Late Iwobi strike ends Manchester United resurgence
ALEX Iwobi’s winner, six minutes into stoppage time, ended Manchester United’s recent resurgence and reminded manager Erik ten Hag how much he will miss the three weeks he will be without injured Rasmus Hojlund.
United thought that Harry Maguire’s 89th minute equaliser had earned at least a point, with the England defender was on hand to net the rebound after Bern Leno failed to deal with Bruno Fernandes’s late shot and pushed it into his path, But with United pressing for a winner in the nine minutes of added time, Adama Traore sped away from Maguire and found Iwobi in space in the area. The winger, guilty of some early misses, made no mistake this time, with a clinical finish into the bottom corner.
Fulham took a deserved lead from Andreas Pereira’s 65th minute corner which was met by Calvin Bassey whose initial shot struck team-mate Timothy Castagne.
The Nigerian international defender showed great poise, however, latching onto the rebound and slamming the ball into the roof of the United goal.
Without Hojlund, and fellow injury victim Luke Shaw, it was a particularly lacklustre attacking performance from Erik ten Hag’s side, with young winger Alejandro Garnacho the one bright spark.
Teenage winger Omari Forson was handed his first United start, although lasted well under the hour and he struggled to make an impression, although his selection was intriguing as he was preferred to the underachieving £86 million Brazilian Antony.
Instead, with Marcus Rashford ineffective as United’s number nine, the Reds could easily have found themselves behind by the interval.
Alex Iwobi wasted two good early shooting opportunities before Timothy Castagne thought he had headed his side in front, only for Andre Onana to make a fine
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