Man Utd 3-2 Nottingham Forest: Player ratings as Fernandes penalty completes comeback

Manchester United completed a remarkable comeback to beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 after going two goals behind inside five minutes at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon.

Sloppy defending saw Taiwo Awoniyi race clear to put Forest ahead before Willy Boly headed in among a static group of United players.

Christian Eriksen netted from Marcus Rashford's cross before the hosts went level in the second half as Casemiro finished off a set-piece routine.

Joe Worrall was dismissed for denying a goalscoring opportunity before Bruno Fernandes put United ahead in the 76th minute from the penalty spot after Rashford had been brought down.

Whatever the Nottingham Forest squad had on their breakfast Weetabix — other wheat biscuits are available — it certainly paid dividends. While Erik ten Hag had called for his players to show more desire after a poor result at Tottenham last week, his players didn't look as though they had taken notice of their manager's frustrations, bizarrely racing into a two-goal deficit just five minutes in as Forest pounced.

United have conceded goals from their own set pieces before — think Demba Ba for Istanbul Basaksehir — and a similar aching gap of space was charged into by Awoniyi as he latched onto Morgan Gibbs-White's flick beyond Marcus Rashford, who was acting as United's last line of defence. The Forest striker took his time to deftly finish with Andre Onana in his own world. It quietened the Old Trafford crown, but that stunned silence turned to incredulous groaning when Steve Cooper's side doubled their lead.

A wide free-kick from Gibbs-White provoked no reaction from United's defence and instead hit Boly squarely on the forehead, the ball bouncing slowly over the line with Onana stood rooted to the spot.