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13 min Fernandes’s free-kick from the right is punched away by the flying Jose Sa. United are dominating possession without really penetrating the Wolves defence.

11 min For the second time in the game Mainoo overhits a fairly simple pass to Hojlund on the wing. Hojlund, who had made a good run from centre to left, throws his hands in frustration.

10 min Wolves are happy for United to have the ball in the middle third and are only really engaging when they get beyond that. At the moment it’s stalemate.

7 min Fernandes plays a slick one-two with Mainoo on the edge of the area and has a shot blocked, possibly by Andre.

4 min Cunha gets away from Yoro, who pulls him back and is booked.

4 min Ugarte makes a good tackle on Joao Gomes and tries to put Hojlund through from the halfway line with a sliderule pass. It’s slightly underhit and Hojlund was offside anyway.

2 min “Now, don’t get me wrong, it is very funny,” says Matt Dony. “But, even as a Liverpool fan, it all seems wrong. My formative football years were wrapped up with Fergie steamrollering all comers. It didn’t seem like anything would ever change. But oh boy, has it changed. Even in those post-Ferguson years, at what seemed like low ebbs, I always had a sneaking suspicion they could roar back into life. Those years were still dotted with trophies and occasional good performances. It doesn’t feel like that now, though. And weirdly, that makes me sad. United shouldn’t be this team in this position. It isn’t right. I don’t like it. And yet, here we are. 14th on Boxing Day. It’s amazing.”

Trul, Matthew: be careful what you wish for.

1 min Almost a chance for United after 20 seconds. Mazraoui nicked the ball off Cunha, took a return pass from Hojlund and angled a cross that evades both Hojlund and Fernandes in the middle.

1 min Peep peep. Man Utd, in their retro white change strip, kick off from left to right as we watch.

Here come the players. These players, to be exact.

Wolves (3-4-2-1) Sa; Doherty, S Bueno, Tito; Semedo, Andre, J Gomes, Ait-Nouri; Guedes, Cunha; Larsen.
Substitutes: Johnstone, Hwang, Dawson, R. Gomes, Doyle, Forbs, Bellegarde, Meupiyou, Lima.

Man Utd (3-4-2-1) Onana; Yoro, Maguire, Martinez; Mazraoui, Ugarte, Mainoo, Dalot; Diallo, Fernandes; Hojlund.
Substitutes: Bayindir, de Lijt, Evans, Casemiro, Collyer, Eriksen, Antony, Garnacho, Zirkzee.

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