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0¹	SØRLOTH shot over.
2¹	A neatly crafted cross from SON was lashed goalbound by BARCOLA only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
4¹	The 'keeper saved a curling shot from GRIEZMANN.
7¹	A cross from POLITANO left SALAH in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
8¹	LUCAS PAQUETÁ snapped at an easy chance.
9¹	DI MARÍA beat AKANJI and placed the ball to SON who dragged his shot wide.
12¹	GOAL!! A great drive from SÜLE was palmed away by the 'keeper only as far as GRIEZMANN who blasted the ball past the stranded Manchester United 'keeper. (1-0 Macclesfield FC)
16¹	A header by AKANJI at the near post was comfortably collected by MAIGNAN.
18¹	SANCET made space on the left and dragged the ball to SÜLE who fired the ball wide.
26¹	GOAL!! A deep cross from RABIOT on the left was headed home by GRIEZMANN at the far post. (2-0 Macclesfield FC)
30¹	The 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from AKANJI.
31¹	An exceptional effort from SÜLE scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
39¹	GOAL!! A lovely set-piece enabled GRIEZMANN to crack the ball into the net. (3-0 Macclesfield FC)
42¹	An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Manchester United 'keeper by GRIEZMANN.
44¹	A accurate pass found DI MARÍA and his looping shot raced narrowly over.
2²	The motionless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from RÜDIGER dropped just over.
6²	LUCAS PAQUETÁ ran onto a delightful ball from BRANDT but blasted his shot wide.
10²	A mix up in the Macclesfield FC defence enabled POLITANO to fire the ball wide.
14²	GOAL!! Unlucky RABIOT hit the crossbar before SON rattled the ball into the net as LUCAS PAQUETÁ failed to clear. (4-0 Macclesfield FC)
18²	GRIEZMANN touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Manchester United 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
20²	DI MARÍA rifled a simple chance past the righthand post.
24²	POLITANO dribbled round SÜLE and stabbed a poor shot wide.
26²	A corner found SØRLOTH who fired an effort just beyond the near post.
38²	GOAL!! A tackle from GRIEZMANN gave Manchester United a free-kick twenty yards out which SØRLOTH thundered past the 'keeper. (4-1 Macclesfield FC)
44²	POLITANO's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
46²	The Macclesfield FC 'keeper was able to block a powerful shot.

Manchester United

League position:

Home league form:

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Overall league form:

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Formation:

4-3-3

Line-ups

Walter BENÍTEZ	5	1	6	Mike MAIGNAN
Manuel AKANJI	6	2	7	Alexander BAH
Ferland MENDY	7	3	6	MANU SÁNCHEZ
Julian BRANDT	8	4	8	Adrien RABIOT^(c)
Antonio RÜDIGER	6½	5	7½	Cristian ROMERO
DIEGO CARLOS Santos	6½	6	5½	Niklas SÜLE
^(c)Mohamed SALAH	7	7	7	Ángel DI MARÍA
Matteo POLITANO	6	8	7½	Bradley BARCOLA
^(p)Alexander SØRLOTH	7	9	7½	SON Heung-min
^(f)LUCAS PAQUETÁ	6	10	6½	Oihan SANCET
Ivan TONEY	6	11	7	Antoine GRIEZMANN^(p,f)
	Manager			Jim MCGOWAN
Lucas MARTÍNEZ QUARTA		12		Boubacar KAMARA
Péter GULÁCSI		13		Anthony LOPES
OTAVIO Edmilson		14		ÁLEX BERENGUER
Kyle WALKER	6	15		Vincenzo GRIFO
Jordan LOTOMBA		16		Loïs OPENDA

Macclesfield FC

League position:

Away league form:

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Overall league form:

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Formation:

4-1-3-2

Statistics

Manchester United 1 Macclesfield FC 4

(Half-time: 0-3, Attendance: 70,585, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Iain Williamson 7½)

Sørloth 38²

Scorers

Substitutions

Sent off

Bookings

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

Griezmann 12¹, Griezmann 26¹, Griezmann 39¹, Son 14²

RüdigeróWalker 25²

44%

56%

¶ Man of the match: Julian Brandt ¶