Winner of Wolverhampton (1-0) at the very end of the game, Manchester United climbed to second place in the Premier League, just behind Liverpool.
In a not so old time, we would have spoken of “Fergie Time”, or even the success of the future champion, to qualify the victory of Manchester United against Wolverhampton (1-0) Tuesday night, acquired at the very end of the game when a draw was looming.
It is arguably far too early to make the Red Devils future champions. But the men of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won a very precious success, at the end of a meeting where they stumbled for a long time on the defense of the Wolves, like this head at close range of Bruno Fernandes directly on his compatriot Rui Patricio (34th). With Edinson Cavani holder and deprived of a goal for offside (70th), as well as a Paul pogba also in the eleven and dangerous on a heavy strike (75th), Man U found the loophole on his last attack, or almost, when the strike of a Marcus Rashford lonely was deflected in his goal by the unfortunate Romain Saïss (1-0, 90th + 3).
With a little luck, a 0-0 which would have been a stoppage turns into a victory that extends a good series. After the three defeats in six days to begin with, this Manchester has just chained seven wins and two draws, and finds himself second in the standings, just behind Liverpool. In a season where everyone is giving up points, even the defending champion against the 19th at Anfield, who knows if there is not something to do for the Red Devils …
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