Sheffield United 1 - 2 Manchester United
Sheffield United scorers: Oli McBurnie (34’ pen.)
Man U scorers: Scott McTominay (28’), Diogo Dalot (77’)
Venue: Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England
Referee: Michael Oliver
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Foderingham | Jordan Amissah | ||
| Auston Trusty | 45’ | Femi Seriki | |
| Jack Robinson | Anis Ben Slimane | ||
| Jayden Bogle | Jili Buyabu | ||
| Luke Thomas | 37’ | Ben Osborn | 78’ |
| Vinícius Costa | 62’ | John Fleck | |
| Gustavo Hamer | 84’ | Bénie Traoré | 84’ |
| Oliver Norwood | Rhian Brewster | 51’ | |
| James McAtee | 78’ | Ryan Oné | |
| Oli McBurnie | 34’ 51’ | ||
| Cameron Archer |
Manager: Paul Heckingbottom (England)
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| André Onana | Altay Bayındır | ||
| Jonny Evans | 82’ 84’ | Raphaël Varane | 84’ |
| Harry Maguire | Mason Mount | 88’ | |
| Victor Lindelöf | Donny van de Beek | ||
| Diogo Dalot | 77’ | Hannibal Mejbri | |
| Sofyan Amrabat | Christian Eriksen | 63’ | |
| Scott McTominay | 28’ 63’’ | Facundo Pellistri | |
| Antony | 63’ | Alejandro Garnacho | 63’ |
| Bruno Fernandes | Anthony Martial | 63’ | |
| Marcus Rashford | 88’ | ||
| Rasmus Højlund | 63’ |
Manager: Erik ten Hag (Netherlands)
1’: We’re off!
3’: SAVE! The ball deflects to McBurnie who’s in space! He fires! But Onana makes a comfortable save!
16’: Antony takes a shot at goal, not enough power on it, easy save for Foderingham.
17’: Antony fires wide by a lot.
21’: Onana is down. Medics looking at him. Looks like he’s going to stay in for the moment.
24’: SAVE! Cameron Archer fires from distance through the legs of Maguire but Onana is alert and keeps it out!
28’: GOAL MAN U!! Scott McTominay chests the ball up in the air, somehow adjusts to make the volley, it deflects and takes the keeper flat-footed!
31’: PENALTY FOR SHEFFIELD UNITED! McTominay the goal-scorer penalized for handball!
34’: GOAL SHEFFIELD UNITED! Oli McBurnie smashes it in off the inside of the post!
37’: Luke Thomas pulls down Antony by the shirt
38’: Højlund stretches out and can’t quite make the tap-in on the cross.
44’: Bruno Fernandes takes a free kick and hits the top of the crossbar!
45’: Auston Trusty carded for preventing Rashford from taking a quick throw-in
45+3’: SAVE! The ball deflects out to Højlund! He fires quickly but Foderingham was also off his line quickly and makes himself big to make the save.
HT Sheffield United 1-1 Manchester United Tied at the break but gotta say, Man U do not look like the better side.
46’: We’re back!
48’: SAVE! Norwood fires on target, Onana just tips it over for a corner.
51’: Sheffield United substitution: Rhian Brewster on for Oli McBurnie who comes off gingerly
52’: SAVE!! Brewster fires from distance, Onana parries up but it bounces up in the air! McAtee attempts to get the rebound but can’t jump high enough. Some check for a foul by Maguire on McAtee but the refs give nothing.
55’: Mixup in the back for Sheffield United! Foderingham and Trusty don’t link up and Rashford takes the pass, but the shot from Højlund is saved.
58’: MISS! Rashford puts it just a hair wide of the far corner!
62’: Vinícius Costa slides in late on Antony
63’: Man U triple sub: Alejandro Garnacho, Christian Eriksen and Anthony Martial on for Antony, Scott McTominay and Rasmus Højlund
66’: Hamer fires a wild shot into the stands.
67’: Amrabat fires a thunderbolt and hits the crossbar!! They pick up the rebound but Fernandes puts it wide!
77’: GOAL MAN U!! Diogo Dalot fires a speculative effort from distance and it turns out beautifully! Comes right off the keeper’s fingertips into the net!
78’: Sheffield United substitution: Ben Osborn on for James McAtee
82’: Jonny Evans seems to have hurt himself committing a tactical foul
84’: Man U substitution: Raphaël Varane on for Jonny Evans
84’: Sheffield United substitution: Bénie Traoré on for Gustavo Hamer
87’: Foderingham flat-footed again as the shot comes in but Garnacho only ripples the wrong side of the net.
88’: Man U substitution: Mason Mount on for Marcus Rashford
90+1’: Garnacho puts his shot wide! Offside anyway but that was a bad miss.
FT Sheffield United 1-2 Manchester United Man U with a not entirely convincing but badly needed win!
Lol just missing a proper LB and United were already struggled, not even a proper counter in last 10’. Imagine if more injuries would come.
Not even a proper counter? What?
Set flairs off at 2-1 up btw
The celebration police are back. Imagine being happy the team you’ve travelled to watch are winning. Madness.
First half was a disgrace. Couldn’t keep the ball to save our life.
2nd half we dominated but still look so flat and unimaginative in front of goal. Playing Fernandes & McTominay together is the easiest way to constantly lose the ball, hope we never do it again.
Maguire’s win percentage 📈
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Harry “Poatan” Maguire
Adesanya was in the stands to support Sheffield
Dragged down by the Maguire
Imagine if we made a midfield substitution before conceding. What a day that would be
One convincing performance…that’s all I ask for
Another emphatic, commanding win. What crisis?
The NEW new new new new new new new worst game ever
Important win
After this horrible start to the season, we are 5 points off top 4 and we are 9 games right now.
We also have a fuck ton of injuries btw.
Also I swear we have been stuck in this exact game for the entire season. If we ever manage to hold on after equalizing I will blow a gasket
Extremely wasteful from United in the final 10 minutes. Lacking the fundamentals of football, fucking up 3v2 counterattacks and being offside in almost every attack.
If Maguire had started the season, Man United would have more points. Absolutely criminal that Ten Hag persisted with Martinez and then Lindelof over him.
McAtee, Hamer and Archer will be playing in the Premier League next season whatever happens.
Relax mate maguire in this game alone gave sheffield some of their best attacks from balls he gave away.
He deserves to be starting ahead of lindalof but this idea that he is changing any of the losses weve had to wins or draws is just beyond false
uh oh, Evans has done his hamstring. United looking shaky at the back!
Varane came back, we couldn’t have too many fit defenders so Evans had to pay the price
like i said on the match thread. Somehow, some way, United are 8th, one point below the european spots. Adding to that the following: Honestly, i get they played 2 of the 3 promoted teams but considering how between injuries and not being good at the game, its honestly crazy they still got THIS close so soon to the european spots. I thought they´d only get this close like around matchday 20-30.
Honestly, if we ever relearn how to play football, we’re in and around the right place to actually achieve something. Big if though.
fair enough. Also, unironically but Ten Hag as much stick as he gets unironically is managing to make water flow from stones (that is how the expression goes right) considering Manchester United´s current situation. Like, it would be like if someone managed to get, ie, Everton to european qualification spots what he is doing with you all, a team that doesnt have much to meet ends with, managing to crack the top half of the table or inch slowly closer to it.
That couldn’t be further from the truth, getting United top 4 is statically easier than everton to Europe. I don’t know how people drop the bar so much for this team lol, and a bit reason for the lack of quality is ETH demanding these specific huge money signings