Manchester United remain in second place but lost a little ground after drawing last week. They travel to Huddersfield who have not won any of their last five Premier League games. United are yet to be beaten this season and have kept seven clean sheets, conceding just two goals away to Stoke. Huddersfield, on the … Read more
Manchester United travel to The John Smith’s Stadium for the first time ever as they take on Huddersfield Town in the Premier League on Saturday. United come into the match on the back of a 1-0 victory over SL Benfica in the Champions League, which was their third European win in a row. Rashford scored … Read more
United make a journey they haven’t made in league football for almost 47 years this Saturday as they traverse the Pennines to Yorkshire to meet Huddersfield Town, a famous old club enjoying Premier League life for the first time in their history this season. Led by German manager David Wagner, the Terriers have made a … Read more
Manchester United poised to activate Ander Herrera’s contract extension Manchester United have been in fine form this year, with every single player in the squad shouldering some part of the burden this season. One area in which United have had quite a few injuries but have luckily been well reinforced in that area is in … Read more
Date: Sunday, 1st October 1995 Manchester United: 2 ( Butt, Cantona ) Liverpool: 2 ( Fowler, 2 ) Attendance: 34,934 Eric Cantona placed the ball onto the spot, looked David James in the eyes before his run up, then proceeded to send the England keeper in the opposite direction. Cantona was back! His eight-month exile from the … Read more
Lineups: Benfica (4-3-3): Svilar; Douglas, Luisao, Ruben Dias, Grimaldo; Fejsa, Pizzi, Filipe Augusto; Salvio, Diogo Goncalves, Jimenez Manchester United (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Valencia, Lindelof, Smalling, Blind; Herrera, Matic; Mata, Mkhitaryan, Rashford; Lukaku Benfica gave a European debut to Mile Svilar, who became the youngest goalkeeper to play in the Champions League. Raul Jimenez started upfront, … Read more
A few years ago many Manchester United fans would have been correct in describing their midfield as brittle when the going got tough away in Europe. Perhaps this was best demonstrated the last time United travelled to the Estádio da Luz when the Red Devils failed to pick up the three points, eventually crashing out … Read more
Here’s how Manchester United’s players fared in the 1-0 win over SL Benfica in the UEFA Champions League- De Gea- 6 Didn’t have anything to do apart from making a couple of catches. Was involved a lot in the opening few minutes as Benfica applied pressure and so he received the ball a lot of … Read more
Manchester United made it three out of three as they defeated SL Benfica in their Champions League group stage game in Lisbon. Marcus Rashford scored his side’s only goal as Rui Vitoria’s men were condemned to yet another defeat in Europe this season. The home side began the game in stunning fashion and were too … Read more
United travelled to Lisbon off the back of a disappointing/hard-earned (delete as appropriate) draw away at Anfield. Benfica had lost their opening two fixtures, while United had won both of theirs. A victory would almost certainly seal qualification from the group and United got what they needed, thanks to a clever free kick from Marcus … Read more