v Paris Saint-Germain, 06.03.19
closer scrutiny from opposition on the Euros, but more opportunities Previous clubs None
defences in his sophomore season. for England will surely come for one
Such had been his impact in his of the country’s hottest prospects. UNITED RECORD:
breakthrough term, he was forced to Be sure, goals and glory appear Premier League 34 (31) games, 17 goals
spend the opening months of ’20/21 the destiny of this unique talent. FA Cup 7 (2) games, 3 goals
adjusting his game, and although he League Cup 5 (2) games, 2 goals
scored in just his second appearance, Europe 17 (7) games, 7 goals
at Luton in the Carabao Cup, he Other 0 games
netted only twice more before the Total 63 (42) games, 29 goals
end of the year. Niggling injuries
didn’t help, but his all-round game INTERNATIONAL RECORD:
continued to develop and inevitably 1 cap for England, 0 goals
he rediscovered his form. A stunning
strike in our 3-2 FA Cup win against

Solskjaer sends on
Fish at Molineux
Giving youth a chance has

always been an integral part
of the club’s philosophy, with
2020/21 seeing a number
of youngsters take their first
steps with the senior team.
It was Amad who perhaps most
caught the eye, arriving in January
from Atalanta, where he had already
played and scored in Serie A. It was
fitting, then, that he opened his
United goalscoring account against
Italian opposition, heading home
against AC Milan in his third of eight
appearances. The Ivorian impressed
again on his Premier League debut,
against Leicester in May, when he
Amad and Elanga take to the field ahead set up Mason Greenwood to score.
of May’s home meeting with Leicester Also finding the net towards the
season’s end was Anthony Elanga.
SQUAD MEMBERS
Following his first-team bow against
the Foxes, the Swedish forward was
handed a start against Wolves on
the league’s final day, and took his
chance in style when he opened the
scoring with a thumping header.
Others reporting for first-team duty in ’20/21

The bright future of our attack
was further highlighted by Shola
Shoretire, who in February beat
Norman Whiteside’s record as the
youngest-ever player to line up for
United in Europe, shortly after the
17-year-old had been given his
debut from the bench against
Newcastle at Old Trafford.
Others to make their maiden
appearances were Will Fish and
Hannibal, who came on to see out
the aforementioned win at Wolves
after fine seasons with the U23s.
“I was really proud of them,” said
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer of his young
debutants, as well as Shoretire
and Elanga, in the Molineux victory.
Goalkeepers Nathan Bishop
and Lee Grant, as well as midfielder
Ethan Galbraith, did not ultimately
take to the pitch during 2020/21,
Shoretire and Galbraith warm up at Old but were all involved as unused
Trafford, with the pair on the bench as we substitutes, while long-serving
faced Real Sociedad in the Europa League defender Phil Jones remained out
all season due to a knee problem.

It wasn’t just at Old Trafford
where Reds were impressing
throughout 2020/21, with
several players heading out on
loan to gain either valuable match
experience or vital first-team action.
Young Uruguayan winger
Facundo Pellistri was signed by
United from Penarol in October
2020 and was on the bench for our
Champions League fixtures away to
Paris Saint-Germain and at home
to Istanbul Basaksehir, before
making a temporary move to
La Liga outfit Alaves in January.
Pellistri’s time with the Basque
side was disrupted by injuries, but
he still managed to make 12
appearances, including five starts,
helping them climb out of the drop
zone to secure their top-flight
status with a 16th-place finish.
Midfielder James Garner began
the season with Watford, departing
Vicarage Road in January to join
Below Garner bagged some important

goals for Forest in the second tier
Above Pellistri warms up for Alaves;
Levitt on national duty with Wales
LOANEES
There were many Reds who spent last season away from their parent club
fellow Championship club
Nottingham Forest. He featured
regularly, playing 20 times in the
league for both and bagging four
goals with the latter. “All I can say is
we’ve been absolutely delighted with
him,” Forest manager Chris Hughton
remarked at the end of the campaign.
“He’s come in and made an impact.”
Teden Mengi was another
youngster picking up experience in
England’s second tier, as he headed
to Derby County to work under Reds
legend Wayne Rooney in February.
Mengi made nine appearances for
the Rams before injury forced an
early return to Old Trafford, with
manager Rooney saying: “He’s
been fantastic for us. I’ve seen
him grow with each game.”
Like Garner, Tahith Chong and
Dylan Levitt each spent time with
two sides during 2020/21. Chong
played on 13 occasions for Werder
Bremen in the Bundesliga and
helped himself to a goal in the
DFB-Pokal (German Cup) before
joining Club Brugge in Belgium,
where he managed an impressive
four assists in seven league
matches, again netting in the cup.
Levitt, meanwhile, began the
season at Charlton Athletic before Above Mengi received plenty of
a drastic change of scenery in praise from Rams manager Rooney
January saw him loaned to Istra 1961, Top Chong started the season in
whom he helped to avoid relegation Bremen before his switch to Belgium
and reach the final of the Croatian ▶

Football Cup for only the second Ethan Laird followed up his
time in their history. Levitt would end Reds debut in 2019/20 with a
a positive campaign by being named productive loan stint at League
in the Wales squad for Euro 2020. One side Milton Keynes Dons
Two Reds spent a term in Italy, from January onwards, with the
with Andreas Pereira and Diogo defender appearing in all but one
Dalot turning out for Lazio and AC league game after his arrival and
Milan respectively. The pair both registering four assists en route
managed 33 games across all to the Dons finishing in 13th place.
competitions, helping their teams Andreas lines Czech goalkeeper Matej Kovar
finish sixth and second, with Dalot up for Lazio was involved at the same level as
appearing in both legs of Milan’s Swindon Town’s first-choice stopper
Europa League defeat to United. between August and January before
Closer to home, Jesse Lingard being recalled. The Robins were
enjoyed a productive spell at West 23rd at the time of his departure
Ham, linking up with former United and unfortunately remained in
manager David Moyes. In 16 Premier that position at the season’s
League appearances, he netted nine end, resulting in relegation.
times and provided four assists, Finally, Di’Shon Bernard was
winning both the division’s Player a key figure in Salford City’s League
and Goal of the Month awards in Two promotion bid as they narrowly
April after earning a recall to the missed out on a play-off spot. The
England squad. His efforts helped 20-year-old played 30 times in
West Ham to a club-record points Dalot faced United total and chipped in with two goals
tally in the competition, and their in the Europa League and two assists for the Ammies
highest top-flight finish since 1999. from the heart of their defence.
Above Lingard enjoyed a superb

stint with the Hammers
Right Laird, Kovar and Bernard

FAREWELL TO A FEW...
Those who departed United on a permanent basis
Among those moving from M16 at

the end of the 2020/21 season was
Sergio Romero after the expiration
of his contract. The Argentina
international managed an
impressive 39 clean sheets in 61
appearances after signing in 2015,
including in the 2017 Europa League
final as he helped United lift the
trophy with a 2-0 triumph over Ajax.
Leaving at the same time was
fellow stopper Joel Pereira. He
played three times for the first team
– once each in the Premier League,
Romero was a consistent
the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup – performer between the sticks
and spent time away on loan with
various clubs during his spell at Old
Trafford, at clubs in England,
Portugal, Belgium and Scotland, and
most recently with Huddersfield Above Rojo returned to
Town in the Championship. South America in February
At the start of the 2020/21 Below Ighalo and Fosu-Mensah
campaign, United waved goodbye
to Chris Smalling after 10 years,
323 games and five major honours, Pereira joined the
including when he captained the Reds in 2012
team to League Cup glory against
Southampton in 2017. Smalling
spent 2019/20 on loan at Roma
before making the move permanent
in October 2020, later reuniting
with his former team-mates in
the Europa League semi-finals.
Two defenders made mid-season
departures, with Marcos Rojo
returning to his native Argentina Smalling back at Old Trafford
with Boca Juniors and Timothy with the Giallorossi
Fosu-Mensah joining Bayer
Leverkusen. Rojo made over a
century of first-team appearances, Saint-Germain in the Champions
including the 2016 FA Cup final League. Ighalo has since moved
and 2017 League Cup final, while again, to Saudi club Al Shabab.
Fosu-Mensah featured 30 times Six members of the Academy
after coming through as an were also released over the summer
Academy graduate. of 2021: Jacob Carney, Mark
Odion Ighalo rejoined parent Helm, Iestyn Hughes, Arnau
club Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Puigmal, Max Taylor and Aliou
after the end of his loan spell at Traore. The club would like to thank
United. He spell with the Reds was all the aforementioned players for
extended after an impressive their efforts and service with United,
scoring record in the cups, with his and we wish them all the very
final outing coming against Paris best in their careers for the future.

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SEPTEMBER
PL Sat 19 Crystal Palace (H) 5.30pm 1-3 De Gea Fosu-Mensah Lindelof Maguire © Shaw Pogba
LC Tue 22 Luton Town (A) (R3) 8.15pm 3-0 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Bailly Maguire © Williams Fred
PL Sat 26 Brighton & Hove Albion (A) 12.30pm 3-2x De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw Pogba
LC Wed 30 Brighton & Hove Albion (A) (R4) 7.45pm 3-0 Henderson Dalot Bailly Lindelof Williams McTominay 1
OCTOBER
PL Sun 4 Tottenham Hotspur (H) 4.30pm 1-6 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Bailly Maguire © Shaw Matic
PL Sat 17 Newcastle United (A) 8pm 4-1 De Gea Wan-Bissaka 1 Lindelof Maguire © 1 Shaw McTominay
UCL Tue 20 Paris Saint-Germain (A) (MD1) 8pm 2-1 De Gea Tuanzebe Lindelof Shaw Wan-Bissaka McTominay
PL Sat 24 Chelsea (H) 5.30pm 0-0 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
UCL Wed 28 RB Leipzig (H) (MD2) 8pm 5-0 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw Matic
NOVEMBER
PL Sun 1 Arsenal (H) 4.30pm 0-1 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw Fred
UCL Wed 4 Istanbul Basaksehir (A) (MD3) 5.55pm 1-2 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Tuanzebe Maguire © Shaw van de Beek
PL Sat 7 Everton (A) 12.30pm 3-1 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
PL Sat 21 West Bromwich Albion (H) 8pm 1-0 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Telles Matic
UCL Tue 24 Istanbul Basaksehir (H) (MD4) 8pm 4-1 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Telles van de Beek
PL Sun 29 Southampton (A) 2pm 3-2 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Telles Fred
DECEMBER
UCL Wed 2 Paris Saint-Germain (H) (MD5) 8pm 1-3 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Telles McTominay
PL Sat 5 West Ham United (A; att: 2,000) 5.30pm 3-1 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Telles McTominay
UCL Tue 8 RB Leipzig (A) (MD6) 8pm 2-3x De Gea Lindelof Maguire © Shaw Wan-Bissaka McTominay
PL Sat 12 Manchester City (H) 5.30pm 0-0 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
PL Thu 17 Sheffield United (A) 8pm 3-2 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Telles Matic
PL Sun 20 Leeds United (H) 4.30pm 6-2 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof 1 Maguire © Shaw McTominay 2
LC Wed 23 Everton (A; att: 2,000) (QF) 8pm 2-0 Henderson Tuanzebe Bailly Maguire © Telles Matic
PL Sat 26 Leicester City (A) 12.30pm 2-2 De Gea Lindelof Bailly Maguire © Shaw McTominay
PL Tue 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) 8pm 1-0 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Bailly Maguire © Telles Pogba
JANUARY
PL Fri 1 Aston Villa (H) 8pm 2-1 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Bailly Maguire © Shaw McTominay
LC Wed 6 Manchester City (H) (SF) 7.45pm 0-2 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
FAC Sat 9 Watford (H) (R3) 8pm 1-0 Henderson Williams Bailly Tuanzebe Telles McTominay © 1
PL Tue 12 Burnley (A) 8.15pm 1-0 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Bailly Maguire © Shaw Pogba 1
PL Sun 17 Liverpool (A) 4.30pm 0-0 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
PL Wed 20 Fulham (A) 8.15pm 2-1 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Bailly Maguire © Shaw Pogba 1
FAC Sun 24 Liverpool (H) (R4) 5pm 3-2 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
PL Wed 27 Sheffield United (H) 8.15pm 1-2 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Tuanzebe Maguire © 1 Telles Pogba
PL Sat 30 Arsenal (A) 5.30pm 0-0 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
FEBRUARY
PL Tue 2 Southampton (H) 8.15pm 9-0x De Gea Wan-Bissaka 1 Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay 1
PL Sat 6 Everton (H) 8pm 3-3 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay 1
FAC Tue 9 West Ham United (H) (R5) 7.30 pm 1-0* Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Telles Fred
PL Sun 14 West Bromwich Albion (A) 2pm 1-1 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
UEL Thu 18 Real Sociedad (A) (R32, 1st leg) 5.55pm 4-0 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Bailly Maguire © Telles McTominay
PL Sun 21 Newcastle United (H) 7pm 3-1 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw Fred
UEL Thu 25 Real Sociedad (H) (R32, 2nd leg) 8pm 0-0 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Bailly Lindelof Telles Fred
PL Sun 28 Chelsea (A) 4.30pm 0-0 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
MARCH
PL Wed 3 Crystal Palace (A) 8.15pm 0-0 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Bailly Maguire © Shaw Fred
PL Sun 7 Manchester City (A) 4.30pm 2-0 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw 1 McTominay
UEL Thu 11 AC Milan (H) (R16, 1st leg) 5.55pm 1-1 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Bailly Maguire © Telles McTominay
PL Sun 14 West Ham United (H) 7.15pm 1-0x Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
UEL Thu 18 AC Milan (A) (R16, 2nd leg) 8pm 1-0 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
FAC Sun 21 Leicester City (A) (QF) 5pm 1-3 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Telles Fred
APRIL
PL Sun 4 Brighton & Hove Albion (H) 7.30pm 2-1 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw Pogba
UEL Thu 8 Granada (A) (QF, 1st leg) 8pm 2-0 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw Pogba
PL Sun 11 Tottenham Hotspur (A) 4.30pm 3-1 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
UEL Thu 15 Granada (H) (QF, 2nd leg) 8pm 2-0x De Gea Wan-Bissaka Tuanzebe Lindelof Telles Fred
PL Sun 18 Burnley (H) 4pm 3-1 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
PL Sun 25 Leeds United (A) 2pm 0-0 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
UEL Thu 29 Roma (H) (SF, 1st leg) 8pm 6-2 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
MAY
UEL Thu 6 Roma (A) (SF, 2nd leg) 8pm 2-3 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Bailly Maguire © Shaw Pogba
PL Sun 9 Aston Villa (H) 2.05pm 3-1 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire © Shaw McTominay
PL Tue 11 Leicester City (H) 6pm 1-2 De Gea Williams Bailly Tuanzebe Telles van de Beek
PL Thu 13 Liverpool (H) 8.15pm 2-4 Henderson Wan-Bissaka Bailly Lindelof Shaw McTominay
PL Tue 18 Fulham (H; att: 10,000) 6pm 1-1 De Gea Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Tuanzebe Shaw McTominay
PL Sun 23 Wolverhampton W’rers (A; att: 4,500) 4pm 2-1 Henderson Williams Bailly Tuanzebe Telles van de Beek
UEL Wed 26 Villarreal (N, att: 9,412) (Final) 8pm 1-1* ↓ De Gea Wan-Bissaka Bailly Lindelof Shaw McTominay

KEY: PL – Premier League Scorers Bold First sub Yellow card
FA – Emirates FA Cup Penalty (underlined) Second sub Red card
LC – Carabao Cup x Own goal Third sub (United score listed first;
UCL – UEFA Champions League * After extra-time Fourth sub attendance n/a unless stated)
↓ Won/lost on pens Fifth sub

↓
UEL – UEFA Europa League
SUBSTITUTES USED
McTominay James Fernandes Rashford Martial Greenwood van de Beek 1 Ighalo – –

Matic Mata 1 van de Beek Lingard Ighalo Greenwood 1 Fernandes Rashford 1 – –
Matic Greenwood Fernandes 1 Rashford 1 Martial Fred Bailly van de Beek – –
Fred Mata © 1 van de Beek James Ighalo Pogba 1 Rashford Lingard – –
Pogba Greenwood Fernandes 1 Rashford Martial Fred McTominay van de Beek – –

Fred Mata Fernandes 1 James Rashford 1 Pogba van de Beek Matic – –
Fred Telles Fernandes © 1 Martial Rashford 1 Pogba van de Beek James – –
Fred Mata Fernandes James Rashford Cavani Pogba Greenwood – –
Fred Pogba van de Beek Greenwood 1 Martial 1 Rashford 3 McTominay Fernandes Tuanzebe Cavani
McTominay Pogba Fernandes Greenwood Rashford Matic Cavani van de Beek – –

