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!
insane that united are only 6 points off city given how truly awful they’ve been this season
Tbf it’s kinda hard to build a significant lead after only 9 games.
League is a long run man. Let’s see in Jan where do the teams stand. I feel city will still run away with the title
yeah for what it’s worth i don’t think united are gonna be anywhere close to the title lol, it just feels like the team should already be like 15 points behind instead of 6
They look as vulnerable as they have in a long while, but I don’t think anyone should be expecting us to be the team which catches up to them lol
It’s only 9 games.
Nothing iNsAnE.
I welcome our shithouse win next week
I’ll just leave this here:
"Ferguson was appointed manager of Manchester United on 6 November 1986, replacing the sacked Ron Atkinson. His first years were not easy and were marked by inconsistency. In previous seasons, United were a regular in the top 4, while under Ferguson they mainly finished in the bottom half of the table, although they achieved second place in the 1987/88 season.
The 1989/90 season was a low point: United only finished 13th. City rival Manchester City, among others, lost with a heavy 5-1 score. The supporters became cynical and the press insinuated that Ferguson’s dismissal was not far away. However, Matt Busby, United’s successful manager in the 1950s and 1960s, recommended that the board leave him in his position, which was done. This was also due to the somewhat surprising FA Cup win that season: the first trophy that United won under Ferguson."
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.
Maguire’s win percentage 📈
🗿📈
Dragged down by the Maguire
Harry “Poatan” Maguire
Adesanya was in the stands to support Sheffield
Important win
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
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.
Another emphatic, commanding win. What crisis?
One convincing performance…that’s all I ask for
Maguire played his ass off, deserved MOTM, pleased for the guy.
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.
Well it has to be said that that was certainly one of the football games that took place this weekend.
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.
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
Again absolutely dogshit performance against arguably the weakest side in the league.
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