Away day specials
TUESDAY’S win over Burnley took Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side back to the Premier League summit, helped by 22 points from a possible 24 on the road.
United won their first six away league games this season and scored at least three goals in each, and a 4-1 win at Newcastle. Remarkably, they conceded first in all six of those matches.
A draw at Leicester halted their 100% record but they got back on track at Burnley last time out with their first clean sheet on the road in this season’s Premier League.
They have scored 22 goals — five of them in the 90th minute and beyond — and conceded 11 in the eight games. In all competitions, their away record reads won 11, drawn one and lost two.
THE MATCHES BRIGHTON 2 MANCHESTER UNITED 3, SEPTEMBER 26
SOLLY March’s 90th-minute goal looked to have earned the Seagulls a draw, but VAR awarded a penalty after the final whistle had already blown, and Bruno Fernandes kept his nerve.
NEWCASTLE 1 MANCHESTER UNITED 4, OCTOBER 17
LUKE Shaw’s early own goal was cancelled out by Harry Maguire, but it took until the final five minutes plus stoppage time for Fernandes, Aaron Wan-bissaka and Marcus Rashford to seal victory.
EVERTON 1 MANCHESTER UNITED 3, NOVEMBER 7
UNITED fell behind again to Bernard, but Fernandes scored twice and Edinson Cavani netted a late third.
SOUTHAMPTON 2 MANCHESTER UNITED 3, NOVEMBER 29
TWO-NIL down after an hour — Jan Bednarek’s goal added to by James Ward-prowse’s free-kick — United cut the deficit through Fernandes before substitute Cavani scored twice.
WEST HAM 1 MANCHESTER UNITED 3, DECEMBER 5
THE pattern repeated as Tomas Soucek crowned a dominant first half for the Hammers, but Paul Pogba, Mason Greenwood and Rashford scored in the space of 13 second-half minutes.
SHEFFIELD UNITED 2 MANCHESTER UNITED 3, DECEMBER 17
THE Blades’ David Mcgoldrick book-ended the scoring but Rashford also scored twice, sandwiching an Anthony Martial strike, as United extended their run to 10 successive away league wins dating back to last season.
LEICESTER 2 MANCHESTER UNITED 2, DECEMBER 26
UNITED twice led, through Rashford and Fernandes, but after Harvey Barnes equalised on the first occasion, a late Axel Tuanzebe own goal is ultimately what stands between United and a 100% record on their travels so far.
BURNLEY 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 1, JANUARY 12
KNOWING even a draw would take them top, United made sure as Pogba’s second-half volley secured victory.