One among English soccer’s greatest rivalries resumes at Outdated Trafford as Manchester United and Leeds United meet within the Premier League for the primary time since 2004.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s males know that victory will see them rejoice Christmas contained in the Premier League’s prime 4 and again inside 5 factors of leaders Liverpool.
The midweek win over Sheffield United saved up Solskjaer’s males’s 100 per cent file on the highway within the Premier League this season, however at residence they’ve actually struggled.
Marcelo Bielsa’s outfit proceed to win plaudits after proving themselves greater than aggressive within the top-flight since promotion and a 5-2 thumping of understrength Newcastle in midweek marked a return to type after back-to-back defeats towards West Ham and Chelsea.
Man United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, McTominay, Fred, James, Bruno Fernandes, Rashford, Martial
Leeds XI: Meslier, Dallas, Ayling, Cooper, Alioski, Phillips,Raphinha, Rodrigo, Klich, Harrison, Bamford
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66 minutes: Leeds stung by the person they got here so near signing!
It’s a swift break that does the harm, with McTominay taking a heavy contact however then brilliantly skipping over a problem earlier than trying like he was making an attempt to select Fernandes with a switched move.
It finds James as an alternative and the Welsh worldwide squeezes a shot between the legs of Meslier and in.
64 minutes: Affected person and measured build-up play from Leeds, with Telles heading clear Rodrigo’s cross earlier than Raphinha takes benefit of an undercooked McTominay header and wallops a low effort that’s pushed vast by De Gea.
62 minutes: Maguire heads clear a harmful cross within the center and catches Bamford, who’s left overlaying his eye.
Nothing doing after a fast VAR examine.
61 minutes: Telles instantly has to ship a few corners from the left, with Meslier getting right down to palm Martial’s newest effort into the facet netting after a header from James retains the assault alive.
60 minutes: Ayling makes an important last-ditch intervention to disclaim McTominay the right hat-trick as Martial stands up an inviting cross to the again submit after being picked out by James.
Solskjaer seems to be to his bench for the primary time as Shaw makes means for Alex Telles.
56 minutes: Fernandes seems to be decided to place this sport past any doubt as he earns one other nook that’s punched clear with authority by Meslier.
I feel the French goalkeeper caught Fernandes there, with the latter trying a bit dazed.
54 minutes: Finish-to-end stuff once more as Leeds see one other nook cleared earlier than Fernandes’ move is deflected behind by substitute Shackleton.
An unmarked Fernandes virtually connects with a nook from the best, however the guests survive this time and clear.
52 minutes: One other helpful Leeds assault is repelled earlier than United break at tempo by way of James, who tumbles beneath the problem of Cooper.
James hits the deck and needs the penalty as Cooper’s arm comes throughout and knocks him off steadiness, however referee Taylor as an alternative provides a Leeds free-kick and a warning for simulation.
That regarded a harsh choice.
50 minutes: Agonisingly near 4-2!
Leeds work the ball very properly certainly and Rodrigo’s cross from the best is met on the volley by Raphinia, who had snuck in behind Wan-Bissaka.
De Gea makes a superb save and is relieved to then see the ball bounce off the submit and behind off the chest of Maguire.
49 minutes: Bielsa – again in that acquainted crouched place on the touchline – sips a sizzling cuppa as he plots a route again into this contest.
Drawback is you wouldn’t really feel in any respect assured in saying that his entertaining however flawed group aren’t going to concede extra objectives this night.