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.
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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