| 3¹ | A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Manchester United 'keeper. |
| 10¹ | A shot from OBI held little difficulty for LLORIS. |
| 14¹ | HAUGE scuffed a simple chance. |
| 19¹ | A mix up in the Darlington defence enabled DEST to blast the ball wide. |
| 20¹ | DEST galloped through the Darlington defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. |
| 21¹ | A penalty box meleé resulted in NELSON tapping the ball wide. |
| 23¹ | BENÍTEZ did well to hold onto a wicked strike from NELSON. |
| 25¹ | A twenty-five yard shot from IGOR caused the 'keeper little difficulty. |
| 33¹ | An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Darlington 'keeper by WIND. |
| 36¹ | A right foot shot from OBI was pushed over by the 'keeper. |
| 45¹ | VAN DE BEEK's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. |
| 2² | GOAL!! Some fine work by FABINHO on the left, left NELSON yards clear, and he beat BENÍTEZ and stroked the ball over the line. (1-0 Darlington)| 3² | A perfect strike from OBI was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper. | | 11² | WILLIAMS was put clear by IGOR and he nutmegged the Manchester United 'keeper but rammed his shot over. | | 12² | NELSON shot over. | | 13² | The bemused Manchester United 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from LINDELÖF fell just wide. | | 28² | LAROUCI ran onto a great ball from BALOTELLI but pulled his shot wide of the goal. | | 30² | A cross from VAN DE BEEK left HAUGE in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. | | 32² | A fine ball from OBI on the left was collected by HAUGE who scuffed his shot over the bar. | | 36² | KALAJDZIC's shot beat BENÍTEZ but rebounded off the Manchester United post. | | 41² | McTOMINAY floated the ball to KOULIBALY who forced it wide. | | 42² | LOCKO beat two Darlington players and slammed a shot wide. | |