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Commentary
A shot from BERBATOV was smothered by PIGLIACELLI.
GOAL!! Showing plenty of skill OBERTAN dribbled past RAÚL GARCÍA and tapped the ball past the Athletic Bilbao 'keeper. (1-0 Manchester United)
The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from SOLDADO.
The referee books AMOREBIETA for an off-the-ball incident against O'SHEA.
11¹GOAL!! An imaginative AMOREBIETA played a wonderful ball down the right to YESTE who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-1)
15¹SOLDADO receives a yellow card for a clumsy foul.
19¹JURADO's shot was well saved by FOSTER.
33¹Uncertainty in the Manchester United defence enabled IRAOLA to volley an effort wide.
40¹The hapless Manchester United 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from EVANS fell just wide.
46¹GOAL!! On the left wing FLETCHER collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the goalmouth for WELBECK to slide it home. (2-1 Manchester United)
48¹MANÉ galloped through the Manchester United defence but shot straight at FOSTER.
CARRICK made space on the right and touched the ball to OBERTAN who touched the ball wide.
20²A good effort from BERBATOV scraped the top of the crossbar.
21²BERBATOV flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
23²EVRÀ was put clear by FLETCHER and he stepped inside the Athletic Bilbao 'keeper but drilled his shot wide.
25²A penalty box scramble resulted in CARRICK cracking the ball over.
29²A corner was collected by SOLDADO who turned an effort wide.
30²VIDIC scuffed an easy chance.
32²A clumsy challenge gets YESTE a yellow card.
33²A accurate pass was collected by O'SHEA and his left foot shot raced narrowly wide.
35²A fine ball from MANÉ on the right bobbled toward SOLDADO who scuffed his shot over the bar.
38²GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with VIDIC blasting the ball into the net. (3-1 Manchester United)
40²A delightful save prevented SOLDADO from scoring a great goal.
44²GOAL!! AURTENETXE tried to play the ball out of the Athletic Bilbao penalty area but was tackled by WELBECK who turned the ball to EVRÀ for a simple goal. (4-1 Manchester United)
46²A shot from YESTE held little difficulty for the Manchester United 'keeper.

 
Manchester United
 
League position: 10
Home league form: LWWO
Overall league form: LLWLWOXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Ben FOSTER1Mirko PIGLIACELLI
John O'SHEA2Andoni IRAOLA(c)
(c)Patrice EVRÀ3MANÉ
Michael CARRICK4RAÚL GARCÍA Escudero
Nemanja VIDIC5Fernando AMOREBIETA
Jonny EVANS6Jon AURTENETXE
Antonio VALENCIA7José JURADO
Gabriel OBERTAN8Francisco YESTE
(p)Dimitar BERBATOV9Roberto SOLDADO(p)
(f)Darren FLETCHER10MARIO SUÁREZ Mata(f)
Danny WELBECK11EDUARDO da Silva
Manager
ANDERSON Luís  12  Carlos VELA
Tomasz KUSZCZAK  13  Ryo MIYAICHI
GIOVANI dos Santos  14  DANI PACHECO
Joshua KING  15Marc ALBRIGHTON
Darron GIBSON16  Roberto CANELLA
 
Athletic Bilbao
 
League position: 18
Away league form: LXLX
Overall league form: WLXXLXXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Manchester United 4 Athletic Bilbao 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 36,587, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Marcello Cardona 7½)

Obertan 5¹, Welbeck 46¹, Vidic 38², Evrà 44²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Yeste 11¹
O'SheaóGibson 38²Mario SuárezóAlbrighton 28²
  
 Amorebieta 7¹, Soldado 15¹, Yeste 32²
53
2115
13
56
74
1210
04
43%57%
Man of the match: Mirko Pigliacelli