Matic Mata Fernandes Rashford Martial 1 McTominay Cavani Pogba Greenwood Fosu-Mensah
Fred Mata Fernandes 2 Rashford Martial Tuanzebe Pogba Cavani 1 – –
Fred Mata Fernandes 1 Rashford Martial Cavani van de Beek McTominay – –
Fred Rashford 1 Fernandes 2 Martial Cavani Tuanzebe James 1 Williams Greenwood Matic
Matic van de Beek Fernandes 1 Greenwood Rashford Henderson Cavani 2 Williams – –
Fred Rashford 1 Fernandes Martial Cavani Pogba Greenwood van de Beek Ighalo –
Pogba 1 Greenwood 1 van de Beek Martial Cavani Rashford 1 Fernandes Mata – –
Matic Telles Fernandes 1 Greenwood Rashford van de Beek Pogba Williams Fosu-Mensah Tuanzebe
Fred Greenwood Fernandes Pogba Rashford Martial – – – –
Pogba Greenwood Fernandes Rashford 2 Martial 1 Mata van de Beek McTominay – –
Fred James 1 Fernandes 2(1) Rashford Martial Telles Cavani van de Beek – –
Pogba Greenwood Fernandes van de Beek Cavani 1 Martial 1 Rashford Shaw – –
Fred James Fernandes 1 Rashford 1 Martial Pogba Tuanzebe Cavani – –
Matic Greenwood Fernandes Rashford 1 Cavani Shaw Martial McTominay – –
Fred Rashford Fernandes 1 Pogba Martial 1 Matic James Tuanzebe – –

Fred Rashford Fernandes Pogba Martial Greenwood van de Beek – – –
van de Beek Mata Lingard James Greenwood Maguire Rashford Martial Matic –
Matic Rashford Fernandes Martial Cavani Greenwood McTominay Tuanzebe – –
Fred Pogba Fernandes Martial Rashford Cavani Greenwood – – –
Fred Greenwood Fernandes Martial Cavani 1 McTominay Rashford Matic – –
Pogba Greenwood 1 van de Beek Rashford 1 Cavani Fernandes 1 Fred Martial – –
Matic Greenwood Fernandes Rashford Martial Cavani Shaw van de Beek – –
Fred Rashford Fernandes Pogba Cavani Martial Greenwood – – –
Fred Greenwood Fernandes 1 Rashford 1 Cavani 1 van de Beek Martial 2 James 1 – –

Pogba Greenwood Fernandes 1 Rashford Cavani 1 Fred Tuanzebe – – –
Matic Greenwood van de Beek Rashford Martial Fernandes McTominay 1 Cavani Williams Shaw
Fred Rashford Fernandes 1 Martial Cavani Greenwood van de Beek – – –
Fred James 1 Fernandes 2 Rashford 1 Greenwood Matic Martial Amad Mata –
Matic James 1 Fernandes 1 Rashford 1 Martial Greenwood Mata Shoretire – –
Matic Greenwood Fernandes © James Martial Rashford Tuanzebe Williams Amad Shoretire
Fred James Fernandes Rashford Greenwood Martial – – – –
Matic Greenwood Fernandes Rashford Cavani McTominay James – – –

Fred James Fernandes 1 Rashford Martial Greenwood Matic Williams – –
Matic Greenwood Fernandes James Martial Amad 1 Fred Williams Shaw –
Fred James Fernandes Rashford Greenwood – – – – –
Fred James Fernandes Rashford Greenwood Pogba 1 – – – –
Matic Greenwood 1 van de Beek Pogba Martial McTominay Fernandes Shaw Cavani Amad
Fred Greenwood 1 Fernandes Rashford 1 Cavani James van de Beek McTominay – –

McTominay James Fernandes 1 Rashford 1 Greenwood Telles Cavani Matic van de Beek –
Fred 1 Rashford Fernandes Pogba Cavani 1 Greenwood 1 Matic – – –
Matic Greenwood Fernandes Pogba © Cavani 1 van de Beek James Mata Amad Williams
Fred Greenwood 2 Fernandes Pogba Rashford Cavani 1 van de Beek – – –
Fred James Fernandes Rashford Greenwood Pogba Cavani van de Beek – –
Fred Rashford Fernandes 2(1) Pogba 1 Cavani 2 Greenwood 1 Matic Mata – –
Fred Greenwood Fernandes van de Beek Cavani 2 Williams Telles Matic Rashford Mata
Fred Greenwood 1 Fernandes 1 Pogba Rashford Cavani 1 Bailly Matic – –
Matic © Amad Mata Elanga Greenwood 1 Rashford Cavani Fernandes – –
Fred Rashford 1 Fernandes 1 © Pogba Cavani Greenwood Matic – – –
Fred Greenwood Fernandes © Pogba Cavani 1 Rashford Amad van de Beek – –
Matic © Elanga 1 Mata 1 James Amad Shoretire Hannibal Fish – –
Pogba Greenwood Fernandes © Rashford Cavani 1 Fred James Tuanzebe Mata Telles

APPEARANCES,
UNITED APPEARANCES AND GOALS FOR 2020/21 SEASON
GOALS & ’20/21

PLAYER LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP EUROPE TOTAL
APP GLS APP GLS APP GLS APP GLS APP GLS
Amad 2(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(4) 1 2(6) 1
PL STATISTICS
Eric Bailly 10(2) 0 1 0 3 0 5 0 19(2) 0
Edinson Cavani 13(13) 10 1(2) 0 1 1 6(3) 6 21(18) 17
Diogo Dalot 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
David De Gea 26 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 36 0
Anthony Elanga 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Bruno Fernandes 35(2) 18 0(3) 1 2(1) 0 14(1) 9 51(7) 28
Will Fish 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Timothy Fosu-Mensah 1 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 1(2) 0
PREMIER LEAGUE FINAL TABLE Fred 27(3) 1 2(1) 0 3 0 10(2) 0 42(6) 1
Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts Mason Greenwood 21(10) 7 4 2 1(2) 1 10(4) 2 36(16) 12
1 Manchester City 38 27 5 6 83 32 +51 86 Hannibal 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
2 UNITED 38 21 11 6 73 44 +29 74 Dean Henderson 12(1) 0 4 0 4 0 5 0 25(1) 0
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 +26 69 Odion Ighalo 0(1) 0 0 0 2 0 0(1) 0 2(2) 0
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 +22 67 Daniel James 11(4) 3 1 0 1 0 5(4) 2 18(8) 5
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 +18 66 Victor Lindelof 29 1 3 0 2 0 11 0 45 1
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 +15 65 Jesse Lingard 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0 0 0 2(1) 0
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 +23 62 Harry Maguire 34 2 3(1) 0 3 0 11 0 51(1) 2
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 +16 61 Anthony Martial 17(5) 4 2(2) 0 1(1) 1 7(1) 2 27(9) 7
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 +8 59 Juan Mata 6(3) 1 1 0 2 2 1(5) 0 10(8) 3
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 -1 59 Nemanja Matic 12(8) 0 2(1) 0 2 0 6(5) 0 22(14) 0
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 +9 55 Scott McTominay 24(8) 4 2(2) 2 2 1 9(2) 0 37(12) 7
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 -16 45 Paul Pogba 21(5) 3 2 0 2(1) 1 6(5) 2 31(11) 6
13 Wolves 38 12 9 17 36 52 -16 45 Marcus Rashford 33(4) 11 2(1) 1 1(3) 1 10(3) 8 46(11) 21
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 -25 44 Luke Shaw 30(2) 1 1(2) 0 1(1) 0 9(1) 0 41(6) 1
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 -21 43 Shola Shoretire 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(3) 0
16 Brighton 38 9 14 15 40 46 -6 41 Alex Telles 8(1) 0 3 0 1 0 8(3) 0 20(4) 0
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 -22 39 Axel Tuanzebe 4(5) 0 1 0 1 0 3(5) 0 9(10) 0
18 Fulham (R) 38 5 13 20 27 53 -26 28 Donny van de Beek 4(15) 1 4 0 3(1) 0 4(5) 0 15(21) 1
19 West Brom (R) 38 5 11 22 35 76 -41 26 Aaron Wan-Bissaka 34 2 3 0 2 0 15 0 54 2
20 Sheffield United (R) 38 7 2 29 20 63 -43 23 Brandon Williams 2(2) 0 1(1) 0 2 0 0(6) 0 5(9) 0
PREMIER LEAGUE TOP GOALSCORERS

Player Club Gls
Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 23
Mohamed Salah Liverpool 22
Bruno Fernandes Manchester United 18
Patrick Bamford Leeds United 17
Heung-min Son Tottenham Hotspur 17
Dominic Calvert-Lewin Everton 16
Jamie Vardy Leicester City 15
Ollie Watkins Aston Villa 14
Ilkay Gundogan Manchester City 13 UNITED TEAM STATS (ALL COMPETITIONS)
Alexandre Lacazette Arsenal 13 Played: 61
Wins: 35*
PREMIER LEAGUE TOP ASSISTS

Draws: 13
UNITED FIRST-TEAM DEBUTS Losses: 13+
Player Club Gls Player Date Biggest win: 9-0 v Southampton (H, 02.02.21)
Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 14 Donny van de Beek 19.09.20 Biggest crowd (home):
▶
Bruno Fernandes Manchester United 12 Dean Henderson 22.09.20 10,000 v Fulham (18.05.21)
▶
Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City 12 Alex Telles 20.10.20 Biggest crowd (away):
Jack Grealish Aston Villa 10 Edinson Cavani 24.10.20 4,500 v Wolves (23.05.21)
Heung-min Son Tottenham Hotspur 10 Amad 18.02.21 Longest winning sequence:
Raphinha Leeds United 9 Shola Shoretire 21.02.21 5 games (04.04.21 – 18.04.21)
Marcus Rashford Manchester United 9 Anthony Elanga 11.05.21 Longest unbeaten run:
Jamie Vardy Leicester City 9 Will Fish 23.05.21 14 games (30.01.21 – 18.03.21)
Aaron Cresswell West Ham United 8 Hannibal 23.05.21 * inc extra-time win + inc penalties defeat

UNITED CAREER STATISTICS
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BREAKDOWN OF UNITED’S 121 GOALS

Amad 2(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(4) 1 0 0 2(6) 1
Eric Bailly 54(12) 1 6(1) 0 5 0 27 0 1 0 93(13) 1
Player Gls Di’Shon Bernard 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Bruno Fernandes 28
▶
Edinson Cavani 13(13) 10 1(2) 0 1 1 6(3) 6 0 0 21(18) 17

Marcus Rashford 21 Tahith Chong 0(5) 0 1(2) 0 1 0 2(5) 0 0 0 4(12) 0
Edinson Cavani 17 Diogo Dalot 13(7) 0 5(1) 1 2 0 5(2) 0 0 0 25(10) 1
Mason Greenwood 12 David De Gea 339 0 21 0 14 0 63 0 4 0 441 0
Anthony Martial 7 Anthony Elanga 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Scott McTominay 7 Bruno Fernandes 49(2) 26 3(3) 2 2(1) 0 18(2) 12 0 0 72(8) 40
Paul Pogba 6 Will Fish 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Daniel James 5 Fred 63(13) 2 7(3) 0 7(1) 0 24(3) 2 0 0 101(20) 4
Juan Mata 3 Ethan Galbraith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Harry Maguire 2 James Garner 0(2) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 3(1) 0 0 0 3(4) 0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka 2 Lee Grant 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0 0 0 1(1) 0
Amad 1 Mason Greenwood 34(31) 17 7(2) 3 5(2) 2 17(7) 7 0 0 63(42) 29
Anthony Elanga 1 Hannibal 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Fred 1 Dean Henderson 12(1) 0 4 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 25(1) 0
Victor Lindelof 1 Daniel James 37(11) 6 4 0 3(2) 0 9(6) 3 0 0 53(19) 9
Luke Shaw 1 Phil Jones 150(15) 2 11(3) 1 10(2) 1 24(7) 2 1(1) 0 196(28) 6
Donny van de Beek 1 Ethan Laird 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0 0 0 1(1) 0
Own goals 5 Dylan Levitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Victor Lindelof 106(5) 3 14 0 8 0 26(1) 0 1 0 155(6) 3
BREAKDOWN OF UNITED’S 65 ASSISTS

Jesse Lingard 86(47) 18 16(6) 6 11(4) 4 24(14) 4 2 1 139(71) 33
Harry Maguire 72 3 8(1) 2 6 0 20 0 0 0 106(1) 5
Player Assists Anthony Martial 131(36) 55 16(9) 5 9(6) 6 36(14) 12 1 0 193(65) 78
Bruno Fernandes 18 Juan Mata 147(42) 34 18(4) 6 9(2) 5 35(15) 6 0(1) 0 209(64) 51
Marcus Rashford 12 Nemanja Matic 93(12) 2 13(2) 1 5(2) 1 22(7) 0 1 0 134(23) 4
Paul Pogba 6 Scott McTominay 61(29) 10 8(4) 2 5(1) 1 19(6) 1 0 0 93(40) 14
Luke Shaw 6 D’Mani Mellor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Edinson Cavani 5 Teden Mengi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Mason Greenwood 5 Andreas Pereira 24(21) 2 3(6) 0 5(3) 1 4(9) 1 0 0 36(39) 4
Anthony Martial 5 Paul Pogba 122(15) 28 9(3) 1 8(4) 2 34(10) 7 1 0 174(32) 38
Aaron Wan-Bissaka 5 Marcus Rashford 134(45) 55 15(8) 7 10(6) 8 36(15) 18 0(2) 0 195(76) 88
Juan Mata 3 Luke Shaw 116(12) 2 15(3) 1 6(3) 0 29(1) 0 1 0 167(19) 3
Alex Telles 3 Shola Shoretire 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(3) 0
Fred 2 Alex Telles 8(1) 0 3 0 1 0 8(3) 0 0 0 20(4) 0
Daniel James 2 Axel Tuanzebe 10(9) 0 1(1) 0 4 0 6(6) 0 0 0 21(16) 0
Victor Lindelof 2 Donny van de Beek 4(15) 1 4 0 3(1) 0 4(5) 0 0 0 15(21) 1
Scott McTominay 2 Aaron Wan-Bissaka 68(1) 2 5 0 6 0 20 0 0 0 99(1) 2
Donny van de Beek 2 Brandon Williams 13(8) 1 4(4) 0 5(2) 0 8(6) 0 0 0 30(20) 1
Amad 1
(Players on the club’s books as of 30.06.21)
Eric Bailly 1
Harry Maguire 1
UNITED GOAL STATS (ALL COMPETITIONS) UNITED’S TOP SCORERS (U18s)

WHEN UNITED’S 121 GOALS WERE SCORED Total goals scored: 121 Player Gls
Time Gls Average goals scored per game: 1.98 Charlie McNeill 25
0-9 mins 8 Total goals conceded: 68 Dillon Hoogewerf 12
10-19 mins 6 Average goals conceded per game: 1.11 Alejandro Garnacho 7
20-29 mins 12 Clean sheets: 24 (De Gea 12, Henderson 12) Joe Hugill 7
30-39 mins 11 Hat-tricks: 1 (Rashford)
UNITED’S TOP SCORERS (U23s)

40-49 mins 12 Doubles: 12
50-59 mins 12 (Fernandes 5, Cavani 3, Greenwood 1,
60-69 mins 13 Martial 1, McTominay 1, Rashford 1) Player Gls
70-79 mins 15 Penalties scored (not inc shoot-outs): Anthony Elanga 11
80-89 mins 14 17 (Fernandes 13, Mata 2, Martial 1, Rashford 1) Shola Shoretire 10
90+ mins 17 Penalties missed (not inc shoot-outs): Joe Hugill 10
Extra-time 1 1 (Fernandes) Arnau Puigmal 7

