Ruben Amorim was denied victory in his first game in charge of Manchester United as they played out a 1-1 draw at Ipswich Town on Sunday.
Match Events
The visitors made a dream start to Amorim's tenure when Marcus Rashford opened the scoring in only the second minute at Portman Road.
But Omari Hutchinson's deflected equaliser sent Ipswich deservedly into the break on level pegging as the Tractor Boys responded well to the early setback.
United were grateful to Andre Onana for a couple of big saves in a game in which they struggled to test Arijanet Muric in the Ipswich goal after their flying start as the spoils were shared.
Rashford, chosen as a central striker, nipped to the near post to meet Amad Diallo's centre in a sublime start for the Red Devils.
Onana brilliantly kept out Liam Delap from eight yards but could do nothing to prevent Hutchinson's bending 20-yard effort finding the top-left corner via a deflection off the head of Noussair Mazraoui.
Muric smartly prevented Alejandro Garnacho restoring United's lead immediately after the restart, while at the other end Onana again thwarted Delap who thought he had scored with an ingenious flick.
Bruno Fernandes bent a free-kick wide and Conor Chaplin poked straight at Onana as both sides had to settle for a point.
It could hardly have been a better start for Amorim, who joins David Moyes as the only manager to see his side score within the opening two minutes of his first Premier League game (Moyes having done so with Everton in March 2002).
However, it marked only the third time United have scored inside two minutes of a Premier League match and not won, with a 2-2 draw with Liverpool in October 1995 and a 6-1 hammering by Tottenham in October 2020 the other occasions.
Rashford was the man to get Amorim off to a flier and he has now scored under six different United managers having registered for Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Ralf Rangnick and Erik ten Hag, more than any other player for the club.
Ipswich, meanwhile, now have four goals scored from outside the penalty area in the Premier League this term - a tally only bettered by Manchester City (7) and Nottingham Forest (5).
0' The match is about to start!
0' Ruben Amorim ahead of his first game in charge of Manchester Unite
2' Rashford scores 2nd goal in his last 18 PL appearances! Ipswich Town 0-1 Man Utd
6' Erikson's shot wide out!
10' Great save ONANA!
18' Brilliant from Garnacho to keep the ball before being hacked down
21' Ipswich have put in MULTIPLE late challenges, but ZERO yellows from the ref
28' Free kick for Ipswich on the edge of the area after a foul from Evans
39' Dalot put through by Casemiro, but his shot is weak
39' ANDRE ONANA WHAT A SAVE
42' Ipswich equalise. Insane goal from Hutchinson! Ipswich Town 1-1 Man Utd
46' Close from mufc as Garnacho is denied. Great pass from Bruno in behind
52' Another unreal save from ONANA!
55' Luke Shaw and Manuel Ugarte are coming on!
67' Zirkzee and Højlund ON; Eriksen and Rashford OFF
70' Match Event for Ipswich Town vs Man Utd
74' Match Event for Ipswich Town vs Man Utd
75' Zirkzee's shot flies to the sky
78' Free-kick in a dangerous area for mufc
85' sub: Mount ON, Garnacho OFF
87' IPSWICH TOWN almost scored
Line-ups
Ipswich Town XI: Sam Morsy, Wes Burns, Sammie Szmodics, Cameron Burgess, Tuanzebe, O'Shea, Jens Cajuste, Arijanet Muric, Leif Davis, Liam Delap, Omari Hutchinson
Subs: M. Luongo, Conor Townsend, Christian Walton, Conor Chaplin, Luke Woolfenden, Jack Clarke, Harry Clarke, Ali Al-Hamadi, Jack Taylor
Man Utd XI: Evans, Eriksen, Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes, Onana, Mazraoui, De Ligt, Dalot, Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho, Amad Diallo Traore
Subs: Shaw, Mount, Altay Bayındır, Manuel Ugarte, Tyrell Malacia, Joshua Zirkzee, Antony, Rasmus Højlund, Kobbie Mainoo
Moseseboto
1812
By the time his contract expires, Amorim won't have a single hair on his head 😂🤣🤣🤣😂
storyteller
738
Bro is already tired 😂😂
nobleng123
198
Ruud van Nisterooy would have won this game with ease
The-Professor
155
Man united problem is players. They need buy better players. Coach is never the problem
Doxmang
135
Full-time Thoughts 🤔 - Never start Casemiro and Eriksen together again Amorim - Rashford and Dalot will end you if you keep playing him - Garnacho with bad game today - We have to thank Onana today - Noussair Mazaroui & Amad Diallo so good today - Ruben Amorim got a lot of work to do with these lazy players 🤠🤝💯👉🏻
Physoye
121
Tell Amorim that he should be careful, this is EPL.
Onesmuschialo
88
New coach, New formation, New tactics. same OLD Trafford. same UNITED. ...the fans are MORE SERIOUS than the PLAYERS 😂😂😂😂
doeabmrtuz
73
how can man u win with Christmas tree formation? anything "man" is a DRAW
Zokdklmn
52
Van Nestilrooy should have been given a chance to continue before the management should've taken the decision to bring in a new coach. I'm not disregarding this new coach's credentials or tactical know-how, but Ruud deserves a chance.
mrHenphila
37
rival fans are crying more than Man united fans, they are so scare of our manager that's why they are talking about him this much
bulemooe
30
The GIF is already here, my pleasure: http://www.goalgif.xyz/v2/live/matchGifs?match_id=53876806&language=en
Fewbdnpruy
20
Bro is already tired 😂😂
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bro started drinking water 🚰 from the beginning of the game to the end 😆 🤣 😂
podinptuyz
12
Some people will be bragging here that this is EPL, it is not easy. You people should stop deceiving yourselves. Pep came and conquered EPL, Slot is doing well at Liverpool. EPL is full of foreign coaches and they are doing well. So, this is not about EPL. It is a Man U problem. You talk as if English coaches have gone outside to coach and they have found things very easy so that you can conclude that other leagues are easy to coach. This is not the case.
nekdiloty
10
Bro is already tired 😂😂
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He talk too much
Kuhadorsuz
9
By the time his contract expires, Amorim won't have a single hair on his head 😂🤣🤣🤣😂
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the hairs will all turn greyish-white under 3 months before disappearing[Crylaugh]
UNITY33
8
Bro is already tired 😂😂
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[Crylaugh][Crylaugh]it shall be well
Neaaeknuy
8
Man united problem is players. They need buy better players. Coach is never the problem
Agreed 👍💯