On the day marking the 100-match milestone for Manchester United, Bruno Fernandes had an unsatisfactory performance. The Portuguese provided an assist for Christian Eriksen to open the scoring in the 14th minute, but it was he who lost the ball ungracefully leading to Fulham's 1-1 equalizer in the 61st minute.
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"Red Devils" played full of stalemate, but suddenly got the second goal in the last minute of injury time (90 + 3). After Eriksen's slot, Alejandro Garnacho used his speed to overcome the defender, before finishing diagonally to seal the victory.
Garnacho scored the first goal of his career in the Premier League to help MU close the gap with the 4th team, Tottenham to 3 points. The red half of Manchester still has a match yet to be played.
Man United had to play away, but soon got a goal after a combination of midfield duo Bruno and Eriksen. Starting from Casemiro's good interception in the middle of the field, Bruno escaped, passed a mid-range pass for his Danish teammate to cushion the close, opening the score in the 14th minute.
In the next minutes, "Red Devils" deployed the ball in a variety of ways and created many opportunities. Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial play aggressively, but have serious problems in the decisive rhythms. This duo has missed at least 5 delicious opportunities, when in front of only goalkeeper Bernd Leno.
In defense, Tyrell Malacia had to play on the left of his forte position (right-back) and became a weakness exploited by Fulham. Willian, Tom Cairney had no trouble getting the ball to the bottom of the line, before making crosses inside.
David De Gea played brilliantly, when he blocked a series of close-range shots from Carlos Vinicius and Tim Ream, but then he was helpless before a buffer from less than 5 meters from his former teammate Daniel James in the 61st minute. Former MU midfielder celebrates not too passionately after tearing the old club net.
MU had nearly 30 minutes to find the second goal, but the visitors' attacks were broken quite easily. Rashford, Bruno continue to disappoint with clumsy handling.
Coach Erik ten Hag made the right decision when he substituted Garnacho for Martial in the 73rd minute. The young Argentine striker took advantage of the advantage of speed to make the difference in injury time. Garnacho sped after, but still overcame Bobby Reid, before finishing neatly, forcing Leno into the net to pick up the ball in the final situation of the game.