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2¹ GOAL!! A corner was fired through the penalty area and EMBOLO fumbled the ball into his own net. (1-0 Manchester United) 5¹ A shot from DYBALA was smothered by the Spartak 'keeper. 9¹ A clever pass from PASALIC was knocked goalbound by MOSES only for the Manchester United 'keeper to palm clear. 12¹ DYBALA floated the ball to ROMAGNOLI who flicked it just beyond the near post. 14¹ A corner fell to LEE who headed the ball over. 20¹ HARALDSSON stroked a simple chance past the near post. 38¹ KOKE headed just beyond the near post. 40¹ A drive from RUGGERI seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to palm the ball away. 41¹ GOAL!! A terrible clearance fell to KOKE who sliced a shot goalward, luckily RUGGERI was on hand to blast the ball in off the post. (2-0 Manchester United) 1² HARALDSSON turned RUGGERI but knocked the ball into the arms of MENDY. 3² GOAL!! A delightful dummy from RUGGERI allowed FLORENZI to lay a low ball off to FREULER who struck the ball into the net. (3-0 Manchester United) 6² LEE charged through the Manchester United defence but shot straight at MENDY. 7² The motionless ARÉOLA could only watch as a backpass from VITÍK dropped just wide. 10² A mix up in the Manchester United defence enabled LEE to crack the ball inches wide. 14² EMBOLO fired a looping shot just beyond the far post from twenty-five yards out. 16² ROMAGNOLI was put clear by WALKER and he nutmegged the Spartak 'keeper but drilled his shot inches wide. 19² An exceptional strike from NICO was dealt with by a fine parry from the Manchester United 'keeper. 22² A weak strike from ROMAGNOLI bounced agonisingly wide. 29² FLORENZI made space on the left and touched the ball to RUGGERI who clipped the ball wide. 31² GOAL!! Unlucky EMBOLO hit the upright before MANU SÁNCHEZ rattled the ball home as ROMAGNOLI failed to clear. (3-1 Manchester United) 37² RUGGERI shot wide. 45² NICO headed the ball wide from just inside the area.

Manchester United   League position: 4 Home league form: WWWL Overall league form: WWLLLWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Édouard MENDY 7  1 7  Alphonse ARÉOLA (c)Kyle WALKER 7½ 2 7  Bryan REYNOLDS Alessio ROMAGNOLI 8  3 7  MANU SÁNCHEZ KOKE 7  4 8  Mario PASALIC Leander DENDONCKER 7  5 7  Berat DJIMSITI(c) Sinaly DIOMANDÉ 6½ 6 6½ Martin VITÍK Alessandro FLORENZI 7  7 7½ Victor MOSES Matteo RUGGERI 6½ 8 7½ Hákon HARALDSSON (p)Louie BARRY 7  9 6  Breel-Donald EMBOLO(p) (f)Remo FREULER 6½ 10 6  NICO(f) Paulo DYBALA 6  11 6  LEE Kang-in Manager Donny VAN DE BEEK    12    Jan BEDNAREK Alessandro PLIZZARI    13    Juan MUSSO Riccardo SOTTIL    14    Eric BAILLY Ander BARRENETXEA    15    Aleksandr SOBOLEV Davide CALABRIA    16    Hugo GUILLAMÓN

Spartak   League position: 17 Away league form: LLLL Overall league form: WLWWLLLX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Manchester United 3 Spartak 1 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 49,937, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Dan Craciun 7½) Embolo 2¹ (og), Ruggeri 41¹, Freuler 3² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Manu Sánchez 31²             9 1 15 9 2 5 5 8 9 5 14 13 2 5 47% 53% ¶ Man of the match: Mario Pasalic ¶