Manchester United overcame a Fulham fightback from two objectives right down to win 3-2 in an exhilarating Premier League recreation.
Raul Jimenez and Kevin had silenced Outdated Trafford with two late objectives to cancel out Casemiro and Matheus Cunha’s strikes however Benjamin Sesko netted moments later in stoppage time handy Michael Carrick his third straight win as United interim supervisor.
The win lifts the Pink Devils again into fourth within the Premier League as they matched top-four rivals Chelsea and Liverpool’s victories on Saturday.
It additionally continued Carrick’s 100% begin to life as interim, having crushed Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal in addition to Fulham up to now since changing Ruben Amorim.
Man Utd vs Fulham because it occurred
United went forward on 19 minutes after VAR overturned a penalty right into a free-kick. Bruno Fernandes swung it to the again put up and Casemiro powered a header into the nook.
Fulham had spells of the ball and threatened with out slicing by means of, with Senne Lammens saving from Harry Wilson’s free-kick and blocking Joachim Andersen from shut vary, however their greatest moments got here to nothing.
The hosts then made it 2–0 on 56 minutes on the break, Casemiro threading a go into the field for Cunha, who smashed a first-time end into the roof of the online previous Bernd Leno.
Jorge Cuenca then thought he had lowered the deficit when he tapped dwelling from shut vary following a deflection however a prolonged VAR test resulted within the purpose being turned out for a particularly tight offside.
Sesko almost wrapped up the sport only a minute after approaching however his header crashed off the woodwork earlier than sending a second effort onto the roof of the online.
Fulham had been down however actually not out within the remaining 10 minutes and an opportunity went begging for Raul Jimenez, whose shot deflected off Harry Maguire earlier than Senne Lammens tipped the ball over earlier than Joachim Andersen noticed a header flash vast.
The guests had been then awarded a penalty when Maguire and Jimenez renewed acquaintances because the defender introduced down the striker with a determined lunge.
Jimenez dusted himself down and fired the spotkick into the highest nook to arrange a grandstand end on the Theatre of Goals.
And Kevin then silenced Outdated Trafford by discovering the equaliser by slicing inside a firing a beautiful effort into the highest nook as Carrick seemed set for his first stumbling block in cost.
However Sesko fired the Pink Devils again in entrance after bringing down Fernandes’ ball throughout earlier than firing it into the again of the online.
