A great operation for Manchester United.
This Saturday afternoon, the Red Devils won on the lawn of Wolverhampton on the smallest of marks.
A success that took time to emerge.
The first half, although intense, was not very rich in clear chances even if Alejandro Garnacho, taking advantage of a transmission error from Nelson Semedo, did not go far from opening the scoring shortly after the quarter of an hour of play (17th) of a strike on the ground.
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From the start of the second period, Marcus Rashford, left on the bench at the start of the game for disciplinary reasons, entered the field.
A change that turned out to be decisive.
The Brit brought impact to a Mancunian offensive sector that clearly lacked it.
And a quarter of an hour from the end of regulation time, after hitting the left side, finding a relay with Bruno Fernandes then eliminating an opponent in the penalty area, he managed to make the difference with a strike on the ground from right foot (77th).
A goal as magnificent as it is important.
A few minutes later, the 25-year-old striker even scored a powerful second goal...but the match referee called it off, believing that
In the last minutes of the game, the Wolves, carried in particular by a determined Raul Jimenez, pushed to equalize.
But the Red Devils defence, led by David de Gea, held up well to clinch victory.
A major success that allows Erik ten Hag and his men to move up to fourth place in the Premier League standings, a small unit from the podium.
Wolverhampton, for their part, remain eighteenth.