UNITED
WOMEN
The full story of another eventful campaign

on and off the field for the Reds, which began
and ended in Leigh, and featured a momentous
springtime win in the Old Trafford sunshine...
CHASING
SEASON REVIEW
DOWN THE
‘BIG THREE’
Reds narrow gap to the WSL’s elite, in a term that ends with a big departure...
T he headline news at the end

of United Women’s 2020/21
season surrounded Casey
Stoney, who said farewell to the
Reds when she stepped down after
the club, all of the fantastic staff, the
fans, and most of all the players, for
the incredible experience we have
shared over the past three years.”
The news came at the end of
three years, one promotion and the Reds’ most encouraging season
plenty of unforgettable memories. yet. While United had marked a first
Having been appointed head top-flight campaign in 2019/20 with
coach when the side was formed an impressive finish in fourth –
in 2018, Stoney led her squad to top behind only the established ‘big three’
spot in the FA Women’s Championship of Chelsea, Manchester City and
at the first time of asking, before Arsenal – the early conclusion due to
firmly establishing the Reds as a the pandemic had created a feeling of
Women’s Super League outfit with unfinished business in the camp, and
back-to-back fourth-place finishes. what might have been had the squad
“It has been an honour to lead the had a full term under their belts.
women’s team at this great club and Aiming to build on that solid start
this has been an incredibly tough to WSL life, Stoney and the backroom
decision,” said Stoney following the team spent much of the off-season
announcement of her departure in working towards strengthening the
May. “I have loved leading this group squad. First to arrive was Lucy
and I am proud of what we have Staniforth – an England international
achieved together. However, after who knew the league well, with
a difficult season with disruption spells at five different clubs since the
caused by the pandemic, I now feel WSL’s inaugural campaign in 2011,
the time is right to take some time most recently Birmingham City.
away and for someone else to come “This is the biggest club in the world
in and lead the team on the next and I’m so proud to be part of it,” said
stage of its journey. I want to thank the midfielder. “I’ve been impressed

with the performances from last
season and the club’s future
ambitions. I wanted to come here
to win trophies and make history.”
Staniforth was joined by Spain
international and full-back Ona
Batlle, who came in from Levante,
and teenage Brazilian forward Ivana
Fuso, following the conclusion of her
contract at Swiss side Basel. Fuso
had represented Germany at youth
level but would go on to win her first
senior cap for her home country
before the end of the ’20/21 season.
Departing ahead of the new
season were Aurora Mikalsen and
Aimee Palmer, as well as Siobhan
Chamberlain and Mollie Green –
two players who played a key role Above Batlle makes her bow as the season
in the Reds’ 2019 promotion – with begins with a tricky test against Chelsea
goalkeeper Chamberlain announcing Below Press (centre of photo) was another new
her retirement. Lizzie Arnot, who will arrival who quickly struck up a close rapport with
forever be remembered for scoring the more established players in the squad
the Reds’ first-ever goal, also moved
on to pastures new, heading to
Scotland with Rangers. the Reds at home to reigning WSL After that, further additions to
The big kick-off for ’20/21 finally champions Chelsea, but Leah Galton the squad gave Stoney’s side some
arrived on 6 September, six months tapped home from a Jackie Groenen serious firepower to call on. First, a
and two weeks after the team’s last cross to give United a first-ever pair of blockbuster signings from the
... competitive fixture. It couldn’t have
been a much tougher opening, with
league point against the Blues and a
highly promising start with a 1-1 draw.
United States, as two-time World
Cup winners Christen Press and ▶
THE EARLY CONCLUSION OF THE PREVIOUS

SEASON DUE TO THE PANDEMIC HAD CREATED A
FEELING OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN THE CAMP
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Sports Village home. “We now

believe we can go toe-to-toe and
Above James makes history in late March as beat the best teams in the league.”
she nets the Reds’ opening goal at Old Trafford That was followed by two
Right Heath would claim four goals in 11 impressive Manchester derby draws, with
appearances, only for injury to end her season early; Heath’s rocket first inspiring a
Sigsworth leads the charge out on the training ground fightback from 2-0 down to draw 2-2
in the league, before the Reds won
on penalties after a 0-0 encounter
in Leigh in the Continental Cup.
Tobin Heath arrived, catching the Tottenham (1-0) and West Ham Such form didn’t go unnoticed,
eyes of the football globe in the (4-2), with Russo, Heath and Press as Stoney and Heath were rewarded
process. “To be here and to wear all finding the net for the first time with the WSL Manager and Player
the badge is huge,” noted Heath. as United players in the process. of the Month awards respectively
“I always wanted to play for Russo’s season would end – the first time either prize had
the biggest clubs and this is prematurely in November following been won by a United figure.
something I am very proud of.” surgery on a hamstring injury – a real It’s sometimes said that these
Press added: “I’m grateful to have blow, but the month did prove to be honours can act as a curse and
the opportunity to play for such a positive one in terms of on-pitch disrupt the form of the team in
an elite club. I feel blessed.” performances. It started with a question, but far from it. The
The pair were soon joined by famous victory over Arsenal as Ella Continental Cup journey ended
newly capped Lionesses forward Toone struck to clinch a maiden with defeat to Everton, but wins
Alessia Russo, who returned to league win against one of the WSL’s at Aston Villa and Reading in
England after spending three years ‘big three’ – and sending United to December, followed by a 6-1
in America with North Carolina Tar the top of the table in the process. dismantling of Bristol City – the
Heels. She was straight into the “I’m proud of every single one of Reds’ biggest-ever top-flight victory
action, coming off the bench in the them,” declared a delighted Stoney – meant United finished 2020
next outing, away to Birmingham, to after the game at her side’s Leigh proudly sat at the WSL’s summit.
help overturn a 2-1 half-time deficit
in a 5-2 triumph, setting up Kirsty
“WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND THERE WAS NO
Hanson for the Reds’ final goal.
After that, United went from
WOMEN’S TEAM, I DIDN’T THINK I’D PLAY AT OLD

strength to strength. There may
have been a disappointing 3-1 defeat
to Liverpool in the Continental
League Cup, but that was offset by
WSL victories over Brighton (3-0),
TRAFFORD. IT’S A SPECIAL MOMENT” – ELLA TOONE
Hanson broke the deadlock with the
Reds’ 100th goal in all competitions
at Leigh Sports Village, in what was
the team’s 34th game there, with
Jess Sigsworth and captain Katie
Zelem also netting in a 3-0 success.
Unfortunately, another key defeat
to a Champions League hopeful
followed. A 2-0 win for Joe
Montemurro’s Arsenal in
Borehamwood resulted in the
Londoners moving to within three
points of United, with a superior
goal difference and a game in hand.
It meant that every match from
here on was crucial, and what
better way to get geared up for
a late-season push than by an
inaugural fixture for the Reds at
Old Trafford? With West Ham the
visitors, 27 March 2021 will go down
in history as the day Manchester
United Women played for the very
first time at the Theatre of Dreams.
“It’s a fantastic opportunity to
showcase the women’s game, which
winning ways with consecutive has seen huge growth over the last
2-0 WSL victories, at home to few years,” Stoney observed before
Birmingham and away to Everton. the behind-closed-doors fixture.
It meant the Reds finished January “But, of course, we will miss our fans.
trailing leaders Chelsea only on goal They are such an important part of
difference, albeit having played a this club and we have felt their
game more than Emma Hayes’ side. amazing support from afar this
It was around this time when season. We are all eager to get
results started to become more them back in the stands as soon
mixed. A first home league defeat in as possible and hope there will be
There was more to celebrate, over a year came against Reading, many more opportunities to play
as Stoney retained the monthly with the Royals claiming a shock at Old Trafford in the future.”
managerial prize and Galton 2-0 win after two goals in the space On a landmark occasion, the
picked up the WSL’s player award. of three second-half minutes. Reds stepped up to the plate in the
Despite such a strong opening That was followed by a second half following a nervy start.
half to the campaign, the boss was chastening 3-0 defeat to local rivals James got the historic first goal,
still hoping for further improvement City as injuries began to take their continuing a remarkable sequence
in 2021. “In terms of the way we’re toll, with Lauren James, Kirsty Smith, that has also seen her bag the team’s
performing, I still think there’s a lot Heath, Staniforth and Russo all maiden strike in the Championship,
more to come from us,” she said. unavailable. Stoney’s team were now the WSL and the FA Cup, before
“But we are winning. We’re putting in third place, in the final European Press thumped in the second
points on the board consistently spot, with the loss compounded by to wrap up the three points.
and we’re in a really good position.” an injury to Galton that would rule Among the players, Toone –
The new year began as the her out of the next five matches. a graduate of United’s highly
season had, with a meeting against “We need to learn very quickly respected Regional Talent Club
Chelsea, as the Reds were narrowly that if you don’t get the basics right – was particularly delighted to mark
edged out for a first WSL defeat of at this level, you’re going to get the momentous day with a victory:
the season. Heath was an unused punished,” said Stoney after the “When I was younger at the club and
substitute in that game, but would derby loss. “We’ve conceded five there was no women’s team, I didn’t
sadly not feature again, as an in two games – if you’re going to think I’d be playing at Old Trafford, so
ankle problem ruled her out win a title you can’t do that. But today was a special moment, being a
for the remaining months. Champions League qualification lifelong United fan,” said Toone, who
Reasons to be cheerful soon is still in our hands and that would finish the season as the Reds’
returned, however. On 22 January, has always been our aim.” top scorer with 10. “It’s going to be
defender Maria Thorisdottir signed A swift response was needed, special every time we step out at Old
from Chelsea, replacing the outgoing and it came at home to Aston Villa Trafford, hopefully many times in
Lotta Okvist, and United got back to for the team’s opening March fixture. the future. We always want the fans ▶

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and our families here; today would

have been nice with them to enjoy
the occasion. In the future, with a lot
of people, it would be even better.”
From Old Trafford to The People’s
Pension Stadium in Crawley, where
the Reds’ next outing proved a
difficult one to swallow. United
went down to a third straight away
defeat, losing 1-0 to Brighton. On
the same weekend Arsenal Above Both Turners were on target as the FA Cup
climbed to third, level on points campaign began with a huge win against Burnley
Below High emotion in the Cup’s fifth round, as the players
with United but with a superior goal
celebrate a goal with Stoney during her last game in charge
difference and a game in hand.
Dropping out of the European
places after so long in the top three
was tough to take, but there was at “I’ll never forget the first day
least the distraction of the start of when I walked in and welcomed
the delayed FA Cup adventure in the everybody,” she recalled ahead of
next game. The Cup had been cut her final game, against Leicester in
short at the fifth-round stage in the FA Cup. “We had very clear
2019/20, with Manchester City ambitions on where we wanted to
lifting the trophy as late as October go. We’ve progressed every year –
2020 when it eventually resumed. not just in terms of personnel. If you
For the Reds, it was a first FA Cup look at the players we had then [at
outing since losing to City in January the start], the nucleus of the squad is
2020, and they made a fine return still the same. But the amount those
with a commanding 6-0 fourth-round players have developed, they’ve
success away to Burnley – a maiden season, but ultimately it wasn’t progressed so much. We’ve made
meeting between the two sides. quite enough to claim that coveted youngsters into senior internationals.
Efforts from Millie Turner, Toone European spot. United finished They’re an incredible group. I’ve
(below), Staniforth, Amy Turner and fourth for the second year in a row, got fantastic staff around me and
a Hanson brace resulted in a biggest just one point behind Arsenal, we’ve been on a hell of a journey.
win of the season, while Toone’s although two would really have been It’s very sad it’s come to an end.
goal – United’s second on the day – required to overtake them due to “We’ve massively missed the fans
was the Reds’ 200th as a club, 16 their vastly superior goal difference. this year,” she added. “I’ll never forget
minutes into the team’s 73rd game. “We’ve massively progressed,” that first year, when I had a real
“We look at the first season when Stoney said when summing up the feeling of what it was like to be at
we scored a boatload of goals in the campaign. “That’s credit to the Manchester United because of them.
Championship – we knew it was players and staff. But I’ll always They’ve been incredible. They’ve
going to be more difficult in the be looking back on this season followed us up and down the country,
Super League to sustain that, thinking, ‘what if?’ Had we through thick and thin. Privately, I’m
so to hit the 200 mark is really had everyone fit, had our probably glad they’re not there [for
pleasing,” Stoney reflected. circumstances been the final game], because it would
“We’d like more, though!” slightly different, could make it even more emotional for me.”
That message was we have qualified for the Ultimately, there would be
received as Spurs were Champions League? no winning sign-off as the newly
hit for four when WSL If we had picked up a promoted Foxes claimed a surprise
action resumed. Toone’s result against Brighton
double bookended the or Reading, it might
triumph, as Press and be a different story.”
Sigsworth added strikes Three days after beating
of their own, but at this the Toffees in our WSL
point it was a case of finale, it was announced
needing Arsenal to that Casey would be
drop points in order stepping down as boss,
to reclaim third place. bringing an end to three
The Reds kept fighting excellent years of growth
until the very end, securing that took United Women
hard-fought wins away to from the first steps as
Bristol City and at home to a team to the brink of
Everton to see out the WSL European qualification.
182 Manchester United 2020/21

good moments together and they
THE REDS KEPT FIGHTING UNTIL THE END, have given me strength and purpose
in the tough moments. Thank you
BUT ULTIMATELY IT WASN’T QUITE ENOUGH for standing with me always.’
Now, United Women look ahead
TO CLAIM THAT COVETED EUROPEAN PLACE

to the future with new faces and
new challenges on the horizon.
The end of June saw the
departure of forwards Sigsworth
3-2 win at Leigh Sports Village, but to social media for one last goodbye: and Jane Ross upon the expiry of
the love the players had for their ‘There are not enough words or their contracts. American duo Heath
departing manager was clear for actions that can do justice to how and Press, having signed one-year
all to see when the players raced grateful and thankful I am to my deals in the summer of 2020, also
over to embrace her after players, my staff and the fans. It has left the club, as did defender Amy
Sigsworth opened the scoring. been an honour and a privilege to Turner, who joined National Women’s
Afterwards, Stoney spoke of her lead this group of incredible people. Soccer League side Orlando Pride.
belief that the side could continue to “They inspired me every day At the time of writing, the
grow after she was gone: “I believe to work harder to be a better new head coach had yet to be
this team has a bright future and I will manager and a better person. I have announced, but whoever steps
be their biggest supporter moving memories that I will take with me in will be tasked with leading this
forward. I’ve got huge pride in the forever. They will always have a special group of players on to the
foundations that are set now for special place in my heart. I would like next stage of their impressive
the new manager. It’s a fantastic to thank my family who have been progression, with United’s third
group they’re coming into.” In her by my side through everything. We WSL campaign beginning on
final message as a Red, Casey took have shared and celebrated the the weekend of 3-5 September. ⬤
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UNITED WOMEN
1 EMILY
RAMSEY
WOMEN’S
Ramsey began 2020/21
as back-up to regular
TEAM:
goalkeeper Mary Earps,
appearing on the bench in
each of the Reds’ opening
PROFILES
eight WSL games. Her first
match action came
against Liverpool in the
& STATS
Continental Cup, and she
enjoyed a memorable
night in the same Position Goalkeeper
competition when, after DOB 16/11/2000
a 0-0 draw against Nationality English
Manchester City, Ramsey Previous clubs
saved a spot-kick from Liverpool,
Laura Coombes en route Sheffield United (loan),
A player-by-player review of the

to a penalty shoot-out win. West Ham United (loan)
In March, she joined West
27 Reds to wear the famous shirt

Ham on an emergency
loan, playing in their 11-0 FA
during the 2020/21 campaign...

Cup win over Chichester &
Selsey before returning to
her parent club in April.
22 FRAN 27 MARY
BENTLEY EARPS
Young goalkeeper Last season saw

Bentley agreed to join Nottingham-born stopper
Championship side Earps maintain her record
Blackburn on a of playing every minute of
season-long loan in every WSL game for the
September 2020, quickly Reds since her July 2019
establishing herself as first arrival, with her assured
choice and starting their displays between the
opening four league sticks seeing her sign a
fixtures. An injury later new contract in February,
kept her out of the squad Position Goalkeeper keeping her at the club to Position Goalkeeper
and she was recalled by DOB 26/06/2001 at least June 2023. Hugely DOB 07/03/1993
the Reds in December, Nationality English dedicated to her craft – “I Nationality English
first appearing on the Previous clubs eat, sleep, breathe, dream Previous clubs
subs’ bench against Manchester City, the game!” she admits – Leicester City,
Reading before doing so in Sheffield United (loan), the no.27 would have been Nottingham Forest,
each fixture until the end Blackburn Rovers (loan) reasonably happy with Doncaster Rovers Belles,
of the season. In April, she 11 clean sheets from 25 Coventry City (loan),
came on against Burnley in appearances in ’20/21, but Birmingham City,
the FA Cup for her second no doubt eager to boost Bristol City,
United appearance, those figures next term, Reading,
helping preserve a clean while pushing to reclaim a Wolfsburg
sheet in a 6-0 victory. place in the England team.

