Manchester United fell to a third straight defeat as the relegation-threatened Wolves moved out of the bottom 3 of the Premier League with a 2-0 win at home to Ruben Amorim’s side.
Looking to bounce back after their humbling defeat to Bournemouth at the weekend, United were frustrated in fogy conditions by a Wolves side playing with renewed confidence under new boss Vitor Perira.
The game lit up in the head just two minutes after the second half when Bruno Fernandes earned his third red card of the season after a second yellow card for a foul on Nelson Semedo.
Shortly after, the home team took the credit when attacker Mattheus Cunha scored from a corner.
And as the visitors poured forward looking for an equaliser in the closing stages, Hwang Hee-Chan score on the break to secure the points for Wolves/
Relive the full action of the Molinine Stadium rush.
But that will do us for today. A great win for Wolves but another afternoon to forget for Amorim’s side.
You can stay tuned to Metro to catch all the fallout from this game and the rest of the Boxing Day action, but until next time. . . Good night!
The hectic Christmas schedule continues for both sides. United dace a tough test at home against in-form Newcastle on Monday, while Wolves visit Tottenham the day before.
‘Of course, when you lose, when we don’t win, it’s a step back. It was really hard with the sending off. The goal was similar against Tottenham.
“Then we tried. Even with one less player, we tried and I think we were close to something, but the Wolves scored the first goal, then, in the end, we tried everything and the transition 2-0. For us, let’s continue.
It was the first purpose as a fault: “I think he can’t pass the ball. He tries to succeed on the ball and some guys don’t even look at the ball, but I don’t need to in this. I think the right thing is that we were close of the purpose, even with 10 men.
“I feel very satisfied. Vitor came here with a lot of power and we feel it. We unite, we suffer together, we score together. It’s a lot, in the stadium you can see how satisfied they are.
On the influence of the new coach: “He arrived here with a lot of energy. He said he dreamed of getting to the Premier League and we saw it, we can see that energy. We can devise these things.
On his goal from the corner: ‘I was shooting, we train to shoot! The second one I had this luck and scored the goal!’
The new United coach becomes the first coach to lose at least one of his first 10 games in the club in all competitions from Walter Crickmer in January 1932 (6/10).
That’s 3 defeats out of 3 for Amorim’s United.
Five defeats in their seven.
Plenty of work to be done.
No more heartbreak for United, but a great result for Wolves in front of their home fans.
And it will seal it!
United have committed so many bodies forward and Wolves are through on goal after one ball forward.
It’s a two-on-one for the house and Cunha makes no mistake, slipping it to Hwang, who fires past Onana to put the result beyond doubt.
90 7 minutes: Wolves are doing well to keep the ball in the U. S. box in those final moments.
The home team is pulling off an outstanding win here on Boxing Day.
90 Five minutes: Maguire is sent to his side in attack, but his header from a cross goes straight into Sa’s grateful hands in Wolves’ goal.
90+3 minutes: Lobos earn a loose kick in their part of the box and are in a hurry to make things happen. Time is running out for United to locate a last minute equalizer.
A double replace a few moments earlier before the home team, while Dawson and Bellegarde come for Semedo and Strand Larsen.
90 mins: The home fans are getting right behind their side in these closing stages but it’s a clumsy tackle from one of their own, Doherty, as he gifts United a free-kick in a good position after a foul on Garnacho.
Yellow card also for the Republic of Foreign Ireland, since we enter the first eight minutes of additional time.
86 minutes: backward change for Wolves who seek to ensure this result. Ait-Nougu leaves Rodrigo Gomes.
85 mins: Maguire attacks the cross from the right side but Wolves manage to hack the cross clear.
84 mins: A nice bit of interplay from United down the right side as Mazraoui’s cross is deflected behind for a corner.
84 mins: A nice bit of interplay from United down the right side as Mazraoui’s cross is deflected behind for a corner.
82 minutes: In the last ten minutes, United is beginning to have some additional figures for an equalizer.
Garnacho receives a film in a cross on the left side, the effort in the bar.
79 minutes: magnificent defense of Maguire who, in full truncation, blocks an Hwang center to the area from the right. Strand Larsen open and hoping to convert beyond him.
A pause is produced while Cunha low the ball and the United takes the opportunity to make a double change: Amad and Hojlund leave by Garnacho and Zirkzee.
77 minutes: The Larsen chain has the ball in the back of the net, but the Wolves striker is well offside and the purpose is governed.
74 minutes: a double update for the wolves, while Doyle and Hwang update Joao Gomes and Girones.