Sunday Mirror

FIVE KEY MOMENTS

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England forward first, but his ed volley squeezed side of the post. ino (right with maintained: “If Dele ored just before they here wouldn’t have uestions about Harry

When David De Gea bumps into Phil Jones and drops the ball it’s laid back to Moussa Sissoko who blazes over.

Marcus Rashford is substitute­d to some boos from United fans who would

competed and fought a lot.” Like a smoulderin­g bonfire you waited for a spark to fully ignite this much-anticipate­d clash of these two titans.

It was appropriat­e that the only clear-cut opening in a mistake-ridden first half came when De Gea bumped into Phil Jones while collecting a routine cross from Ben Davies.

The ball slipped out of his grasp and Alli pounced, laying it into the path of Moussa Sissoko who blazed over the crossbar.

The tempo and skill factor increased after the break and Lloris was thankful that his

At last a goal! Route one from United with sub Martial cashing in on a Romelu Lukaku flick for the winner.

full-back Davies was able to prevent Rashford from capitalisi­ng on his mishandlin­g of a low effort from Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Lukaku headed a deep Jesse Lingard cross against the foot of the post but United weren’t to be denied.

Enter Martial who confessed: “I want to play. I don’t want to be on the bench.”

 ??  ?? 1) 2) Ashley Young and Dele Alli go head to head as tempers begin to fray. 3) like to see his replacemen­t Anthony Martial play alongside the England man. 4)
5) Handled match with calm assurance staying in control first half when tempers simmered. 8
1) 2) Ashley Young and Dele Alli go head to head as tempers begin to fray. 3) like to see his replacemen­t Anthony Martial play alongside the England man. 4) 5) Handled match with calm assurance staying in control first half when tempers simmered. 8

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