2 MARTHA 4 AMY
HARRIS TURNER
After featuring regularly in A natural leader and a

2019/20, an ankle problem mentor to the younger
meant full-back Harris players, vice-skipper Amy
had to wait until our final Turner wore the armband
game of 2020 for her first seven times in 2020/21 in
appearance of the latest Katie Zelem’s absence,
campaign. “I was out for a with her 21 league runouts
long time,” she noted. “But being a career-high tally
I had great support from for the Sheffield-born no.4.
the staff and team-mates, In addition to a string of
and I’m just glad to be Position Defender commanding displays at Position Defender
back.” Unfortunately, DOB 19/08/1994 the back, Amy displayed DOB 04/07/1991
another knock, picked Nationality English her skills at the other end Nationality English
up against Birmingham Previous clubs with an opportunist finish Previous clubs
in January, meant Martha Lincoln Ladies, in the FA Cup romp at Doncaster Rovers Belles,
didn’t play for the next Liverpool Burnley. Following 67 Reds Hofstra Pride,
three matches, but appearances – only Doncaster Rovers Belles,
afterwards she began namesake Millie, Ella Leeds United,
to appear more often, Toone and Zelem have Sheffield FC,
starting four of the more – Amy departed Notts County,
final nine games of the the club in June to join Liverpool
season and coming off National Women’s Soccer
the bench in another two. League side Orlando Pride.
3 MARIA 5 ABBIE
THORISDOTTIR McMANUS
A commanding defender McManus began the

with plenty of top-division season by starting each
experience and 45 of United’s first six games
Norway caps to her name, across all competitions,
Thorisdottir signed for the helping to keep clean
Reds from Chelsea in sheets at home to
late January, having Brighton and away to
previously won two WSL Spurs as well as finding
titles, one FA Cup and one the net in the Continental
Continental Cup during Cup visit to Liverpool.
her time with the west Position Defender Fierce competition for Position Defender
London club. Maria DOB 05/06/1993 places in defence meant DOB 14/01/1993
– who is also a gifted Nationality Norwegian she had to wait until Nationality English
handball player – made Previous clubs December for her next Previous clubs
her United debut at home Klepp, runout, before sealing a Manchester City,
to Reading in February Chelsea January loan switch to Sheffield FC
and appeared eight times Tottenham. McManus Manchester City
in total before the season’s became a key figure for Tottenham Hotspur (loan)
end, notably providing the the London club, playing
assist for Lauren James to every minute of every
score the team’s first-ever game following her arrival
Old Trafford goal, against other than against United,
West Ham in March. when she was ineligible.

17 ONA 20 KIRSTY
BATLLE SMITH
As far as debut seasons Smith continued to be a

go, Batlle’s was highly solid presence for United
encouraging. The Spanish in defence, making 16
international full-back appearances in total
joined from Levante in in 2020/21, including
July 2020 and started the 14 starts. Injuries in
first two games of the November and February
campaign before injury restricted her from adding
kept her on the sidelines to that tally but she was
throughout October. But still able to feature in some
from then on, she was Position Defender impressive successes, Position Defender
back in Stoney’s first XI for DOB 10/06/1999 and she ended the DOB 06/01/1994
20 straight games through Nationality Spanish campaign by starting each Nationality Scottish
to May, with only three Previous clubs of the final five fixtures. Previous clubs Hibernian
Reds appearing from the Madrid CFF, That included helping the
off on more occasions Levante Reds to a clean sheet with
across the season. Ona’s a 1-0 win away to Bristol
lung-busting displays were City in early May – a
rewarded when she was victory made all the more
named United’s Player special for the Scottish
of the Year, as chosen international as she
by team-mates and reached a half-century
backroom staff members. of matches for the Reds.
21 MILLIE 32 TARA
TURNER BOURNE
There can be few more It was a landmark term

reliable figures in football for homegrown player
than defender Millie Bourne, as the teenager
Turner. The imposing made her first steps in the
centre-back did not professional game,
miss a single minute of starting by being
first-team action during named on the bench for
2020/21, meaning she has February’s meeting at
now played in 76 of the home to Reading in the
team’s 77 fixtures so far – WSL. Tara was back
more than any other Red. Position Defender among the subs for eight Position Defender
As well as providing a DOB 07/07/1996 subsequent fixtures, DOB 17/07/2003
commanding influence Nationality English including away to Burnley Nationality English
at the back, Millie also Previous clubs in the FA Cup, when she Previous clubs None
demonstrated her Everton, replaced Amy Turner just
effectiveness at the other Bristol City before the hour to make
end, scoring three times her senior debut. “All
– including the winner the players were really
away to Spurs – and also delighted for her,” said
provided an assist. In Casey Stoney of the
September 2020 she also young defender. “It was
received her first call-up really pleasing and a calm,
to England’s senior squad. assured performance.”

10 KATIE 12 HAYLEY
ZELEM LADD
Zelem’s second season It was another strong

as skipper saw her once season for Ladd. In
again hold a pivotal role in September, she was
linking defence and attack, belatedly named the
with the silky-footed no.10 team’s Player of the Year
playing in 23 of the team’s for her sterling efforts in
27 games. She was on 2019/20, and she followed
target with goals in that up with a crucial
high-scoring wins away to winner away to Reading
Birmingham – where she in December. February
once again showed her Position Midfielder saw Hayley pen a new Position Midfielder
set-piece expertise with a DOB 20/01/1996 contract, keeping her with DOB 06/10/1993
superb free-kick – and Nationality English United until at least 2023, Nationality Welsh
also headed home against Previous clubs and she played in every Previous clubs
Aston Villa at Leigh Sports Liverpool, one of the Reds’ first 21 Arsenal,
Village in March. The Juventus games of the campaign Kokkola Futis 10 (loan),
ex-Juventus midfielder before a hamstring injury Coventry City,
will additionally go down in in April brought it to a Bristol City,
history as the first captain premature end. Ladd Birmingham City
to lead United Women out also demonstrated her
at Old Trafford, skippering creative ability by laying
her team to victory over on five assists, a total
West Ham in March. second only to Ella Toone.
14 JACKIE 28 CARRIE
GROENEN JONES
As the first overseas The United tradition of

player to join United giving youth a chance
Women at the start of continued in the women’s
’19/20, Dutch international team when Jones, aged 17,
Groenen quickly played came on for Jess Sigsworth
her way into a starting against Aston Villa in
berth and maintained that March to make her Reds
indispensability during the debut. The composed
course of 2020/21. One of midfielder, who made her
only four Reds to appear senior international bow
in every WSL game – Position Midfielder for Wales as early as 2019, Position Midfielder
starting 18 times, with four DOB 17/12/1994 was first named as a sub DOB 04/09/2003
sub outings – the midfield Nationality Dutch against Reading and Nationality Welsh
schemer was a hub of Previous clubs followed this up by Previous clubs
creativity. Although she SGS Essen, being included in every Cardiff City Ladies
didn’t find the net, only Ella FCR 2001 Duisburg, matchday squad through
Toone, Hayley Ladd and MSV Duisburg, to the end of the season.
Leah Galton claimed more Chelsea, In total she made four
assists, and Jackie best FFC Frankfurt appearances, also being
demonstrated her vision introduced off the bench
with a sublime pass for against Burnley and
Christen Press’s goal in Leicester in the FA Cup,
March’s win at Old Trafford. and Spurs in the WSL.

37 LUCY 7 ELLA
STANIFORTH TOONE
A new arrival with plenty Since rejoining United in

of top-flight experience, 2018, former youth-team
having joined from WSL talent Toone has shown
regulars Birmingham, her eye for goal time and
Staniforth made her debut time again – never more
as a sub in October’s so than in 2020/21, when
home win over Brighton. she finished as the Reds’
She continued to feature top scorer. Notching nine,
regularly from the bench plus five assists, across
as she recovered from a the WSL season, the
knee injury, making her Position Midfielder all-action forward turned Position Forward
first start against DOB 02/10/1992 in an eye-catching DOB 02/09/1999
Manchester City in the Nationality English performance level all term Nationality English
Continental Cup, before a Previous clubs and was nominated for the Previous clubs
hamstring problem ruled Sunderland, WSL Player of the Month Blackburn Rovers,
her out until March. Upon Lincoln Ladies, award in January. Ella also Manchester City
returning, Lucy established Bristol City, won her first England cap
herself in the first team, Liverpool, in February, marking the
starting eight of the nine Sunderland, occasion by scoring a late
closing fixtures and Birmingham City penalty against Northern
opening her goalscoring Ireland, and she finished
account with a well-taken the season with 10 United
finish against Burnley. goals in all competitions.
9 JESSICA 11 LEAH
SIGSWORTH GALTON
Sigsworth was involved in Dynamic winger Galton

one of the most notable was one of United’s
goals in United’s brief standout performers in
history in November, when the opening weeks of the
she set up Ella Toone’s season, starting when she
goal against Arsenal that tapped home from close
secured a first WSL range to earn a 1-1 draw at
triumph over one of the home to Chelsea. A fine
‘big three’. The no.9 scored return of four strikes in as
three times in the WSL in many games in December
2020/21 – against Bristol Position Forward resulted in Leah being Position Forward
City, Aston Villa and Spurs DOB 13/10/1994 named WSL Player of the DOB 24/05/1994
– while supplying two Nationality English Month for the first time, Nationality English
assists. In our final game, Previous clubs and she’d end the season Previous clubs
against Leicester in the Doncaster Rovers Belles, with six goals and four Leeds United,
Cup, Jess opened the Notts County, assists in all competitions, Hofstra Pride,
scoring before providing a Doncaster Rovers Belles despite missing five Sky Blue FC,
touching celebration, as she games through injury. Bayern Munich
ran over to the departing Always a menace down
Casey Stoney. That too the wing, the talented no.11
would be Jess’s last game, put pen to paper on a new
as she left in June upon deal in February, keeping
the expiry of her contract. her at United until 2024.

13 IVANA 16 LAUREN
FUSO JAMES
It was a frustrating start to Injuries heavily disrupted

life in England for Fuso, as James’s involvement
two separate muscle and in 2020/21, but she
ligament tears meant her still managed several
debut was delayed until memorable contributions
December, when she and earned herself a PFA
came off the bench Young Player of the Year
against Everton. Five more nomination in the process.
sub appearances followed Having missed much of
before an ankle injury the first half of the
sustained in March – the Position Forward campaign, she started Position Forward
month in which she turned DOB 12/03/2001 2021 in style, coming off DOB 29/09/2001
20 – meant she’d miss the Nationality Brazilian the bench against Chelsea Nationality English
rest of the campaign. Like Previous clubs to score a stunning solo Previous clubs
fellow forward Alessia SC Freiburg, strike. She followed that Arsenal
Russo, she’ll hope to be FC Basel up with an assist for
back fit and showing her Leah Galton against
best in 2021/22. However, Birmingham, before
there was a big moment of continuing her habit of
personal pride for Fuso in netting landmark goals for
February when she won the team, heading home
her first senior Brazil cap the opener in the Reds’
at the SheBelieves Cup. first Old Trafford outing.
18 KIRSTY 19 JANE
HANSON ROSS
Last season proved to be The vastly experienced

Hanson’s most prolific so Ross began the campaign
far, as the winger hit seven in fine scoring style with
goals in all competitions, two goals in the first three
including five in the WSL. games, opening the
The most crucial of these deadlock against
efforts was undoubtedly in Birmingham before
November’s Manchester coming off the bench to
derby, when the Scotland wrap up a 3-0 triumph
international was on hand over Brighton. With so
to net from close range Position Forward many attackers in good Position Forward
and complete a thrilling DOB 17/04/1998 form, Ross’s playing DOB 18/09/1989
comeback from 2-0 down National team Scotland opportunities became Nationality Scottish
to draw 2-2. February saw Previous clubs more limited as the Previous clubs
Kirsty claim her first Sheffield FC, season went on, although Paisley Saints Ladies,
international goal, in a Doncaster Rovers Belles she did appear in all seven Glasgow City,
Euro 2022 qualifier away of the final outings. Against Vittsjo GIK,
to Cyprus, while she also Leicester, Jane scored the Manchester City,
signed a new contract 213th and final United goal West Ham United
at United, ensuring the of Casey Stoney’s reign,
popular no.18 would with the no.19 departing
extend her stay until at the club in June upon the
least the summer of 2024. expiry of her contract.

23 ALESSIA 24 CHRISTEN
RUSSO PRESS
An explosive start to life Two-time World Cup

with United would have winner Press arrived with
left many wondering how a reputation as one of the
things may have turned best in the business, and
out differently had Russo’s it didn’t take her long to
involvement not been cut make an impact, bagging
short so early by injury. her first goal in her fourth
The Kent-born England game, away to West Ham.
international scored on She managed four goals
her full debut, against one across her 17 appearances,
of her old clubs, Brighton, Position Forward including one (also against Position Forward
and claimed three goals DOB 08/02/1999 West Ham) made very DOB 29/12/1988
and two assists in her first Nationality English memorable by wrapping Nationality American
five games before surgery Previous clubs up the points in the team’s Previous clubs
on a hamstring issue Chelsea, Old Trafford debut. The Stanford Cardinal,
brought her season to an Brighton & Hove Albion, forward’s class was also in Pali Blues,
early end. She didn’t play North Carolina Tar Heels evidence in her final game, MagicJack,
after October but was against Everton, when she Kopparbergs/Goteborg,
named on the bench for provided an inch-perfect Tyreso FF,
April’s home meeting assist for Ella Toone – Chicago Red Stars,
with Spurs, and will hope a fitting farewell from Kopparbergs/Goteborg,
to build on her explosive Christen before her Utah Royals FC
opening impact next term. one-year deal ended.
77 TOBIN
HEATH MOVING ON...
Big things were expected
of USA legend Heath
when she joined in
September 2020, and she
didn’t disappoint.
November’s thunderous
strike against Manchester
City will live long in the
memory, also helping her
become the first Red to be
named WSL Player of the Position Forward Following the numerous pre-season departures,
Month. It was a tough blow DOB 29/05/1988 which included forwards Mollie Green and Lizzie
to take when the tireless Nationality American Arnot, as well as goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain,
Heath missed the entirety Previous clubs saying farewell to the Reds during 2020/21 was
of the second half of the North Carolina Tar Heels, Lotta Okvist, who returned to her native Sweden
season, having proved her New Jersey Wildcats, with BK Hacken in January. The full-back made 10
importance with four Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues, appearances across all competitions for United after
goals and two assists in 11 Pali Blues, joining in the summer of 2019, including in the team’s
games to help lift the Reds Atlanta Beat, inaugural WSL game, away to Manchester City at
to top spot at Christmas. Sky Blue FC, the Etihad Stadium. ‘It’s been a pleasure to play for
Tobin left the Reds in New York Fury, this amazing club,’ she wrote on Instagram. ‘I have
June as her one-year Paris Saint-Germain, learned so much here, as a person and player.’
contract came to an end. Portland Thorns

APPEARANCES,
2020/21 APPEARANCES AND GOALS
GOALS & ’20/21

PLAYER LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP TOTAL
APP GLS APP GLS APP GLS APP GLS
Ona Batlle 19 0 1(1) 0 2 0 22(1) 0
WSL STATISTICS
Fran Bentley 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Tara Bourne 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Mary Earps 22 0 2 0 1 0 25 0
Ivana Fuso 0(5) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(6) 0
Leah Galton 15(2) 6 1 0 2(1) 0 18(3) 6
Jackie Groenen 18(4) 0 0 0 3 0 21(4) 0
Kirsty Hanson 11(9) 5 2 2 1(2) 0 14(11) 7
Martha Harris 4(3) 0 1 0 0 0 5(3) 0
FA WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE FINAL TABLE Tobin Heath 7(1) 4 0 0 2(1) 0 9(2) 4
Lauren James 5(5) 2 0 0 1 0 6(5) 2
Team P W D L GD Pts Carrie Jones 0(2) 0 0(2) 0 0 0 0(4) 0
1 Chelsea 22 18 3 1 59 57 Hayley Ladd 12(6) 1 0 0 2(1) 0 14(7) 1
2 Manchester City 22 17 4 1 52 55 Abbie McManus 5 0 0 0 2 1 7 1
3 Arsenal 22 15 3 4 48 48 Lotta Okvist 1(2) 0 0 0 1 0 2(2) 0
4 UNITED 22 15 2 5 24 47 Christen Press 12(2) 4 0(1) 0 0(2) 0 12(5) 4
5 Everton 22 9 5 8 9 32 Emily Ramsey 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
6 Brighton 22 8 3 11 -20 27 Jane Ross 3(9) 2 2 1 2 0 7(9) 3
7 Reading 22 5 9 8 -16 24 Alessia Russo 3(1) 3 0 0 1 0 4(1) 3
8 Tottenham Hotspur 22 5 5 12 -23 20 Jessica Sigsworth 6(8) 3 2 1 1(1) 0 9(9) 4
9 West Ham United 22 3 6 13 -18 15 Kirsty Smith 11(2) 0 2 0 1 0 14(2) 0
10 Aston Villa 22 3 6 13 -32 15 Lucy Staniforth 6(8) 0 2 1 1(1) 0 9(9) 1
11 Birmingham City* 22 3 6 13 -29 14 Maria Thorisdottir 4(2) 0 1(1) 0 0 0 5(3) 0
12 Bristol City (R) 22 2 6 14 -54 12 Ella Toone 21(1) 9 1(1) 1 1(2) 0 23(4) 10
* Point deducted for fielding an ineligible player against Reading Amy Turner 19(2) 0 1 1 2 0 22(2) 1
Millie Turner 22 2 2 1 3 0 27 3
Katie Zelem 16(2) 2 2 0 2(1) 0 20(3) 2
FA WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE TOP SCORERS

