and here we are at one of the great venues for football anywhere in the world
old trafford in manchester i'm derek ray and sharing commentary with me as usual
is stuart robson and we've got premier league action coming right up it is manchester united
versus wolverhampton wanderers thanks derek well often we talk about the tactics the individual
players players that are missing but so often it's the mentality of the players that is key
to winning any football game which of these teams has the right attitude today is the big question
well manchester united have chosen this particular shake
david de gea starts in goal raphael varane plays alongside harry maguire in central defence
as for the attackers edinson cavani starts together with cristiano ronaldo
the initial eleven four wolves joao mokina plays alongside ruben neves in the center of midfield
and rather than use a strike partnership they've gone with just the one player in attack
until you match
the first half underway here at old trafford
diego jallow
losing possession a bit easily
sure here is fred read it well
succeeded in keeping it in play and he read it well we're getting the ball forward
and tamar
well jimenez that's a useful cross well the clearance half-hearted and a goal
using his head in more ways than one to help the cause
well here it is again and if you are going to clear the ball you have to
get height and distance on it to give your defense time to readjust and they don't do
that to poor clearance and suddenly the ball's in the back of the net
so underway again here one meal to score
jaden sancho
scott mctominay diogo dalo on the ball fred
on and on he goes fantastic work to thwart the danger
well they're moving the ball neatly enough just looking for that decisive pass
bruno fernandez fred with it
defensive brazilians to shut them down
well he stumped it out of there without much fuss you can't really tucker like
that and expect to get away with it booking it to come you would think and a yellow card
it's going to be stewart yeah the refs got that right it's a yellow card all day long
just can't get it past the wall and he takes it on oh marvellous save great goalkeeping
and there's the delivery and an effective clearance
and he takes on the shots putting his body on the line
bodies forward and the break looks on looks as though they might make real progress on the
counter attack not so well as you can see united have dominated possession in the last 15 minutes
and some of their players been really good and if they continue to control the ball as
they're doing at the moment i'm sure they get that equalizer could cross it in here
nelson tomato neves
given away by manchester united
can they take advantage is it going to be
oh my goodness he's got that so well a goal of the highest class fantastic technique
well as you can see he hits this with so much power but just look at the follow through
so athletic that's a dynamic strike
so back underway they've leveled it at 1-1 here
now they're on the scent of something positive and creditors due for that good piece of defending
and they have possession again
sancho intercepting it intelligently
jaden sanchez that needs an accurate cross and clears his lines
good pressure to win the ball back and the attempt just wide so unfortunately
and the referee has added on two minutes of stoppage time getting in there to intercept
jaden sancho here's ronaldo
terrific block
and that will do it for the first half here at the theater of dreams
oh very influential in the first half jaden sancho how would you sum up his performance well they
weren't at their best but with that equalizer you can see why he's so important to this team
hopefully they can get more of the ball to him in the second half so he can show us his ability
the teams are ready to have a go at each other again as the second half commences
given us away
scott mctominay
shaw
fred ronaldo excellent passing scott mctominay
bruno fernandez has it defensive brazilians to shut them down
huang hee-chan harry maguire now
sancho
diogo dallo looking for that final pass looking for the goal that would put them ahead
might still be able to do a bit of damage and a goal
at the second time of asking but the keeper has let his team down
well let's take another look at this from the attacking point of view everything is
right the shot across the goalkeeper making it difficult for him players coming in for
the rebound it's an excellent goal and the keeper could do nothing about it
now the ball is rolling again 2-1 the score what's gonna happen next
cavani
he's got to have a go here well it wasn't all that far off the target well you're absolutely
right that was close but the game is still very much in the balance here
ruben nevis
rafael varan fred with it
short
and let's give credit to the defending
promising looking attack
options in the middle
united regaining possession now counter-attacking possibilities here
and the cross not quite imaginative
i enough couldn't keep the ball
doing well to keep possession
ruben nevis and he takes on the shots
well that's a foul and it sets up a free kick in a dangerous position
both managers deciding this is the time to change things around both teams going to the bench
a really well taken free kick but no reward for it
well for a moment there he must have thought that was in he struck it so cleanly
it's going to be a story of two substitutes on at the same time for united
fred and now rashford accurate pass upon accurate pass element of risk there but he's won the ball
well for united it's almost a case of job done not quite yet officially speaking
stuart what if you and diving to thwart him
they just can't keep them quiet
well here's the replay it's certainly a welded ball into the area and then what a great finish
as well good connection with the ball leaving the keeper with little chance it's a great goal
now the action continues and no shortage of goals 3-1 as things stand
just 10 minutes to go good use of advantage in united's favor
diogo dalo
it's with alex tennis here is fred rafael varane diogo dallo ronaldo lost it
green cow it's with moutinho
nuri well he certainly wasn't offside by a mile
ruben nevis
he could pick out a teammate a foul it most certainly was free-kick given
and he whips it in no-nonsense clearance
getting the better of his opponents well it was pretty straightforward for the goalkeeper
diego dallow sancho now and the keeper throws himself up the ball
now sending us in
and the referee blows for full-time positives for manchester united three points for them what
did you make of it all absolutely derek it was fairly comfortable in the end because they were
tactically superior had better individuals and were always a threat going forward it was a really
good performance and a good result as well well we're focusing on cristiano ronaldo for a reason
stuart fair to say he's been at his brilliant best well what more could you ask for his build
up play was clever his movement was dynamic and he scored a couple of goals what a player he is