MANCHESTER UNITED have looked flat in the first half with Raphael Varane and Jadon Sancho starting for the first time.
Wolves have dominated the early stages of the game at Molineux, with United failing to create virtually anything in attack.
- Kick-off time: 4.30pm
- TV channel: Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League
- Live stream: Now TV
- Wolves team: Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Semedo, Neves, Moutinho, Marcal, Trincao, Traore, Jimenez.
- Man Utd team: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Maguire, Shaw, Pogba, Fred, James, Bruno, Sancho, Greenwood.
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37. NO GOAL!
Pogba plays a wonderful long ball over the top of Wolves’ backline finding Fernandes.
The midfielder brings the ball down well and fires past Sa.
But the linesman immediately puts his flag up for offside and the goal will not stand!
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35. Fred leads a counter attack for Man Utd.
The Brazilian then finds Greenwood out wide on the left-hand side.
The Man Utd youngster tries to get the beating of Saiss, but the defender stands firm and manages to win the ball back.
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33. Traore faces up to Varane, knocks the ball past him and tries to get to the byline.
But as he goes to stick a cross into the box, Varane recovers and blocks the ball behind for a Wolves corner.
Good defending by the Frenchman.
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31. Pogba – far too relaxed on the ball – attempts to spread play out wide to the left-hand side with the outside of his boot.
But his pass is effortlessly intercepted and Wolves look to counter again.
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29. Fernandes is down holding his right foot and needs some medical attention.
The Wolves faithful are voicing their displeasure at the break in play, their team are outplaying United at the moment.
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27. James drives at his marker and manages to deliver a good cross into Wolves’ penalty area.
Saiss manages to beat Greenwood to the ball but at the expense of a corner.
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25. JUST WIDE!
Neves plays a clever ball in behind Varane finding Jimenez.
The striker manages to find a yard or two of space and clip a cross towards the back post.
Saiss pulls off a spectacular bicycle kick but it goes just wide of the far post!
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23. Trincao drives Wolves forward before playing the ball into the feet of Jimenez.
The striker – who has his back to goal – lays the ball off to midfield orchestrator Moutinho.
The Portugal international then finds Traore out wide on the left.
Traore cuts back onto his right foot and clips the ball towards the penalty spot.
His attempt to find Jimenez forces Maguire to clear in a rush, winning Wolves another corner.
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22. Wolves win their first corner of the game.
Moutinho whips the ball towards the edge of United’s six yard box hoping to find Jimenez.
But Varane does well to command his box and head clear for the visitors.
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20. Trincao has been Wolves’ best player so far in the first half.
And it’s no surprise that they’ve based 50 per cent of their attacks in the final third down the right flank where he’s operating.
The on-loan Barca star is putting on a show.
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19. James cuts inside off the right flank and looks to dance his way through two challenges.
But the Welsh winger is dispossessed and Wolves look to counter.
Trincao takes up responsibility and beats Fred and Shaw with skill and pace.
But he’s then brought down by Shaw, who managed to recover well.
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18. Moutinho tries to float the ball towards the near post, but Fernandes heads clear for United.
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17. Fred concedes a free-kick in a dangerous position inside his own half.
The Brazilian left a foot in on Jimenez.
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16. Maguire plays a quick ball wide to Shaw on the left-hand side.
The left-back hesitates slipping the ball down the line for summer signing Sancho.
And when he eventually plays the pass, Sancho is flagged for offside.
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15. Sancho has barely seen the ball inside the final third, he’ll be hoping to make an impact.
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14. Sa tries to keep a Wolves spell of possession alive and clip the ball wide to right-back Semedo.
But his pass sails over the ex-Barca star’s head and goes out of play for a United throw-in.
United are yet to test the keeper though.
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13. United controlling the majority of possession (54 per cent), but it’s Wolves who have had the better first half chances so far.
Four shots in total with three of those being registered on target for the home side.
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12. CHANCE!
Marcal receives the ball out wide on the left flank and delivers a deep cross towards the far post.
Sancho tries to cushion the ball down into the path of Shaw, but Jimenez pounces and pokes the ball back towards the penalty spot.
Moutinho latches onto the loose ball and gets a shot off, but his effort sails over the crossbar!
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11. Wolves’ fans are in fine voice this afternoon, clearly encouraged by their side’s start.
Traore, in particular, has been unstoppable.
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10. Traore drives at United’s backline again and he breezes past Fred like he’s not even there.
The winger decides to lay the ball wide to Jimenez this time instead of shooting.
The No9 cuts back onto his right foot and gets a shot off, but it takes a deflection before eventually being cleared.
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9. Fernandes’ effort clips the top of the Wolves wall.
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8. Coady leaves one in on Fernandes in a very, very dangerous position.
Referee Mike Dean blows his whistle for a free-kick and has a word with the Wolves captain.
As Fernandes lines up the free-kick, United fans are in good spirits in the away end.
A cardboard cut-out of Cristiano Ronaldo is doing the rounds!
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7. Fred fails to deal with Traore deep inside United’s half and the winger drives towards goal.
Traore opts to shoot instead of laying the ball wide to Trincao on the right.
But his effort rolls into the arms of De Gea.
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6. Fernandes finds himself in some room 35 yards from goal and decides to have a go.
But his effort goes comfortably wide of Sa’s goal.
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5. Wolves are getting at Man Utd early on.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
