Sunday, August 13, 2017

FULL TIME AT OLD TRAFFORD: MANCHESTER UNITED v WEST HAM.


MANCHESTER UNITED 4 WEST HAM 0.

Lukaku 34', 52', Martial 87', Pogba 90'.

TEAM NEWS:

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

Subs: Martial, Smalling, Lingard, Romero, Ander Herrera, Fellaini, Darmian.


West Ham XI: Hart, Zabaleta, Reid, Ogbonna, Masuaku, Noble, Obiang, Fernandes, Ayew, Arnautovic, Hernandez.

Subs: Cresswell, Fonte, Adrian, Sakho, Collins, Byram, Rice.

34'GOAL!
GOAL! Lukaku fires Manchester United into the lead! Obiang falls asleep on the ball in the middle of the pitch and is closed down by Matic, who quickly knocks the ball over to Rashford. The youngster flies towards the penalty area and then tees up Lukaku, who smashes a thumping strike past Hart and into the back of the net off the inside of the near post.

52' GOAL! It's another for Lukaku! Free-kick wass floated in by Mkhitaryan and finds Lukaku, who rose high above Masuaku and easily beat the defender before sending a downward header into the bottom right-hand corner of the net.

87' GOAL! It's 3-0! Martial!!!
Mkhitaryan spins in the middle of the pitch and knocks a lovely pass past Zabaleta and into the path of Martial, who only has Hart to beat and does so comfortably with a great low strike.

90' GOAL! Pogba scores!!
Manchester United aren't done just yet! Martial knocks the ball over to Pogba and sets up the midfielder to shoot, and that's exactly what he does. He takes a quick touch and beats Hart with a wonderful low shot that curls past the outstretched limbs of Hart.

FULL TIME REPORT:
It was exactly the sort of start Manchester United's Boss Mourinho wanted as his rampant Reds controlled proceedings from start to finish. They never looked back after being two goals up in the beginning of the second half, and from then onwards they were all over West Ham. The visitors seemed to totally collapse, allowing far too much space to open up in and around their own penalty area.
Still too early, but this United side are certainly a team to beat this season.




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