Manchester United fought back from two down to beat Newcastle and avert a defeat that would have put manager Jose Mourinho under immense pressure.
Match Events
7' GOAL! Man Utd 0-1 Newcastle (Kenedy)
Goal! Manchester United 0, Newcastle United 1. Kenedy (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
10' GOAL! Man Utd 0-2 Newcastle (Muto)
Goal! Manchester United 0, Newcastle United 2. Yoshinori Muto (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey with a cross.
70' GOAL! Man Utd 1-2 Newcastle (Mata)
Game on folks as Mata curls a delightful free kick over the Newcastle wall and past Dubravka at his left-hand post for his second goal of the season.
There are 20 minutes left to play, plenty of time for United to score again...
76' GOAL! Man Utd 2-2 Newcastle (Martial)
Wow, what a comeback as from Pogba's delightful back heel, Martial gains possession just inside the left edge of the area. However, the forward still had work to do to beat Dubravka with a low drive at his near post.
90' GOAL! Man Utd 3-2 Newcastle (Sanchez)
GOOOALLLL!!!! Young whipped the ball into Martial, who had drawn the attention of the defenders, but it makes it past them and Sanchez heads it in at the back post! Has that goal saved Jose Mourinho's job?! Manchester United 3-2 Newcastle.
Match Report
Newcastle went in front for the first time in a league game this season only seven minutes in, as Kenedy ran onto Ayoze Perez's throughball, turned away from Ashley Young and curled past David de Gea.
It was 2-0 just three minutes later, Yoshinori Muto spinning beyond Young and firing home from 12 yards out, prompting Mourinho to bring on Mata for Eric Bailly in a drastic reshuffle of his side.
Marcus Rashford then headed a golden chance wide as sections of the United fans began to turn their ire towards the club's board, chanting in support of Mourinho and former captain Gary Neville, who criticised the club's hierarchy on Friday.
It could have been even worse for United before the break, with De Gea clawing away a header from Muto and Young perhaps lucky not to concede a penalty for blocking a free-kick with his arm – although Muto was likewise fortunate for escaping the same offence in his own box.
Mourinho jogged down the tunnel at half-time to considerable applause from the home fans, who should have been celebrating a goal five minutes after the restart, when Nemanja Matic blazed over the bar with the goal gaping after Martin Dubravka denied Paul Pogba.
Mata grabbed a lifeline 21 minutes from time with an excellent free-kick from 20 yards out, which seemed to spark some life back into the home side, and Martial made it 2-2 after combining brilliantly with Pogba before firing into the bottom-left corner.
United's pressure did not relent and Sanchez responded to his own critics with a fine header from Young's deep cross from the right, prompting resounding chants in support of Mourinho from the buoyant home crowd.
Line-ups
Man Utd XI: A. Young, N. Matić, David de Gea, Smalling, R. Lukaku, P. Pogba, L.Shaw, A.Martial, Bailly, M. Rashford, S. McTominay
Subs: A.Sánchez, M. Fellaini, Sergio Romero, J.Mata, V. Lindelöf, Fred, A.Pereira
Newcastle XI: Martin Dubravka, Shelvey, Diamé, F. Fernández, Ritchie, Y. Muto, J. Lascelles, Manquillo, A.Pérez, Yedlin, Kenedy
Subs: Joselu, Clark, F. Schär, K. Darlow, Atsu, Hayden, J.Murphy
Singhboii
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Mourinho might have trolled the players by saying "If you want me out, we need to win"
TonyV25
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My Question is why the F*** we can't play like this week and week out To all the haters
V∆7
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wow! United! where have you been for so long...
robjet07
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Mou stay.... MOTM Paul Pogba... When the quality and desire changed so did the squad In the first half we saw some rats running around in red while they changed to lions chasing a dream in the 2nd Well played I didn't believe it could be done but This is MANCHESTER UNITED
cj7_
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That kid in the crowd you got it bang on. #MUFC
Godvictor
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So at last Sanchez scored. The 400k-a-week has paid back its dividends 😂😂😉
NINOBLAQ_Sky
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the rise of Mourinho
jyt
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Now we're talking! That's the United I know! That's the RED DEVILS!! What a miracle of a comeback... So happy for the super-sub Sanchez and the winner he scored. What an assist from Pogba to lay the ball for Martial, and what a free kick strike from Mata. Congrats to the players for fighting back, to all United fans for the support despite losing 2-0 for over an hour. We are United...! WE ARE RED!!!! Above all, congrats to "The Special One",.... whose ass was on the line. For now, Mourinho, you're safe... .... UNITED!!!!.
ravipahuja
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Who is to sack jose now?
Stevemedu
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Since his Premier League debut in August 2011, Juan Mata has scored more direct free-kick goals than any other player in the competition
Bianconeripool07
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I may be a Liverpool fan, but above my pledges to the team and players who I adore, is the sport of football. I do not hate United. I genuinely wish them the best (except for when they play Liverpool
Redlink
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He just had his hair cut done...Must have cut those bad luck away....😊😊😊
Maosdn
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I think it is unfair to discredit mou from this win the Change he made it effect the game and the score by the player he replaced he pulled a defender while defending shaking and put in attack midfield his is smart if klop did this every body will say wow but because some people gate the man they are not fair to him it is true it is manhunt not about football
omp
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One of the most memorable match I've ever seen, i don't have words to describe it. I really enjoyed the 2nd half and the hunger which ManU showed was epic!
yojash
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i think Mou got a new bus in the 2nd half!!!
P_Taneja
133
Last 20 mins mou would be in sky
englanden
132
Under Jose Mourinho, Paul Pogba has been directly involved in more Premier League goals for ManUtd than any other player (13 goals, 16 assists).
whykallar
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This is a very Fantastic match, the fact is, the match needed to be win by Man U. to keep their credibility, not only for Jose, players, fans and who soever close to Man U. The victory was for every Man U. imaging looking at the scorers, your name first Letter must start with "A" Alex Sanchez or last name letter end with A. Marital who scored the second goal, which is middle goal and has both A and M followed by J. Mata who's scored the first goal, with "M" as first leter in his last name, how amazing it is. after fans complained he don't deserved the huge salary and he score the time they needed a goal to win, fantastic win.
Foliage
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The way he set up the team had them losing 2-0,players start playing attacking football and 3 goals in the last 20 minutes