Sam Kerr (Chelsea) 21 ALL-TIME APPEARANCES/GOALS, AUGUST 2018-PRESENT
Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal) 18
Fran Kirby (Chelsea) 16 Apps Goals
Chloe Kelly (Manchester City) 10 Millie Turner (right) 76 5
Caitlin Foord (Arsenal) 10 Ella Toone 74 32
Ellen White (Manchester City) 10 Katie Zelem 70 20
Ella Toone (Manchester United) 9 Amy Turner 67 4
Pernille Harder (Chelsea) 9 Kirsty Hanson 67 15
Caroline Weir (Manchester City) 8 Jessica Sigsworth 66 26
Inessa Kaagman (Brighton) 8 Lauren James 56 28
Jill Roord (Arsenal) 7 Leah Galton 56 14
Kirsty Smith 52 1
Martha Harris 46 1
Mary Earps 44 0 Tobin Heath 11 4
FA WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE TOP ASSISTS Hayley Ladd 42 2 Lotta Okvist 10 0
Jackie Groenen 41 0 Maria Thorisdottir 8 0
Fran Kirby (Chelsea) 11 Lizzie Arnot 34 9 Emily Ramsey 6 0
Chloe Kelly (Manchester City) 11 Jane Ross 34 7 Ivana Fuso 6 0
Katie McCabe (Arsenal) 11 Mollie Green 29 16 Alessia Russo 5 3
Beth England (Chelsea) 9 Siobhan Chamberlain 27 0 Carrie Jones 4 0
Beth Mead (Arsenal) 9 Alex Greenwood 27 5 Naomi Hartley 3 0
Lauren Hemp (Manchester City) 8 Abbie McManus 25 2 Fran Bentley 2 0
Sam Kerr (Chelsea) 7 Ona Batlle 23 0 Rebecca May 1 0
Izzy Christiansen (Everton) 6 Charlie Devlin 20 6 Aurora Mikalsen 1 0
Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea) 6 Lucy Staniforth 18 1 Tara Bourne 1 0
Ella Toone (Manchester United) 5 Christen Press 17 4 (Names in italics have left
Hayley Ladd (Manchester United) 5 Aimee Palmer 15 1 the club, as of 30.06.21)

WOMEN’S TEAM: RESULTS &
LINE-UPS, 2020/21 SEASON
COMP DATE OPPOSITION KICK-OFF SCORE STARTING LINE-UP
SEPTEMBER
WSL Sun 6 Chelsea (H) 2.30pm 1-1 Earps Smith McManus M Turner Batlle Ladd
WSL Sun 13 Birmingham City (A) 2pm 5-2 Earps Smith McManus M Turner Batlle Groenen
OCTOBER
WSL Sun 4 Brighton (H) 12pm 3-0 Earps Smith McManus M Turner A Turner © Groenen
LC Wed 7 Liverpool (A) (GS) 2pm 1-3 Ramsey A Turner © McManus 1 M Turner Smith Ladd
WSL Sat 10 Tottenham Hotspur (A) 12.30pm 1-0 Earps A Turner McManus M Turner 1 Galton Ladd
WSL Sun 18 West Ham United (A) 12.30pm 4-2 Earps A Turner McManus M Turner Okvist Groenen
NOVEMBER
WSL Sun 8 Arsenal (H) 2.30pm 1-0 Earps Batlle A Turner © M Turner Galton Ladd
WSL Sat 14 Manchester City (H) 12.30pm 2-2 Earps Batlle A Turner © M Turner Galton Ladd
LC Thu 19 Manchester City (H) (GS) 7pm 0-0 Ramsey Batlle A Turner M Turner Galton Zelem ©
↓
DECEMBER
WSL Sat 5 Aston Villa (A) 12.30pm 2-0 Earps Smith A Turner © M Turner Batlle Ladd
WSL Sun 13 Reading (A; att: 623) 12.30pm 2-1 Earps Batlle A Turner © M Turner Smith Ladd 1
LC Wed 16 Everton (A) (GS) 7pm 0-1 Earps Batlle McManus M Turner Okvist Zelem ©
WSL Sun 20 Bristol City (H) 12pm 6-1 Earps Batlle A Turner M Turner 1 Smith Groenen
JANUARY
WSL Sun 17 Chelsea (A) 2.30pm 1-2 Earps Batlle A Turner © M Turner Smith Ladd
WSL Sun 24 Birmingham City (H) 12pm 2-0 Earps Harris A Turner M Turner Batlle Groenen
WSL Sun 31 Everton (A) 2.30pm 2-0 Earps Smith A Turner M Turner Batlle Zelem ©
FEBRUARY
WSL Sun 7 Reading (H) 12.30pm 0-2 Earps Thorisdottir A Turner M Turner Batlle Zelem ©
WSL Fri 12 Manchester City (A) 7pm 0-3 Earps Thorisdottir A Turner M Turner Batlle Zelem ©
MARCH
WSL Sun 7 Aston Villa (H) 12pm 3-0 Earps Harris A Turner M Turner Batlle Groenen
WSL Fri 19 Arsenal (A) 6.30pm 0-2 Earps Harris A Turner M Turner Batlle Zelem ©
WSL Sat 27 West Ham United (H) 11.30am 2-0 Earps Thorisdottir A Turner M Turner Batlle Groenen
APRIL
WSL Sun 4 Brighton (A) 2pm 0-1 Earps Harris Thorisdottir M Turner Batlle Groenen
FA Sun 18 Burnley (A) (R4) 2pm 6-0 Earps Batlle A Turner 1 M Turner 1 Smith Zelem ©
WSL Sun 25 Tottenham Hotspur (H) 12.30pm 4-1 Earps Batlle A Turner M Turner Smith Staniforth
MAY
WSL Sun 2 Bristol City (A) 2pm 1-0 x Earps Batlle A Turner M Turner Smith Toone
WSL Sun 9 Everton (H) 2.30pm 2-0 Earps Batlle A Turner M Turner Smith Toone 1
FA Sun 16 Leicester City (H) (R5) 12pm 2-3 Earps Harris Thorisdottir M Turner Smith Zelem ©

KEY: WSL – Women’s Super League Scorers Bold First sub Yellow card
FA – Women’s FA Cup Penalty (underlined) Second sub Red card
x Own goal Third sub (United score listed first;
LC – FA Continental League Cup
(GS) = Group stage * After extra-time Fourth sub attendance n/a unless stated)
↓ Won/lost on pens Fifth sub

↓
SUBSTITUTES USED
Zelem © Hanson Toone Galton 1 Ross Groenen James Okvist – –

Zelem 1 © Hanson 2 Toone 1 Galton Ross 1 Ladd A Turner Russo Okvist –
Ladd Hanson Toone 1 Galton Russo 1 Staniforth Heath Press Ross 1 –

Groenen Russo Toone Heath Ross Hanson Galton Staniforth Zelem Press
Zelem © Russo Groenen Heath Press Toone Hanson Smith Staniforth –
Zelem © Heath 1 Toone Galton Russo 2 Hanson Ladd Staniforth Press 1 –
Groenen Hanson Toone 1 Heath Press Sigsworth Zelem James Staniforth –

Groenen Sigsworth Toone Heath 1 Press Hanson 1 James Staniforth – –
Groenen Hanson Staniforth James Heath Press Toone Sigsworth Ladd –
Groenen Heath Toone 1 Galton 1 James Staniforth Ross – –

Groenen Heath Toone Galton 1 Hanson Staniforth Ross Zelem – –
Ladd Groenen Sigsworth Ross Galton Hanson Heath Toone Fuso –
Zelem © Galton 2 Heath 2 Sigsworth 1 Toone Fuso Ladd Ross Harris Hanson
Groenen Hanson Toone Galton Press James 1 Sigsworth – – –

Ladd Toone 1 Zelem © Galton 1 James Smith Fuso Hanson – –
Ladd Toone 1 Groenen Galton Press 1 Sigsworth Hanson James – –
Ladd Hanson Toone Galton Press Groenen Sigsworth Fuso – –

Ladd Toone Groenen Galton Press Hanson Sigsworth Fuso – –
Zelem © 1 Toone Staniforth Hanson 1 Sigsworth 1 Fuso Ladd Thorisdottir Ross Jones
Groenen Toone Staniforth James Press Sigsworth Ladd – –
Zelem © Toone Staniforth James 1 Press 1 Ladd Hanson Harris Ross Sigsworth
Zelem © Hanson Toone James Sigsworth Staniforth Ross A Turner –

Toone 1 Staniforth 1 Sigsworth Ross Hanson 2 Bourne Thorisdottir Press Bentley Jones
Zelem © Toone 2 (1) Sigsworth 1 Press 1 Hanson Ross Galton Groenen Jones Thorisdottir
Zelem © Staniforth Sigsworth Press Hanson Groenen Ross – – –

Zelem © Staniforth Ross Groenen Press Hanson 1 Galton Harris Sigsworth –
Ross 1 Staniforth Hanson Sigsworth 1 Galton Batlle Toone Jones – –
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POTY
PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Saluting the Reds

who shone brightest in
2020/21, with either
the fans or the players
casting the votes...
F or the second successive year

the club’s annual awards night
could not take place due to
Covid-19 restrictions, but that didn’t
stop Manchester United honouring
the club’s star performers across
the various teams.
Just as he did last season, Bruno
Fernandes took the big prize as he
was once again named Sir Matt
Busby Player of the Year. The
Portuguese midfielder became
just the fifth player to win the award
in consecutive campaigns, after
Roy Keane, Ruud van Nistelrooy,
Cristiano Ronaldo and David De Gea.
‘Thank you to all the United fans!’
Fernandes tweeted after receiving
the trophy following our final home
outing, against Fulham. ‘A true
honour to get my second Sir Matt
Busby Player of the Year award.’
Our no.18 later added: “I always
said that individual trophies are
really good for players. It lifts you up.
You’re doing something well, you’re
doing something good, doing the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer presents Fernandes with
right things means you can do a little the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award
bit more, improve a little bit more. ahead of the Reds’ home meeting with Fulham

“But at the same time, it means Reds’ run to the Europa League final, Premier League goal contributions
that the people are liking you, like the as well as finishing second in the (18 goals and 12 assists) in just 37
way you play, the way you are trying Premier League. He scored 28 goals appearances, beating Frank
to help the team, the way you do in 58 games across all competitions, Lampard’s previous record tally
things – that’s very important for me.” with a number of standout stats for a midfielder after finding the
Fernandes was a worthy winner highlighting his influence. Bruno net against Liverpool in May. In
after being a driving force behind the achieved an incredible tally of 30 European competition, Fernandes ▶
BRUNO ACHIEVED 30 PREMIER LEAGUE

GOAL CONTRIBUTIONS, BEATING
FRANK LAMPARD’S RECORD
TALLY FOR A MIDFIELDER
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Bruno’s brilliant
2020/21 season

registered a further nine goals and
Bruno’s beautiful whipped shot against
five assists, with his efforts rewarded Everton was voted our season’s best goal
when he was named in the Europa
League Squad of the Season for
the second year in a row.
He picked up United’s Player of
the Month prize on two occasions,
and was later among the nominees
for both the PFA Player of the Season
and Premier League Player of the
Season, honours eventually won
by Manchester City pair Kevin De memorable strike to seal a 2-0 every game. He’s not taken his
Bruyne and Ruben Dias respectively. win in the Manchester derby at the foot off the pedal.”
Bruno was also one of two Reds Etihad, beating keeper Ederson with There were more plaudits for
named in the Premier League Team a precise finish into the far corner. Bruno Fernandes as he won the
of the Season, with the other, Luke Shaw also earned a deserved club’s Goal of the Season award for
Shaw, being rewarded for a superb recall to the England squad in March, 2020/21, becoming the first Red
campaign by receiving the club’s setting up Harry Kane to open the since Robin van Persie in 2013 to
Players’ Player of the Year award. scoring away to Albania in a 2-0 hold both the annual Player and Goal
It was the second time Shaw had World Cup qualifying success, accolades at the same time. Bruno’s
been voted as the star performer by and was later named in Gareth winning strike, as decided by a fan
his team-mates, having also topped Southgate’s squad for the delayed vote, was his incredible effort in
the polls in 2018/19, and is a fitting European Championship. “Luke February’s 3-3 draw with Everton Copp
tribute to a campaign that has seen has been the standout for me”, (above). Bruno also came second
him go from strength to strength on noted fellow full-back Aaron in the voting, with his breakaway
the left side of the United defence. Wan-Bissaka of United’s 2020/21 strike at Newcastle in October.
The no.23 supplied an impressive campaign. “He’s been positive Congratulations to both Bruno
six assists and also managed a throughout, making the most of and Luke for their respective awards.
Keane
“LUKE’S MADE THE MOST OF

EVERY GAME. HE’S NOT TAKEN WATCH!
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Shaw was proud to collect his second Players’
Shaw’s super season
had many highlights
– AARON
Player
WAN-BISSAKA
of the Year award, two years on from being
recognised in the same manner by his team-mates
– just click here!
Ro

HALL OF
FAME
The complete roll call of
Player of the Year winners,
dating back to 1971/72...
Coppell, 1978
MANCHESTER UNITED 2001/02 Ruud van Nistelrooy
SUPPORTERS’ CLUB 2002/03 Ruud van Nistelrooy
PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2003/04 Cristiano Ronaldo
1971/72 Willie Morgan 2004/05 Gabriel Heinze
1972/73 Willie Morgan 2005/06 Wayne Rooney
1973/74 Jim Holton 2006/07 Cristiano Ronaldo
1974/75 Lou Macari 2007/08 Cristiano Ronaldo
1975/76 Lou Macari 2008/09 Nemanja Vidic
1976/77 Brian Greenhoff 2009/10 Wayne Rooney
1977/78 Steve Coppell 2010/11 Javier Hernandez
1978/79 Jimmy Greenhoff 2011/12 Antonio Valencia
1979/80 Joe Jordan 2012/13 Robin van Persie
1980/81 Joe Jordan 2013/14 David De Gea
1981/82 Ray Wilkins 2014/15 David De Gea
1982/83 Bryan Robson 2015/16 David De Gea
1983/84 Ray Wilkins 2016/17 Ander Herrera
1984/85 Mark Hughes 2017/18 David De Gea
Keane, 1999 2018/19 Luke Shaw
SHARP MANCHESTER 2019/20 Bruno Fernandes
UNITED PLAYER OF 2020/21 Bruno Fernandes
THE YEAR
1985/86 Paul McGrath MANCHESTER UNITED
1986/87 Paul McGrath PLAYERS’ PLAYER
OF THE YEAR
van Nistelrooy, 2002
SIR MATT BUSBY 2005/06 Ryan Giggs
PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2006/07 Cristiano Ronaldo
1987/88 Brian McClair 2007/08 Cristiano Ronaldo
1988/89 Bryan Robson 2008/09 Nemanja Vidic
1989/90 Gary Pallister 2009/10 Wayne Rooney
1990/91 Mark Hughes 2010/11 Nani
1991/92 Brian McClair 2011/12 Antonio Valencia
1992/93 Paul Ince 2012/13 Michael Carrick
1993/94 Eric Cantona 2013/14 David De Gea
1994/95 Andrei Kanchelskis 2014/15 David De Gea
1995/96 Eric Cantona 2015/16 Chris Smalling
1996/97 David Beckham 2016/17 Antonio Valencia
1997/98 Ryan Giggs 2017/18 David De Gea
1998/99 Roy Keane 2018/19 Luke Shaw
1999/00 Roy Keane 2019/20 Anthony Martial
Ronaldo, 2007 Morgan, 1972
2000/01 Teddy Sheringham 2020/21 Luke Shaw

WOMEN’S TEAM
coaching staff, and becomes the
third recipient of the award, following
in the footsteps of club captain Katie
Zelem and midfielder Hayley Ladd.
Batlle takes prize on back of stellar first season

