Crazy and with a huge final intensity,
Manchester United
ended up winning their visit to
Wolverhampton
by 4 to 3 in a match that had the definition of the match in the seven additional minutes.
The
Red Devils
took control of the scoreboard until in the last 15 minutes the match took on a different rhythm.
Lisandro Martínez
and
Alejandro Garnacho
, the two Argentines on the squad, were starters.
18-year-old midfielder
Kobbie Mainoo
was the hero of the night with his goal, United's fourth, in the final extra minute of the seven that completed the second half.
In this way and after more than two months, the team led by
Erik ten Hag
achieved the away victory.
The development of the match was crazy.
Five minutes in,
Marcus Rashford
paid for his indiscipline last week with a goal.
The forward was once again a starter after being left out of the squad last Sunday in the cup match against Newport due to a night out that prevented him from attending training the next day.
After the punishment, Rashford paid with the opening of the scoring with a precise shot after an assist in the area by the Danish Rasmus Hojlund.
"Marcus has acknowledged his responsibility, so case closed," Ten Hag had pointed out when he responded for the reasons that led him to start the player.
And the good Rashford was fundamental in a takeaway that opened the play for the second goal, with a pass to full-back Luke Shaw who threw the center for Rasmus Höjlund to shout his goal.
22 minutes had passed and it seemed that the visiting team had everything under control.
Manchester United had several clear chances to close the game but the lack of aim - such as a header from Casemiro that did not end in a goal -, and others due to advanced positions that led to the annulment of the goals of Hojlund and Casemiro.
Only in the second half did Wolverhampton achieve the discount.
At 26 minutes into the second half, Pablo Sarabia reduced the penalty difference.
But four minutes later, Scott McTominay made it 3-1. What else could happen in the remaining quarter of an hour?
Of everything.
The final minutes were terrible.
Five minutes from the end, Max Kilman reduced the difference again and infected his team, which, on the counterattack, reached 3-3 thanks to a goal from the Portuguese Pedro Neto, when five of the seven extras were played.
The tie seemed inevitable and that is why Mainoo became a hero: with a powerful and precise shot that culminated a great individual action he made the victory 4 to 3, in the last minute of the seven that had been marked on the poster of the fourth referee.
With this victory, Manchester United climbed to seventh place in the Premier League with 35 points, one less than West Ham, which tied 1-1 with Bournemouth, which was left with 26 points.
Three minutes into the game, West Ham were already losing thanks to a goal from Dominic Solanke and in this way Bournemouth managed the game without problems.
However, the team led by Andoni Iraola Sagarna could not hold on to the victory.
One minute after the quarter-hour mark, James Ward-Prowse took charge of the penalty with which West Ham achieved the tie that balanced the score.
The next date of the Premier League, the 23rd, will be played between next Saturday and Monday.