Manchester United fall again at home against Wolverhampton

At least two Mancuniens were happy to enter the lawn on Monday for the Premier League home game against Wolverhampton. Cristiano Ronaldo wore the armband for the second time in his career with Manchester United, in the absence of usual captain Harry Maguire. Phil Jones was making his comeback on the football field, 708 days after his last match. The two men quickly became disillusioned, and all their teammates with them, as the visitors gave them a hard time to win at Old Trafford (1-0).

Without a great David De Gea, Ralf Rangnick’s men would have been forced to chase after the score much earlier in the game. But the Spaniard interposed three times in the first twenty minutes, including a spectacular flight on a half-volley from Ruben Neves (12th). He was then replaced by a surprising Phil Jones until his guilty error on the opener, but also by an imperial Raphaël Varane.

Moutinho as an executioner

The Red Devils could have taken advantage of these missed opportunities to achieve the perfect shot and punish their opponents in the evening. But they offered too little offensive binder like Edinson Cavani who completely forgot Greenwood to finally send his shot into the stands (43rd). For once, salvation did not come from Ronaldo who remained lonely, nor from Bruno Fernandes who touched the bar shortly after his entry (67th).

It was finally another Portuguese, in the opposite camp, who unblocked the situation at the end of the match (82nd). João Moutinho scored with a very finely grounded shot and scored his first goal of the season. This new home defeat, already the fourth of the season, puts Manchester United even further away from the top 4.

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