She is also quickly becoming an
important figure for Spain, making
her international debut in May 2019
and helping achieve a second-place
finish at the SheBelieves Cup the
following February.
A solid first season in English

football from Ona Batlle
was recognised when the
Spain international full-back was
declared the winner of Manchester
now it’s time to rest, and come
back focused to get what we want.”
Batlle, who turned 22 in June, was
chosen as this year’s winner by votes
from her fellow players as well as the
Ona will hope to feature on
familiar territory at the 2022
European Championship in England,
with Old Trafford and Leigh Sports
Village among the selected venues.
United Women’s Player of the
Year award for 2020/21.
Batlle arrived from Levante in
the summer of 2020 and quickly
became a fixture in Casey Stoney’s
side, making her debut against
Chelsea and starting all but one
of every game between November
and the end of the campaign.
That gave her a final total of
22 starts across all competitions
– a number beaten only by Millie
Turner, Ella Toone and goalkeeper
Mary Earps, as she helped the
Reds to a second consecutive
fourth-place finish in the Women’s
Super League, narrowly missing
out on European qualification.
‘Well, I have no words to describe
how grateful I am for everything I
experienced this year,’ she posted
on social media. ‘Thanks for the
support and affection, since I arrived
I’ve felt at home. It’s been a very
special first year, but now we have to
look ahead and continue learning
and improving on what we’ve done.’
Batlle then took the time to
pay tribute to departing manager
Stoney, adding: ‘This trophy is
dedicated to Casey, as you’ve made
me grow in terms of football and
personally. It’s been short but it’s
been a real pleasure to learn
from you. I wish you all the best.’
In a later interview, she spoke
further on her pride at receiving the
award, stating: “I’m so glad and so
grateful. I just want to say thanks to
all the team, the staff and the club
for making this year easier, because
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it’s been complicated with Covid.
“I feel comfortable here and I like
to be surrounded by the people who
always bring out the best in me. This Click here to see Ona
Batlle proudly poses with her look back on a strong
team wants to improve and get to
trophy before the Reds’ final first season
the top level. We want to make the game of the season
Champions League, of course. But

ACADEMY
you to the coaches, to my
team-mates and everyone who
helped me. I learned a lot. I had to be
stronger. I was more consistent in
Hannibal and Shoretire celebrate fine campaigns

the games and I had more goals and
assists than the season before. It’s
always good to take that step.”
At Under-18 level, it was Shola
Shoretire who took top honours,
H annibal became the latest

recipient of the Denzil
Haroun trophy when he
was named Manchester United’s
Under-23s Player of the Year after
– the latter tally bettered only by
defender Will Fish.
Hannibal capped off a fine year
by coming on as a late substitute for
Juan Mata to make his senior bow
being crowned Jimmy Murphy
Player of the Year after a
similarly impressive campaign.
He only turned 17 in February
but still managed 10 goals in 21
an encouraging campaign that saw against Wolves, before winning games at the higher level of
him make his senior debut at both his first cap for Tunisia in June, Premier League 2 (alongside
club and international level. switching allegiance to the country one appearance at U18 level), in
The teenage midfielder was of his parents’ birth after himself addition to playing three times for
a key figure as Neil Wood’s side having been born in France. the first team, against Newcastle,
finished eighth in Premier League 2, “It’s a very proud moment for me Real Sociedad and Wolves.
contributing four goals and eight and my family,” Hannibal said after “It means a lot to me and I’m sure
assists as well as making 20 starts receiving the award. “I will say thank it means a lot to my family as well,”
said the young forward. “I feel very
proud and very thankful to everyone
“I WAS MORE CONSISTENT, WITH MORE GOALS
who has helped me to achieve it.
“At the start of the season, it was
AND ASSISTS THAN THE SEASON BEFORE.

a big step for me, going from the
Under-18s to the Under-23s. But
with my team-mates’ help in training
IT’S GOOD TO TAKE THAT STEP” – HANNIBAL and welcoming me into the team,
that’s really helped me kick on.”
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for the Reds’ youth teams, as our
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path to the professional game...
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OVERCOMING
OBSTACLES
Free-scoring U18s cope with the challenges as they push City for top spot
T he young Reds may have

been pipped to the Northern
title in the U18 Premier
League by just a point, but it was
the circumstances the teenagers
With some Reds also having to
quarantine in parts of the year, along
with the usual obstacles as a result
of injuries, it made the performances
on the pitch even more impressive
and playing consistently. The U18s
have had a number of schoolboys
training and playing throughout
the season as well which we’ve
been really pleased with.”
overcame to get to that position – something that lead coach Neil Wins over Blackburn and Burnley
that they will likely take more from Ryan paid tribute to the group for. kicked off the 2020/21 season before
looking back on the ’20/21 campaign. “As a coach you want to give a narrow defeat in the first derby of
The restrictions imposed by the credit to all the boys, because the campaign. Thankfully, that loss
pandemic provided a very different they’re all on a different part of their only served to spark a nine-game
set of challenges to normal for the journey – their individual journey unbeaten run in the league for
squad, which included spending an coming through the Academy,” he Ryan’s Reds, a spell of form that
extended period away from their said. “There’s been a sliding scale included six four-goal hauls.
families, while weekly Covid of players, up and down the groups Ryan was particularly pleased
testing and strict social distancing throughout the season – lots of with the attacking prowess his side
guidelines were added to their young boys from the Under-18s showed in that run across the final
routines throughout the season. stepping up to Under-23 level months of 2020, saying: “You hope it
represents what Manchester United
is all about. You want the young boys
to be playing with a freedom and
attacking flair. Once you create
and score goals, you play true
to the Manchester United DNA.”
Two defeats in three games
followed soon into the new year,
against Burnley and Derby, but
Ryan explained that the young
Reds will have taken just as
much from those games as the
winning streak that preceded it.
“Our job is to get the boys through
to professional level,” he said. “Every
footballer in their career is going to
have disappointment, so you’re
trying to develop the all-round
character of the player. When
we see the high-level skills and
performances at times from players,
Midfielder Zidane Iqbal celebrates the Reds’ opening it’s great to see and that’s a good
goal in the home win against Everton in November reference point for where they’re
at, but also how they cope with

UNDER-18s
U18 PREMIER LEAGUE NORTH TABLE

Team P W D L F A PTS
1 Man City 24 19 4 1 76 19 61
2 UNITED 24 20 0 4 79 27 60
3 Liverpool 24 17 1 6 75 26 52
4 Middlesbrough 24 12 3 9 48 48 39
5 Everton 24 11 2 11 42 42 35
6 Blackburn 24 10 3 11 37 43 33
7 Derby 24 10 3 11 43 54 33
8 Wolves 24 10 3 11 38 50 33
9 Burnley 24 8 4 12 34 38 28
Lining up in the delayed 2019/20
10 Newcastle 24 7 3 14 50 57 24
Youth Cup semi-final in October
11 Stoke 24 6 5 13 28 61 23
12 Leeds 24 4 3 17 30 73 15
13 Sunderland 24 4 2 18 35 77 14
U18 APPEARANCES/GOALS (ALL COMPS)

PLAYER APPS GOALS
Charlie Savage 23(2) 3
Charlie McNeill 22(1) 25
Noam Emeran Martin Svidersky 20(2) 1
takes on Liverpool Dillon Hoogewerf nets the Reds’ Dillon Hoogewerf 14(5) 9
in a 4-3 victory second of eight against Boro Rhys Bennett 18 0
Charlie Wellens 16(2) 3
Noam Emeran 15(3) 5
“THE LAST GAME WAS ONE OF THE BEST WE’VE

Isak Hansen 13(5) 3
Alejandro Garnacho 10(8) 7
Bjorn Hardley 17 0
SEEN FROM THE GROUP... A NICE REFLECTION Iestyn Hughes

Zidane Iqbal
16
10(4)
0
6
OF THE WORK THE BOYS PUT IN” – NEIL RYAN

Marc Jurado 10(4) 0
Omari Forson 10(3) 5
Logan Pye 11 0
Kobbie Mainoo 2(9) 0
disappointment and adversity FA Youth Cup (following a 2-0 win at Radek Vitek 10 0
is vital for the players.” Salford City in the previous round) Alvaro Fernandez 9 2
A 4-2 win over City in February to Liverpool preceded a 3-2 loss at Johan Guadagno 9 0
– the Blues’ only defeat of their Newcastle that swung the league Dermot Mee 7 0
league campaign – came in the title race out of the Reds’ favour. Joe Hugill 6 7
middle of the two aforementioned But Ryan’s side never gave up Daniel Gore 3(3) 1
losses, with forward Charlie McNeill and responded in emphatic style, Sam Murray 1(5) 0
netting all four against his former scoring 21 times across four Will Fish 5 1
club before following it up with the successive victories to finish the Louis Jackson 2(1) 0
winner in a 1-0 away victory over campaign, including an 8-1 win over Mateo Mejia 2(1) 1
Liverpool. Those goals were part Middlesbrough on the final day to Max Oyedele 1(1) 0
of a run that saw the prolific United round off the season as the team with Sam Mather 0(2) 0
forward net in five successive most wins and most goals scored. Hannibal 1 0
matches on his way to becoming “The last game was one of the Willy Kambwala 1 0
the country’s leading scorer at best we’ve seen from the group with Jack Kingdon 1 0
U18 level for the season, with regards to the way we played, the Shola Shoretire 1 0
24 goals in 21 league matches. concentration level, the focus, and Owen Dodgson 0(1) 0
There were further setbacks to how we wanted to play the game,” Oliver Kilner 0(1) 0
overcome in the spring however, as a said Ryan. “It was a nice reflection Finley McAllister 0(1) 0
1-0 defeat in the fourth round of the of the work the boys put in.” James Nolan 0(1) 0

UNDER-18s
2020/21
LINE-UPS
All the team and
DERBY COUNTY 0 UNITED 4
▶
UNITED 4 (Emeran 28, Forson 54, (Wellens 7, McNeill 42,
goalscorer details
McNeill 61, 73) Hugill 79, 85)
24 October 2020 LIVERPOOL 3
from a goal-laden
United: Mee; Hughes (Hansen 65), (Stewart 59, 73, Morton 66)
Kambwala, Hardley, Pye (Garnacho 5 December 2020
campaign for the

74); Iqbal (Jurado 65), Svidersky; United: Vitek; Hughes (Jurado
Wellens, Forson, Emeran; McNeill 90+1), Bennett, Hardley, Pye;
United youngsters...
Subs not used: Guadagno, Savage Hansen, Svidersky; Wellens
(Garnacho 86), McNeill
UNITED 2 (Iqbal 51, Garnacho 87) (Savage 77), Emeran; Hugill
EVERTON 0 Subs not used: Mee, Iqbal
7 November 2020
UNDER-18 United: Vitek; Jurado, WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 0
PREMIER LEAGUE NORTH Bennett, Hardley, Pye; Iqbal UNITED 1 (McNeill 62)
(Svidersky 66), Savage; Wellens 12 December 2020
UNITED 2 (Hugill 29, 74) (Garnacho 71), Hansen, Forson; United: Mee; Jurado, Bennett,
BLACKBURN ROVERS 1 McNeill (Hoogewerf 65) Hardley, Hughes; Svidersky, Savage;
(Lonsdale 88) Subs not used: Hughes, Mee Wellens (Hoogewerf 65), Iqbal,
19 September 2020 Emeran (Garnacho 82);
United: Vitek; Hughes, Bennett, MIDDLESBROUGH 1 (Willis 81) McNeill (Hansen 74)
Hardley, Pye; Svidersky, UNITED 4 (Hugill 3, 58, Subs not used: Guadagno
Hansen (Hoogewerf 63), Wellens 60, Hansen 90+1)
Savage; Wellens (Forson 78), 13 November 2020 UNITED 4 (McNeill pen 7, 45+1,
Hugill, Emeran (Mejia 72) United: Guadagno; Hughes, Savage 60, Iqbal 79)
Subs not used: Bennett, Hardley, Fernandez; LEEDS UNITED 0
Fernandez, Guadagno Iqbal (Savage 66), Svidersky; 17 December 2020
Wellens (Hansen 71), Hoogewerf, United: Guadagno; Hughes,
UNITED 5 (Forson 8, 74, Fernandez Garnacho (McNeill 66); Hugill Bennett, Svidersky, Pye
65, Hugill 89, Emeran 90+2) Subs not used: Vitek, Jurado (Murray 77); Iqbal, Savage
BURNLEY 1 (Mainoo 83); Wellens, McNeill,
(Ratchford 80) STOKE CITY 0 Garnacho; Hugill (Emeran 68)
26 September 2020 UNITED 1 (Hoogewerf 88) Subs not used: Vitek
United: Guadagno; Hughes 21 November 2020
(Dodgson 80), Bennett, United: Mee; Hughes, Bennett, BLACKBURN ROVERS 3
Hardley, Fernandez; Hansen, Hardley, Pye; Svidersky, Savage; (Gilsenan 54, 69, 80)
(Iqbal 69), Savage; Hoogewerf, Wellens (Hansen 79), Iqbal UNITED 4 (McNeill 1, 36, Emeran 40,
Forson, Emeran; Mejia (Forson 69), Emeran; Savage 88)
Subs not used: McNeill (Hoogewerf 69) 23 January 2021
Mee, Pye, Gallagher-Allison Subs not used: Guadagno, Jurado United: Guadagno; Jurado,
Bennett, Hardley, Pye; Svidersky,
MANCHESTER CITY 2 UNITED 4 (Hoogewerf 37, 53, 61, Savage; Wellens, Hoogewerf,
(Sodje pen 57, Borges 66) Savage 84) Emeran; McNeill
UNITED 1 (Svidersky 63) NEWCASTLE UNITED 1 (De Bolle 50) Subs not used: Murray,
3 October 2020 28 November 2020 Vitek, Mainoo, Jackson
United: Mee; Hughes, Bennett, United: Guadagno; Jurado, Bennett,
Hardley, Pye; Svidersky, Hardley, Pye; Iqbal (Svidersky 62), BURNLEY 1 (Unwin 3)
Savage (Iqbal 75), Hoogewerf, Savage; Hoogewerf, Hansen, UNITED 0
Forson, Emeran; Mejia Garnacho (Emeran 55); 30 January 2021
(Mainoo 16 (Garnacho 77)) McNeill (Wellens 62) United: Vitek; Jurado (Mainoo 86),
Subs not used: Guadagno, Murray Subs not used: Hughes, Vitek Hardley, Hughes, Pye; Savage,

UNDER-18s
Svidersky; Wellens, Hoogewerf, United: Guadagno; Wellens, Fish, LEEDS UNITED 2 (Dean 20,
Emeran; McNeill Svidersky, Jurado; Hansen, Gore Snowdon 81)
Subs not used: Guadagno, (Hoogewerf 62), Savage (Mainoo UNITED 4 (Hoogewerf 48,
Murray, Jackson 46); Emeran, McNeill, Forson McNeill 54, 57, Wellens 89)
Subs not used: 1 May 2021
UNITED 4 (McNeill 12, 19, 43, 90+1) Vitek, Murray, Norkett United: Guadagno; Wellens,
MANCHESTER CITY 2 (Sodje 41, 48) Bennett, Fish, Fernandez; Svidersky,
13 February 2021 UNITED 6 (Garnacho 3, 39, 71, Savage; Hoogewerf, Iqbal (Forson
United: Vitek; Jurado, Bennett, Hansen 23, Forson 37, McNeill 65) 74), Garnacho (Mainoo 82); McNeill
Hardley (Murray 46), Hughes; STOKE CITY 1 (Verma 30) Subs not used: Vitek, Oyedele
Svidersky, Savage; Wellens, 10 April 2021
Mainoo (Gore 64), Emeran; McNeill United: Mee; Wellens, Bennett, UNITED 8 (Iqbal 12,
Subs not used: Svidersky, Jurado (Murray 46); Hoogewerf 33, 39, 47, McNeill 45,
Guadagno, Mather, Oyedele Hansen, Savage; Hoogewerf (Gore pen 66, 79, Garnacho 84)
70), Forson, Garnacho; McNeill MIDDLESBROUGH 1 (Willis 52)
UNITED 1 (McNeill 36) Subs not used: 8 May 2021
DERBY COUNTY 3 (Mothersille 44, Guadagno, Norkett, Mainoo United: Vitek; Wellens
Clarke 52, Aghatise 71) (Oyedele 58), Bennett, Svidersky,
27 February 2021 NEWCASTLE UNITED 3 (Scott 37, Fernandez (Jackson 71); Iqbal,
United: Guadagno; Hughes Crossley 62, Huntley 89) Savage; Forson, Hansen (Garnacho
(McAllister 21), Jackson, Hardley, UNITED 2 (Iqbal 75, Hoogewerf 81) 59), Hoogewerf; McNeill
Murray; Savage, Oyedele; Mainoo 17 April 2021 Subs not used: Mee, Murray
(Kilner 64), Gore (Mather 78), United: Guadagno; Jurado,
Garnacho; McNeill Kingdon, Bennett, Emeran
Subs not used: Wooster, Kingdon (Murray 46 (Mainoo 73)); Hansen, FA YOUTH CUP (2019/20)
Savage; Hoogewerf, Forson,
LIVERPOOL 0 Garnacho (Iqbal 65); McNeill SEMI-FINAL:
UNITED 1 (McNeill 35) Subs not used: Vitek, Gore CHELSEA 1 (Fiabema 49)
6 March 2021 UNITED 0
United: Vitek; Hughes, Fish, Hardley, UNITED 5 (McNeill 9, 44, 30 October 2020
Fernandez; Svidersky, Savage; Iqbal 31, 59, Hoogewerf 66) United: Mastny; Bejger, Fish,
Hoogewerf (Gore 83), McNeill, WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 1 Mengi, Devine (Hardley 77); McCann,
Emeran (Garnacho 70); Hugill (Campbell pen 55) Svidersky; Shoretire (Forson 86),
Subs not used: 24 April 2021 Hannibal, Elanga; Helm (Wellens 72)
Murray, Mee, Mainoo United: Vitek; Fernandez, Bennett, Subs not used: Mee, Neville,
Svidersky, Savage; Iqbal (Nolan 70), Savage, Iqbal
UNITED 6 (Emeran 33, 63, McNeill Hansen; Garnacho, Hoogewerf,
48, Garnacho 53, 65, Hoogewerf 58) Forson (Mainoo 79); McNeill
SUNDERLAND 0 Subs not used: FA YOUTH CUP (2020/21)
13 March 2021 Jackson, Mee, Murray
United: Mee; Hughes, Jackson, THIRD ROUND:
Hardley (Murray 74), Jurado; SUNDERLAND 1 (Baggs 70) SALFORD CITY 0
▶
Hansen (Mainoo 68), Savage; UNITED 4 (McNeill 14, Fernandez 75, UNITED 2 (Gore 36, McNeill 68)
Garnacho, Hoogewerf, Hoogewerf 78, Hansen 90+3) 10 March 2021
Emeran (Wellens 64); McNeill 27 April 2021 United: Vitek; Hughes, Fernandez,
Subs not used: Guadagno, Gore United: Mee; Wellens (Garnacho Hardley, Savage; Svidersky
80), Bennett, Fish, Fernandez; (Mainoo 85), Hansen; Garnacho,
EVERTON 0 Savage, Svidersky; Hoogewerf, Gore (Jurado 64), Emeran
▶
UNITED 2 (Forson 18, Fish 44) Hansen, Forson (Iqbal 67); McNeill (Mather 90+3); McNeill
20 March 2021 Subs not used: Guadagno, Jackson Subs not used: Mee, Murray,
Hoogewerf
FOURTH ROUND:
UNITED 0
LIVERPOOL 1 (Morton 17)
3 April 2021
United: Vitek; Hughes, Fish,
Fernandez, Pye (Jurado 64);
Svidersky, Savage (Hansen 71);
Shoretire, McNeill (Emeran 80),
Hannibal, Hugill
Subs not used: Mee, Hoogewerf,
Forson, Wellens

