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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 5 (setup 1, season 31)
Manchester United
v.
Newcastle United
Formation:
4-1-4-1
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Sergio Germán ROMERO616Steve MANDANDA
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Ignacio Monreal Eraso, NACHO MONREAL2Juan Francisco Torres Belén, JUANFRAN
Gregory VAN DER WIEL73Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Steven DEFOUR84XABIER PRIETO Argarate
Salvatore BOCCHETTI56Shkodran MUSTAFI
James TOMKINS6José María CALLEJÓN Bueno
Matías VECINO Falero7SON Heung-min
Mohamed SALAH8Daniel Ceballos Fernández, DANI CEBALLOS
Shinji OKAZAKI79André SCHÜRRLE
Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA107Dries MERTENS
Giovanni Pablo SIMEONE711PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia
C OsborneManagerCharlie Pulling
Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER126JAUME Vicent Costa Jordá
Emiliano VIVIANO13Simone SCUFFET
ALEIX VIDAL Parreu14Cédric CARRASSO
Jérémy MENEZ15Kingsley COMAN
Giacomo BONAVENTURA166Gonzalo Javier RODRÍGUEZ Prado

Manchester United 5 Newcastle United 2
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 42,340, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Keith HILL 6½)
31 Nacho Monreal, 42 Simeone, 60 Salah, 80p Simeone, 87 SimeoneScorers12 Mertens, 15 Mertens
Substitutions66 Son <=> Jaume, 71 Mertens <=> Rodríguez
Sendings off
Bookings
6Corners2
3Fouls4
2Offsides4
7Shots on4
11Shots off8
18Total shots12
2Shots saved2
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Steven DEFOUR
2SANTI CAZORLA beat DANI CEBALLOS and placed the ball to OKAZAKI who pulled his shot wide.
4A free-kick from DANI CEBALLOS flew over.
12GOAL!! NACHO MONREAL tried to play the ball out of the Manchester United penalty area but was tackled by SCHÜRRLE who forced the ball to MERTENS for an easy goal. (1-0 Newcastle United)
13The 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from MERTENS.
15GOAL!! A long ball from XABIER PRIETO down the middle was collected by the lurking MERTENS who blasted a right foot shot into the top corner. (2-0 Newcastle United)
18A penalty box meleé resulted in CALLEJÓN cracking a low shot over.
25A thirty yard shot from VECINO caused the 'keeper no problem.
30Uncertainty in the Manchester United defence enabled CALLEJÓN to crack the ball inches over.
31GOAL!! NACHO MONREAL hit a beautiful twenty-five yard shot past the motionless Newcastle United 'keeper. (2-1 Newcastle United)
42GOAL!! An outswinging corner was booted clear only for SIMEONE to hit the ball into the back of the net. (2-2)
 
55MERTENS shot wide.
58SIMEONE was put clear by SANTI CAZORLA and he beat the 'keeper but struck his shot just beyond the far post.
60GOAL!! The creative SANTI CAZORLA neatly headed on a cross for SALAH to fire the ball in. (3-2 Manchester United)
62The hapless ROMERO could only watch as a backpass from DEFOUR dropped just wide.
63VECINO dribbled away from DANI CEBALLOS and rifled a tame shot well wide.
67A useful ball from OKAZAKI on the right found SANTI CAZORLA who scuffed his shot wide.
70A good effort from OKAZAKI scraped the outside of the post.
79A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
80GOAL!! Manchester United were awarded a penalty after a foul on SALAH, and SIMEONE put it past the 'keeper.
84SALAH beat two Newcastle United players and thundered an effort just beyond the near post.
87GOAL!! As JUANFRAN was trying to hold back VAN DER WIEL the ball dropped to SIMEONE who tapped the ball into the net. (5-2 Manchester United)
90A accurate pass found JAUME and his left foot shot flew narrowly over.