Mainoo saves Man Utd blushes in seven-goal thriller at Wolves
Kobbie
Mainoo scored a 97th minute winner as Manchester United snatched a dramatic 4-3
win at Wolves on Thursday after blowing a two-goal lead.
Marcus
Rashford's goalscoring return, days after being fined for missing training
after a night out, looked set to grab the headlines as United sped into a 2-0
lead.
Scott
McTominay restored the visitors' two-goal cushion after Pablo Sarabia's penalty
got Wolves back in the game.
But the home
side looked to have claimed a point when Max Kilman and Pedro Neto struck late
on.
However,
18-year-old Mainoo provided one final twist with a brilliant solo run and shot
in the latest display of his potential as a rising star.
Rashford
missed United's 4-2 FA Cup win at Newport County on Sunday after he spent two
nights out in a Belfast nightclub last week.
Erik Ten Hag
insisted before kick-off that it was "case closed" after the matter
was dealt with internally.
Rashford was
reportedly fined £650,000 - the equivalent of two weeks' wages.
But the
England international made an instant impact on his return, giving the visitors
a perfect start after five minutes with a fine finish from outside the box.
Rasmus
Hojlund then bundled in his third goal in four Premier League games from Luke
Shaw's cross as Ten Hag's men produced arguably their best 45 minutes of the
season before half-time.
The Dutch
coach has put his side's poor form this season down to an injury crisis and the
Red Devils were much improved with Shaw, Lisandro Martinez and Casemiro all
back in the side for the first time in months.
Wolves have
beaten Manchester City, Tottenham and Chelsea at home this season and looked to
have been gifted a route back into the game in the second half.
Casemiro,
who was starting his first Premier League game since October, was penalised for
a foul on Neto and Sarabia converted the spot-kick.
McTominay
then replaced Casemiro and scored with his first touch. The Scotland
international headed in a Bruno Fernandes corner.
Kilman
pulled another goal back for Wolves from a corner and Neto seemed to have
completed the comeback in the 95th minute by firing inside Andre Onana's near
post.
Mainoo,
though, produced a moment of magic to secure United's first away league win
since November.
Ten Hag's
men can move into the top six on Sunday when they host West Ham after the
Hammers were held 1-1 at home to Bournemouth.
Kalvin
Phillips' loan spell at the London Stadium got off to a disastrous start.
The England
international was making his first appearance since joining from Manchester
City but gifted the Cherries the opening goal after just three minutes.
Dominic
Solanke pounced on Phillips' short backpass to slot in his 15th goal of the
season.
Alphonse
Areola kept the Hammers in the game with a brilliant save to deny Antoine
Semenyo a second.
A run of
three consecutive draws has hampered West Ham's push for European football next
season, but they did at least salvage a point in the second half.
Mohammed
Kudus, on his return from the Africa Cup of Nations, was hauled down inside the
area by Lloyd Kelly and James Ward-Prowse converted from the penalty spot.
West Ham
remain in sixth, seven points adrift of the top four, and now just one clear of
United.
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