U18s ROLL CALL
2021/22 ROLL CALL

Who will be representing the Reds when the new U18 campaign begins?
• Rhys Bennett • Omari Forson • Marc Jurado
SECOND YEARS
PLAYER POSITION DOB PLACE OF BIRTH DATE SIGN

Rhys Bennett Defender 30.10.03 Ashton-under-Lyne June 2020
Omari Forson Midfielder 20.07.04 Hammersmith June 2020
Alejandro Garnacho Forward 01.07.04 Boadilla del Monte Sep 2020
Isak Hansen Midfielder 22.08.04 Tromso Aug 2020
Joe Hugill Forward 19.10.03 Durham June 2020
Marc Jurado Defender 13.04.04 Sabadell July 2020
Willy Kambwala Defender 25.08.04 Kinshasa Oct 2020
Charlie McNeill Forward 09.09.03 Manchester Sep 2020
Logan Pye Defender 26.10.03 Sunderland June 2020
Shola Shoretire Forward 02.02.04 Newcastle July 2020
Radek Vitek Goalkeeper 24.10.03 Vsetin Jan 2020
FIRST YEARS

Sonny Aljofree Defender 19.12.04 Plymouth July 2021
Daniel Gore Midfielder 26.09.04 Manchester July 2021
Eric Hanbury Goalkeeper 25.10.04 The Hague July 2021
Kobbie Mainoo Midfielder 19.04.05 Stockport July 2021
Sam Mather Midfielder 03.09.04 Salford July 2021
Sam Murray Defender 25.09.04 Manchester July 2021
Manni Norkett Forward 30.10.04 Nottingham July 2021
Maximillian Oyedele Defender 07.11.04 Manchester July 2021
Tom Wooster Goalkeeper 30.03.05 Sheffield July 2021

U18s ROLL CALL
• Kobbie Mainoo
• Logan Pye • Alejandro Garnacho • Radek Vitek
U18 STUDENT

Daniel Polakowski Goalkeeper 25.10.03 Lubin, Poland July 2020
U17 STUDENTS

Tyler Fredricson Defender 23.02.05 Stockport July 2021
Marcus Lawrence Defender 24.06.05 Manchester July 2021

CONTINUED
DEVELOPMENT
U23s pick up senior experience alongside some big Premier League 2 wins
T he 2020/21 season was one

rich in entertaining football
from our Under-23s while it
provided a great deal of experience
for the young Reds going forward.
It is one that lead coach Neil
Wood can look back on fondly,
with his side managing the
challenges of the Covid-19
pandemic to put together a
productive campaign on the pitch.
While the aim to adapt around
a season like none before was
prevalent, the objective of
developing youngsters for
first-team football remained
right at the forefront, with 40
players used by Wood in total.
Along with several of the club’s
Academy prospects getting
professional experience in the first
team or out on loan, the benefit of
the EFL Trophy – a tournament
in which the Reds would advance
from the group stage for the second
consecutive season – meant
that exposure to senior football
was also available, with the
competition enabling the players
to face first-team opposition from
both League One and League Two.
A 6-0 win at Salford City in the
“WE KNEW WE COULD
EFL Trophy ensured an emphatic
start to the campaign, with Wood ATTACK AND REALLY
IMPOSE OUR POWER
admitting: “I think the Salford game
surprised us a little bit. I thought we
AND SPEED ON
performed really well that night.
The EFL games are always great
games, we always look forward to
them. We know they’re going to be
really challenging, so we were really
GAMES” – NEIL WOOD
pleased with the way we performed.”

UNDER-23s
DIVISION ONE TABLE

Team P W D L F A PTS
1 Man City 24 17 5 2 79 30 56
2 Chelsea 24 12 6 6 50 36 42
3 Tottenham 24 11 5 8 45 44 38
4 Blackburn 24 10 7 7 48 41 37
5 Everton 24 10 6 8 44 28 36
6 Derby 24 11 3 10 43 49 36
7 Liverpool 24 10 5 9 48 50 35
8 UNITED 24 10 4 10 58 59 34
9 Brighton 24 7 9 8 36 42 30
10 Arsenal 24 6 8 10 37 43 26
11 West Ham 24 6 6 12 32 48 24
12 Leicester 24 6 4 14 41 55 22
13 Southampton 24 4 4 16 29 65 16
Hugill hits home the first of his 10 goals for
the season, against Blackburn in October
U23 APPEARANCES/GOALS (ALL COMPS)
PLAYER APPS GOALS
Despite such early success Will Fish 25 0
in the cup, a difficult start to the Hannibal 24 5
Premier League 2 schedule was to Shola Shoretire 22(1) 10
come in the following weeks, with Mark Helm 14(9) 5
back-to-back defeats to Leicester Alvaro Fernandez 16(5) 1
and Liverpool. With United having Joe Hugill 13(8) 10
been promoted in the previous Anthony Elanga 19(1) 11
season, and with the departure of Charlie McCann 17(3) 5
several more-established players, Hannibal and the Reds were too Ethan Galbraith 18 3
it was always going to be a testing sharp for Salford in the EFL Trophy Reece Devine 17(1) 0
term for Wood’s side, but they rose Arnau Puigmal 12 7
to the challenge and began to build Teden Mengi 10 0
momentum with high-scoring and Blackburn before a 3-0 Harvey Neville 8(2) 1
draws against Blackburn and victory over Arsenal – a run which Ondrej Mastny 9 0
Arsenal, before registering three highlighted the talents of January Paul Woolston 8(1) 0
victories on the spin in the league. signing Amad and 17-year-old Martin Svidersky 7(2) 0
“They bounced back well,” forward Shola Shoretire. Matej Kovar 8 0
said Wood of that autumn period. Shoretire went on to win the Facundo Pellistri 8 3
“It gave us confidence we could Jimmy Murphy Young Player of Charlie Wellens 6(1) 0
compete against the teams you’d the Year award, while team-mate Luca Ercolani 5(1) 0
think would be challenging at the Hannibal claimed the Denzil Haroun Max Taylor 5(1) 0
top of the division. I think the U23s’ prize for his impressive efforts Lukasz Bejger 3(3) 0
performance was the most important across the season (see p197). The Dillon Hoogewerf 1(5) 0
thing. Once we started to perform pair, alongside Amad, Anthony Di’Shon Bernard 5 0
the way we knew we could, we knew Elanga and Will Fish, would also Brandon Williams 5 0
we could attack and really impose make first-team debuts in the Noam Emeran 1(4) 0
our power and speed on games. It closing months of 2020/21 while Ethan Laird 4 0
started to come together; we started helping Wood’s side finish the Connor Stanley 2(2) 0
to play entertaining, attacking season as PL2’s second-highest Amad 3 4
football and it was pleasing to see.” scorers behind champions Nathan Bishop 3 0
Another promising league Manchester City, with late-season Isak Hansen 2(1) 0
showing garnered a point against victories over Chelsea and Derby James Garner 2 0
Manchester City in December providing a boost towards that. Dylan Levitt 2 0
before a heavy defeat away to With all those goals scored, it was Omari Forson 1(1) 1
Chelsea just before Christmas.“It a shame there were no spectators Charlie McNeill 1(1) 0
was just one of those games that in attendance to witness them, but Charlie Savage 0(2) 0
you try and forget about as soon there is hope for a return for fans Logan Pye 1 0
as you can,” Wood would reflect. next season, just as there is with the Marcos Rojo 1 0
It meant that the young Reds had opportunity for the young Reds to Bjorn Hardley 0(1) 0
to mount a response again and so test themselves against some of Max Haygarth 0(1) 0
they did in the new year, scoring six the continent’s best teams once Zidane Iqbal 0(1) 0
goals twice in wins against Liverpool again in the UEFA Youth League. Marc Jurado 0(1) 0

UNDER-23s
United: Woolston; Bejger, Fish,
2020/21
Mengi, Fernandez; Galbraith,
Hannibal, Puigmal (Helm 84);
Pellistri (Hugill 84), Elanga, Shoretire
LINE-UPS
Subs not used:
Carney, Devine, McCann
WEST HAM UNITED 2

(Fish og 33, Afolayan pen 47)
UNITED 0
27 November 2020
United: Woolston; Laird (Hugill 58),
See who wore the

ARSENAL 3 Fish, Mengi, Fernandez; Puigmal,
▶
(Nelson 18, Balogun 64, 70) Galbraith (Helm 58), Hannibal;
shirt and found the

UNITED 3 (Puigmal 3, 50, Hugill 56) Pellistri (Bejger 83), Shoretire, Elanga
17 October 2020 Subs not used: Carney, McCann
net for the U23s

United: Mastny; Ercolani, Fish,
Mengi, Fernandez; Galbraith, UNITED 3 (Elanga 39,
during the course

Shoretire; Puigmal (Helm 71), Pellistri 46, Puigmal 90+5)
Hannibal, Elanga; Hugill SOUTHAMPTON 1 (Obafemi 52)
of the campaign...
Subs not used: 4 December 2020
Neville, Woolston, McCann, Stanley United: Woolston; Bejger (Devine
52), Fish, Mengi, Fernandez; Helm,
UNITED 2 McCann (Hoogewerf 71), Puigmal,
(Elanga 74, Galbraith pen 90+6) Pellistri; Shoretire, Elanga
EVERTON 1 (Simms 60) Subs not used:
PREMIER LEAGUE 2 23 October 2020 Carney, Neville, Stanley
DIVISION ONE United: Mastny (Woolston 70);
Williams, Mengi, Fish, Rojo (Hugill UNITED 2 (Galbraith pen 13,
UNITED 0 46), Fernandez; Hannibal (Helm 68), Pellistri 39)
LEICESTER CITY 2 Galbraith, Pellistri, Elanga, Shoretire MANCHESTER CITY 2 (McAtee 7,
(Reghba 59, Clark 85) Subs not used: Ercolani, McCann Harwood-Bellis 53)
14 September 2020 13 December 2020
United: Mastny; Ercolani, Fish, BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 2 United: Woolston; Laird, Fish,
Bernard, Svidersky; Garner, (Weir pen 58, 59) Devine (Fernandez 77), Williams;
Galbraith; Stanley (Shoretire 65), UNITED 5 (Hannibal 9, Shoretire 17, Galbraith, Puigmal; Pellistri (Hugill
Hannibal, Elanga; Helm Helm 36, Fernandez 70, Puigmal 83) 64), Hannibal, Shoretire; Elanga
Subs not used: 6 November 2020 Subs not used:
Carney, Neville, Taylor, McCann United: Woolston; Ercolani (Neville Mastny, Helm, McCann
69), Devine, Fish; Puigmal, Galbraith
UNITED 3 (Elanga 36, (McCann 86), Hannibal, Helm (Hugill CHELSEA 6 (Lewis 2, 68,
Hannibal 79, McCann 88) 64), Fernandez; Shoretire, Elanga Soonsup-Bell 3, Anjorin 34,
LIVERPOOL 5 Subs not used: pen 51, Brown 72)
(Clarkson 11, Woodburn 22, Carney, Stanley UNITED 1 (Hugill 84)
Bearne 30, 45+1, Longstaff 50) 18 December 2020
25 September 2020 UNITED 4 (Shoretire 13, United: Woolston; Puigmal, Laird,
United: Mastny; Bejger (Ercolani Puigmal 32, 45+3, Elanga 90+3) Fish, Mengi, Fernandez; Shoretire,
▶
46), Fish, Bernard, Svidersky; TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 Galbraith (Helm 69), Hannibal;
McCann, Wellens; Shoretire, (Etete 22, White 52) Pellistri (Hugill 65), Elanga
Hannibal, Elanga; Helm (Hugill 23) 22 November 2020 Subs not used:
Subs not used: Mastny, Devine, McCann
Carney, Neville, Stanley
LEICESTER CITY 4
BLACKBURN ROVERS 2 (Wright 1, Suengchitthawon 14, 71,
(McBride 25 pen, Lyons 59) Wakeling 48)
UNITED 2 (Hugill 1, 87) UNITED 2 (Elanga 16, 45+1)
2 October 2020 18 January 2021
United: Mastny; Neville, Fish, United: Kovar; Neville, Fish, Mengi,
Bernard, Ercolani; McCann Devine; Levitt, Hannibal, Galbraith;
(Bejger 66), Hannibal; Wellens Shoretire, Hugill (McCann 72),
(Stanley 46), Hansen (Emeran 86), Elanga (Helm 53)
Elanga; Hugill Subs not used:
Subs not used: Carney Mastny, Stanley

