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Commentary
0¹A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Nottingham Forest 'keeper.
0¹WHITE fluffed a simple chance.
3¹GOAL!! A great shot from VLAHOVIC was pushed away by the Nottingham Forest 'keeper only as far as DE JONG who placed the ball past the stranded Nottingham Forest 'keeper. (1-0 Manchester United)
5¹The motionless SZCZESNY could only watch as a backpass from MAGUIRE dropped just over.
7¹DE JONG was put clear by MANÉ and he turned the Nottingham Forest 'keeper but glanced his shot just beyond the far post.
8¹The Nottingham Forest 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful shot.
12¹PALMER shot over.
19¹BRANDT charged through the Manchester United defence but shot straight at SZCZESNY.
20¹A pin-point pass fell to MAHREZ and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.
22¹GOAL!! Unlucky MANÉ hit the post before BARELLA rifled the ball home as HERNÁNDEZ failed to clear. (2-0 Manchester United)
24¹RONALDO headed inches over.
26¹HERNÁNDEZ nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
31¹GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with DI MARÍA striking the ball into the net. (3-0 Manchester United)
32¹ISCO worked the ball to BRANDT, RONALDO collected his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Manchester United 'keeper.
33¹McGINN booked.
40¹BARELLA beat HERNÁNDEZ and drove the ball to DE JONG who blasted his shot wide.
0²A mix up in the Nottingham Forest defence enabled MAHREZ to crack the ball over.
7²JOTA waltzed away from MENGI and poked a tame shot wide.
8²JOTA rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Manchester United 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
29²GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled VLAHOVIC to waltz through the Nottingham Forest defence and score. (4-0 Manchester United)
31²RONALDO cautioned for a late tackle.
37²The 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from BRANDT.
37²VLAHOVIC floated the ball to MAGUIRE who turned it over.
45²DI MARÍA rattled a simple chance past the near post.

 
Manchester United
 
League position: 10
Home league form: WLXW
Overall league form: WWLWXLLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Wojciech SZCZESNY8 17 Mike MAIGNAN
Harry MAGUIRE6 27 Ben WHITE
Ben CHILWELL6½36½Theo HERNÁNDEZ
Nicolò BARELLA8 46½ISCO
Jonathan TAH6 57 Nathan AKÉ
Teden MENGI6 66½Ezri KONSA
Riyad MAHREZ6 78 Cole PALMER
(c)Ángel DI MARÍA7½87½Julian BRANDT
(p)Dusan VLAHOVIC6½96½Cristiano RONALDO(c,p)
(f)Frenkie DE JONG7 106 John McGINN(f)
Sadio MANÉ5½116½JOTA
Manager
Leon GORETZKA  12  James WARD-PROWSE
David DE GEA  13  David RAYA
Memphis DEPAY  14  Harvey BARNES
Tyrell MALACIA  15  Mateo KOVACIC
Mykhailo MUDRYK  16  Wifred NDIDI
 
Nottingham Forest
 
League position: 4
Away league form: OWWX
Overall league form: WOWLWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Manchester United 4 Nottingham Forest 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 69,725, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Tony Bates 7½)

de Jong 3¹, Barella 22¹, di María 31¹, Vlahovic 29²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
  
  
 McGinn 33¹, Ronaldo 31²
25
311
35
64
66
1210
24
46%54%
Man of the match: Nicolò Barella