Anthony Marshall And alejandro garnacho hit as Manchester United scored comfortably 2-0 Premier League home win wolves On Saturday that took them one step closer to a return to the Champions League.
With the top four qualifying directly for next season’s group stage, United are fourth in the table with 66 points, four ahead of fifth liverpool There are three games left with both the sides tied. Wolves are at 13th position with 40 points.
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In a game played at a predominantly slow pace, United’s Brazilian winger Antoine Muddy volleyed a shot wide in the ninth minute after a Wolves defence, and he continued to offer a creative spark as he regularly cut in from the right wing to shoot down his favored left foot.
The 23-year-old headed over from point-blank range on the half-hour mark, but he made amends two minutes later, tearing down the right on a quick counter-attack and squaring the ball for Marshall to fire home.
Antony was back in action at the hour mark bruno fernandes Back-heeled the ball on the edge of the box but the 23-year-old Brazilian’s shot went wide of the near post.
Fernandes should have scored two points in the 64th minute when he cut in from the left and fired from close range, but Wolves’ debutant keeper Daniel Bentley saved your shot, and jadon sanchoA similar attempt was also excluded.
With wolves onslaught looking totally toothless, casemiro With a dipping shot and substitute forced to save another penalty from Bentley in the 82nd minute wout weghorst The resulting corner went over the bar from close range, but the second goal eventually came.
Brought off the bench in the 82nd minute after a long spell out with an ankle injury, Garnacho wrapped up the three points with a long run and a bounced in from the inside of the right-hand post to seal the win with a deep dive in stoppage time put. ,
United captain Fernandes said, “We did our job, we needed to get the three points and win the game – after two defeats, we knew how important it was to get our side going.”
portugal The International praised 29-year-old Wolves keeper Bentley, who was playing his first Premier League game after a career at Southend, Brentford and Bristol City.
“We played a professional game and could have scored more, [but] Their keeper had a really good game to keep the Wolves in the game,” Fernandes said.
“It was not a case of us wasting our chances. Their keeper did a really good job, we have to commend him.”
