Saturday, August 19, 2017

FULL TIME AT THE LIBERTY STADIUM: SWANSEA v MAN UTD.


SWANSEA 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 4.

Baily 45', Lukaku 80', Pogba 82', Martial 84'.

Manchester United will look to extend their fine start to the new season when they take on Swansea today.

Jose Mourinho’s men got their campaign off to a stunning start when they battered West Ham 4-0 at Old Trafford last Sunday.

The question is:
Can they win Swansea, who have not lost in their last six Premier League games?

TEAM NEWS:

SWANSEA XI: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Roque Mesa, Fer, Carroll, Ayw, Abraham.

Subs: Nordfeldt, van der Hoorn, Narsingh, Routledge, Rangel, Fulton, McBurnie.


MAN UTD XI: De Gea, Valencia, Bailly, Jones, Blind, Matic, Pogba, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Rashford, Lukaku.

Subs: Romero, Lindelof, Smalling, Fellaini, Herrera, Lingard, Martial.


45' GOAL! Bailly!!
Swansea have finally been beaten! After doing so well since the start of the game, the hosts' defence are unable to deal with a dangerous United corner. It's curled right onto the head of Pogba, who rises high and forces Fabianski into making a great diving save. The goalkeeper can only push the ball onto the crossbar and down to Bailly, who then taps it into the back of the net from close range.

Half time.

80' GOAL! Lukaku!
United have doubled the lead! Martial does really well to keep two Swansea players at bay before teeing up Mkhitaryan to his right. The Armenian then knocks a clever pass into the penalty area and towards Lukaku, who, all alone, easily beats Fabianski with a great finish.

Eric Bailly scored on the stroke of half time, though, and Swansea collapsed following a change of formation in the second half.
Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial all found the net as Manchester United extended their lead at the top of the table.
82' GOAL! POGBA!!!
It's another for United! Once again, Mkhitaryan breaks towards the Swansea penalty area as the visitors carve open the under-pressure hosts. He then picks out Pogba, who comfortably chips a lovely shot over Fabianski and into the back of the net to make it 3-0.

84' GOAL! MARTIAL!!!
GOAL! United are running riot! An attempted Swansea attacking move breaks down, allowing United to fly forward on a quick counter-attack. Lukaku does really well to out-muscle his marker before spinning and finding Pogba, who then sets up Martial to cut inside and slot a great strike into the bottom right-hand corner of the net.

FULL TIME REPORT:
Eric Bailly scored on the stroke of half time, though, and Swansea collapsed following a change of formation in the second half.
Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial all found the net as Manchester United extended their lead at the top of the table.

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