UNDER-23s
UNITED 0
▶
Galbraith (Wellens 57), Shoretire;
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 0 Forson (Iqbal 77), Hannibal, Elanga
12 March 2021 Subs not used: Mastny, McNeill
United: Kovar; Neville, Taylor,
Fish, Devine; Galbraith, Svidersky UNITED 1 (Hannibal 26)
(Fernandez 65); Helm, McCann, DERBY COUNTY 3
Shoretire (Hoogewerf 64); Hugill (Cresswell 52, 69, Watson 60)
Subs not used: Vitek, Savage 10 May 2021
United: Mastny; Wellens, Taylor
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 3 (Bowden (Fernandez 63), Fish, Devine;
BACK TO pen 27, Lavinier 64, Etete 85) McCann, Helm (Savage 33);
CONTENTS UNITED 0 Shoretire, Hansen (Forson 63),
19 March 2021 Hannibal; McNeill
LIVERPOOL 3 United: Kovar; Helm, Taylor, Subs not used: Mee
(Morton 34, Longstaff 43, Hardy 83) Fernandez, Devine (Svidersky 84);
UNITED 6 (Amad 14, pen 74, Galbraith, McCann; Hoogewerf
Hugill 24, 56, pen 65, 71) (Emeran 65), Shoretire, EFL TROPHY
30 January 2021 Hannibal; Hugill
United: Kovar; Williams Subs not used:
(McCann 68), Fish (Neville 46), Mee, Forson, Savage SALFORD CITY 0
Devine, Fernandez; Galbraith, UNITED 6 (Hannibal 8, Puigmal 29,
Shoretire, Puigmal; Amad; UNITED 2 (Helm 49, Elanga 55) Helm 46, 73, McCann 70, Elanga 74)
Hugill (Helm 79), Hannibal WEST HAM UNITED 3 9 September 2020
Subs not used: Mastny, Stanley (Odubeko 59, 72, 90+3) United: Bishop; Laird (Taylor 57)
9 April 2021 Fish, Bernard, Mengi; McCann,
UNITED 6 (Hannibal 20, Shoretire 39, United: Bishop; Williams (Jurado Garner, Hannibal (Stanley 80);
73, 78, Hugill 74, Amad 85) 46), Fish, Devine, Fernandez; Puigmal (Haygarth 46), Helm, Elanga
BLACKBURN ROVERS 4 (McBride 13, Helm, McCann (Savage 66); Subs not used: Mastny,
pen 54, Barnes 32, Nolan 56) Emeran (Hoogewerf 66), Ercolani, Galbraith, Neville
5 February 2021 Shoretire, Hannibal; Elanga
United: Mastny; Neville, Galbraith, Subs not used: Mastny, Svidersky ROCHDALE 0
Devine, Fernandez; McCann, Levitt; UNITED 0
Amad, Shoretire, Hannibal; Hugill MANCHESTER CITY 3 (United win 5-4 on penalties)
Subs not used: (Edozie 14, Palmer 53, 77) 29 September 2020
Vitek, Hardley, Helm, Stanley UNITED 0 United: Mastny; Ercolani, Bernard,
16 April 2021 Fish, Pye (Hansen 69); Svidersky,
UNITED 3 (Neville 22, Hugill 60, United: Mastny; Wellens, Fish, McCann; Wellens, Hannibal,
Shoretire pen 89) Devine, Fernandez; McCann, Elanga; Hugill
ARSENAL 0 Svidersky; Shoretire, Hannibal, Subs not used: Carney,
12 February 2021 Elanga; Hugill (Emeran 78) Neville, Stanley, Emeran
United: Kovar; Neville, Galbraith, Subs not used:
Devine, Fernandez; McCann, Helm; Mee, Jurado, Helm, Savage MORECAMBE 4 (Cooney 24, 28,
Stanley, Shoretire, Hannibal Davis 34, Price 62)
(Hardley 23); Hugill UNITED 4 (Shoretire 45, 45+5, UNITED 0
Subs not used: Mastny, Svidersky Amad 70, Helm 81) 18 November 2020
CHELSEA 2 (Peart-Harris 6, United: Woolston; Neville (Elanga
EVERTON 3 (Broadhead 26, 57, 65) Lawrence 90+2) 61), Fish, Mengi, Devine (Bejger 78);
UNITED 1 (McCann 45+1) 23 April 2021 McCann (Helm 78), Hannibal,
22 February 2021 United: Bishop; Wellens, Fish, Puigmal; Pellistri, Hugill, Shoretire
United: Kovar; Neville, Fish, Devine, Devine, Williams (Fernandez 78); Subs not used:
Fernandez; Galbraith, Svidersky; Helm, McCann; Shoretire (Svidersky Carney, Fernandez, Hardley, Stanley
Helm, Puigmal (Hoogewerf 16), 78), Hannibal, Amad; Elanga
McCann; Hugill (McNeill 70) Subs not used: ACCRINGTON STANLEY 3
Subs not used: Hughes, Mastny Mastny, Hoogewerf, Savage (Burgess 8, Pritchard 67, 85)
UNITED 2 (Pellistri 39, Elanga 61)
SOUTHAMPTON 1 (Olaigbe 74) DERBY COUNTY 2 8 December 2020
UNITED 2 (McCann 83, 85) (Ibrahim 4, Cresswell 31) United: Woolston; Fernandez,
27 February 2021 UNITED 6 (Elanga 1, 71, Fish, Mengi, Devine; Puigmal
United: Kovar; Neville (Emeran 79), Galbraith 33, Shoretire 39, 76, (Hugill 45 +1), Hannibal,
Taylor, Fish, Devine, Fernandez; Forson 45+1) Galbraith; Pellistri (Helm 78),
Svidersky, Galbraith, McCann; 3 May 2021 Shoretire, Elanga
Hugill (Hoogewerf 64), Helm United: Kovar; Helm, Taylor, Fish Subs not used: Ercolani,
Subs not used: Mastny (Fernandez 46), Devine; McCann, Carney, McCann, Stanley, Neville

Regardless of location, fans around
the world devote themselves to
following United, with many of
these like-minded Reds coming
together to form official groups...
SUPPORTERS’
CLUBS
Regardless of location, fans around the world
devote themselves to following United, with
many of these like-minded Reds coming
together to form official groups...
MUSC
SUPPORTERS’
CLUBS
rters’ clubs, including 2019/20’s
THE MUSC MAP

Check out the full list of our supporters’ clubs, including 11 new additions...
Are you part of the

movement? If you are
interested in starting
your own official
supporters’ club, email
musc@manutd.co.uk
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⊲ NORTH AMERICA
15
4 1 Canada
9
11 2 USA
6 2
13 3 USA – Atlanta
8 4 USA – Chicago 47
10
7 5 USA – Dallas Reds
14 12 3
5 6 USA – Denver Reds 27
7 USA – Los Angeles
17
8 USA – Memphis Reds
9 USA – New York Reds
10 USA – North Texas Reds
16
11 USA – Philadelphia
12 USA – Phoenix Red Devils
13 USA – Red Devils DC
14 USA – San Diego
15 USA – Seattle
SOUTH 16 Mexico
AMERICA ⊲
17 Bermuda (new in 2020/21) 29
24 22
18 Brazil
AFRICA ⊲
19 Peru (new in 2020/21)
20 Botswana (new in 2020/21)

21 Egypt
19
22 Ghana (new in 2020/21)
23 Kenya
18
24 Liberia
25 Mauritius (new in 2020/21)
26 Mauritius Red Devils (new in 2020/21)
27 Morocco
28 Rodrigues Island
29 Sierra Leone
30 South Africa
Our global supporters’ 31 South Africa – Cape Town
⊲
club for LGBT+ Reds: 32 Tunisia

@RainbowDevils 33 Zimbabwe

SUPPORTERS’ CLUBS
EUROPE ASIA
⊲
⊲
34 Austria 51 Hungarian Fanatics 67 Bangladesh 88 India – Nagaland
35 Austria Red Devils 52 Hungary 68 China – Beijing 89 India – Nagpur
36 Baku Reds 53 Iceland 69 China – Changsha Reds 90 India – New Delhi
37 Belarus 54 Italy 70 China – Dongguan Reds 91 India – Pune
38 Belgium – Flanders Mancunians 55 Liechtenstein Red Devils 71 China – Foshan Reds 92 Indonesia
39 Belgium – Red Flag 56 Luxembourg 72 China – Guangzhou 93 Japan
40 Bulgaria 57 Malta 73 China – Hangzhou 94 Japan – Tokyo
41 Croatia 58 Poland 74 China – Hong Kong 95 Korea
42 Cyprus 59 Russia – Moscow Reds 75 China – Shanghai 96 Malaysia
43 Cyprus Fan Club 60 Russia – Krasnodar Reds 76 China – Shenzhen 97 Malaysia – My Malaysia
44 Finland 61 Scandinavia 77 China – Shenzhen Red Devils 98 Malaysian Fan Club
45 France 62 Slovenia 78 India – Bangalore 99 Myanmar
46 Germany 63 Switzerland – Swiss Devils 79 India – Chennai 100 Myanmar Glory
47 Gibraltar 64 Switzerland – Suisse 80 India – Delhi NCR 101 Nepal
48 Greece – Athens 65 Ukraine 81 India – Goa 102 Pakistan
49 Greece – Hellenic 66 Ukraine – Kyiv Reds 82 India – Goan Red Devils 103 Singapore
50 Netherlands – Dutch Mancunians 83 India – Hyderabad 104 Taiwan
84 India – Kerala 105 Thailand
85 India – Kolkata 106 Vietnam
86 India – Mizoram 107 Maldives (new in 2020/21)
87 India – Mumbai 108 Maldives Glory (new in 2020/21)
MAKE
CONTACT!
To find the details for your
nearest supporters’ club,
44 visit ManUtd.com/en/
fans/supporters-clubs
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50 37 59
58
38 46
39 66
56 65
55 34 35
45 63 64 51 52
62 60
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54 40
36
48 68
49 93
57 95
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111
112 75
113 102 80 73
90 101
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21 109 88
116 119 72
67 86 71 76 104
117 118
115
89 85 70 77
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87 99
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81 100
82 78 79 105
MIDDLE EAST 106
109 Bahrain 84
110 Iraq
111 Israel
112 Jordan 96
97 98
23
113 Kuwait 103
114 Lebanon
115 Oman 92
116 Qatar
117 Saudi Arabia
118 United Arab Emirates
119 UAE – Red Maniacs
33
28
OCEANIA ⊲
120 Australia – Brisbane
30 121 Australia – New South Wales 120
122 Australia – Perth 122
121
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SUPPORTERS’ CLUBS
UK & Ireland
ENGLAND
1 Bedfordshire
2 Bristol, Bath & District
3 Cheshire – Chester & North Wales
4 Cheshire – Crewe & Nantwich Are you part of the
5 Cheshire – High Peak movement? If you are
93
6 Cheshire – Macclesfield interested in starting
83 68
7 Cheshire – Newton-le-Willows 73
8 Cheshire – Stalybridge your own official
9 Cheshire – Warrington 97 supporters’ club, email
10 Cumbria – Barrow-in-Furness 82
86
musc@manutd.co.uk
11 Cumbria – Carlisle & South West Scotland
90 74 72 89 8870
12 Cumbria – West Cumbria 81 80 95 79
13 Cumbria – Westmorland 77 75 85 71 98
84
14 Devon – Plymouth 91 69 92
15 Devon – Torbay 78 76
16 Dorset 96
17 Durham & North East 102
87 94
18 East Anglia
19 East Sussex – Brighton
20 East Sussex – Hastings 101
100
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21 East Yorkshire
22 Gloucester & Cheltenham
99
23 Hampshire
24 Hereford
25 Hertfordshire
26 Isle of Man 11
27 Kent – Invicta Reds 17
28 Lancashire – Fleetwood 120
13
29 Lancashire – Heywood 112
12
30 Lancashire – Lancaster 130
26 42
31 Lancashire – Middleton & District 129
126 10 30
32 Lancashire – Royton (new in 2020/21) 28
33 Lancashire – Southport 119
118
122 29 64
32 63 21
34 Leicestershire 31 62 65
133 9 8
35 Lincolnshire – Grimsby 33 52 53 35
7 6
36 Lincolnshire – Lincoln 121 5 36
3
37 London 123 4 54
46
38 London – London Association (MULA) 107
39 London – London Fan Club 49 47
114
60
40 Norfolk – East Anglia 115 113 111
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40
124
41 North Devon 18
128 103 61
42 North Yorkshire 132 127
116 134 44
43 Northampton – Wellingborough 131 57
110 24 59 56 43
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44 Northamptonshire – Corby & Kettering 125
25
45 Northumberland – Berwick-upon-Tweed 117
22
46 Nottinghamshire – Mansfield 109 108
105 48
47 Nottinghamshire – Nottingham 106 104 2 37
48 Oxfordshire – Oxford & Banbury 38 39
79 First North Down (Bangor) 41
50
49 Shrewsbury 55 27
80 Iveagh Youth (Belfast) 23
50 Somerset – Bridgwater & South West 51
81 Lagan (Belfast) 19 20
51 Somerset – Yeovil 82 Larne 16
52 South Yorkshire – Barnsley 83 Limavady
53 South Yorkshire – Doncaster & District 84 Lisburn 15
54 Staffordshire – North Staffs 14
85 Lurgan
55 Surrey 86 Muckamore Abbey
56 Warwickshire – Leamington Spa 87 Newry
57 Warwickshire – Rugby & Nuneaton 88 Newtownards
58 West Midlands – Birmingham
59 West Midlands & Hereford
89 Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (Belfast) REP. OF IRELAND 66
90 Omagh 110 Abbeyfeale

60 West Midlands – Walsall 91 Portadown 111 Arklow/Wicklow
67
61 Worcestershire – Redditch 92 Portaferry 112 Bundoran
62 Yorkshire – Bradford & Leeds 93 Portstewart 113 Carlow – Bagenalstown Reds
63 Yorkshire – Featherstone 94 Rostrevor 114 Carlow
64 Yorkshire – Keighley 95 South Belfast 115 Clare
65 Yorkshire – South Elmsall 96 South Down 116 Clonmel
97 Strabane 117 Cork (new in 2020/21)
CHANNEL ISLANDS 98 Tower Ards 118 County Longford
119 County Roscommon
66 Guernsey
67 Jersey SCOTLAND 120 Donegal
99 Ayrshire 121 Dublin
100 Edinburgh 122 Kells
NORTHERN IRELAND 101 Glasgow 123 Kevin Moran (Dublin)
68 Ballymoney (see 11 for South West Scotland) 124 Killaoe
69 Banbridge 102 Perth (new in 2020/21) 125 Killarney
70 Bangor 126 Killeshandra/Ballinagh Co Cavan
71 Carryduff WALES 127 Kilmallock
72 Cavehill 103 Aberystwyth 128 Limerick
73 City of Derry 104 Cardiff South and Vale Reds 129 Mayo
74 Cookstown 105 Chepstow 130 Sligo
75 Craigavon 106 Glamorgan & Gwent 131 Tralee
76 Downpatrick 107 Gwynedd 132 West Limerick
77 Dungannon 108 Pontypridd 133 Westmeath/Castlepollard
78 Fermanagh 109 Swansea 134 Wexford

SUPPORTERS’ CLUBS
GLOBAL GALLERY
A selection of supporters’ club
pictures from across the planet! • South Africa
• Ukraine • South Down, Northern Ireland
• USA • Tralee, Ireland
• Thailand
SUPPORTERS’ CLUBS
• Pakistan
• Rostrevor, Northern Ireland • Poland
• San Diego, USA
• Saudi Arabia • Liechtenstein

SUPPORTERS’ CLUBS
• Rugby & Nuneaton • Oxford & Banbury
• Perth, Scotland
• North Texas, USA • West Limerick, Ireland
• Nepal • Nagpur, India
• New South Wales, Australia • Moscow, Russia

SUPPORTERS’ CLUBS
• Memphis, USA
• Malaysia
• Goa, India • Malta
• Mexico • Mizoram, India

SUPPORTERS’ CLUBS
• Iceland • Kerala, India
• Kolkata, India
• High Peak, Cheshire • Leicestershire
• Hangzhou, China
SUPPORTERS’ CLUBS
• Dungannon, Northern Ireland • Dutch Mancunians
• Vietnam • Westmorland, Cumbria
• Iraq
SUPPORTERS’ CLUBS
• East Anglia • Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
• Maldives • Finland

SUPPORTERS’ CLUBS
• Cyprus • Cyprus Fan Club
• Dallas, USA
• Delhi, India
• Ayrshire • Washington DC, USA

SUPPORTERS’ CLUBS
• Cork, Ireland
• Clare, Ireland • Cape Town, South Africa
• Maldives Glory
• Chepstow • Mauritius Red Devils
• City of Derry, Northern Ireland • Bridgwater & South West

SUPPORTERS’ CLUBS
• Flanders Mancunians, Belgium • Belgium – Red Flag
• Mauritius • Belarus
• Austria • Fleetwood
• Atlanta, USA
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OFFICIAL YEARBOOK

The Official Manchester United

Editor Charlie Ghagan

Thanks also to all the clubs

First published in 2021

All rights reserved. No part of this

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12 MATCH REPORTS 176 WOMEN’S TEAM

HONOURS AND TROPHIES CONTACTS

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first football director and our

Executive vice-chairman proudly reflects on

the club’s achievements during a challenging

year, before looking ahead to a season that

will see him step down from his role...

W elcome to the latest

Manchester United 2020/21 Yearbook 07

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Manchester United 2020/21 Yearbook 09

Solskjaer and first-team coach

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The Norwegian wants his charges

doors to 10,000 fans against Fulham

IN GETTING OUR HOME FORM BACK ON TRACK

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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

T here were just under seven

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then thumped home on his left

MARCUS RASHFORD v BRIGHTON to an eventual 3-2 triumph in the

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Townsend 7, Zaha 74 (pen), 85

Hodgson’s Eagles stun the Reds in league opener

M anchester United’s delayed

POST-MATCH TABLE “TODAY WAS A PERFORMANCE THAT YOU

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Donny van de Beek became the

UNITED CRYSTAL PALACE

STARTING XI UNITED SUBS USED: Greenwood for James 45’ •

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Late surge eases Reds through against Hatters

J uan Mata, Marcus Rashford

CLEAN SHEET AND A WIN TO TOP IT OFF”

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Left Greenwood guides the ball

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Late seaside drama leads to 100th-minute winner

A 100th-minute penalty from

MAN OF THE MATCH

“MY HAPPINESS IS 10 OUT OF 10 TODAY POST-MATCH TABLE

NEAR A 10 – WE ALL KNOW THAT”

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Left (clockwise from top) Shaw holds

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It’s all back to Brighton for a more comfortable win

I n much less dramatic fashion than

OTHER RESULTS: “IT WAS A GREAT HEADER BY SCOTTY. IT WAS

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scores keep popping up across the top flight...

A fter a tough start to the

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