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0¹ SUÁREZ ran onto a great ball from ROBBEN but toe-poked his effort wide. 4¹ A shot from FELLAINI was smothered by TER STEGEN. 6¹ A good ball from DAWSON on the left was collected by ROBBEN who mishit his shot over the bar. 7¹ The WBA 'keeper was able to block a fierce effort. 13¹ The Manchester United 'keeper stopped a clever strike from SUÁREZ. 15¹ A shot from RODRIGUEZ was nodded off the line by OTAMENDI. 15¹ GOAL!! After FLETCHER was tripped STYLES waved play-on and GIBBS went on to easily score. (1-0 WBA) 17¹ VALENCIA dummied FLETCHER but shot the ball into the arms of TER STEGEN. 18¹ A great effort from MATA scraped the outside of the righthand post. 24¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in ROBBEN knocking a low shot over. 37¹ GOAL!! On the right wing ICARDI collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the penalty box for ROBBEN to tuck it into the net. (2-0 WBA) 39¹ GOAL!! A FELLAINI run down the middle resulted in a low cross for SÁNCHEZ to volley in. (2-1 WBA) 42¹ A cynical challenge on SÁNCHEZ by ICARDI results in a booking. 45¹ A delightful save prevented SÁNCHEZ from scoring a good goal. 45¹ Uncertainty in the WBA defence enabled LUKAKU to crack the ball over the bar. 1² FELLAINI shot over. 7² An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of the 'keeper by SÁNCHEZ. 12² The stunned WBA 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from FLETCHER fell just over. 23² GOAL!! A shot from VALENCIA deflected off the boot of FLETCHER and dribbled past the helpless WBA 'keeper and into the net. (2-2) 25² GOAL!! A neat one-two left SUÁREZ clear and he made no mistake by skillfully drifting the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (3-2 WBA) 27² A free-kick from PODOLSKI went inches wide. 30² ROBBEN beat VALENCIA and blasted the ball to SUÁREZ who fired his shot wide. 32² GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled YOUNG to head the ball into the empty net. (3-3) 36² DAWSON headed just beyond the far post. 38² FELLAINI worked the ball to SÁNCHEZ, LUKAKU collected his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.

Manchester United   League position: 5 Home league form: WWWX Overall league form: WLWXWXXW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Maarten STEKELENBURG 6  1 6  Marc-André TER STEGEN (c)Antonio VALENCIA 7  2 6  Craig DAWSON Ashley YOUNG 6½ 3 6½ Kieran GIBBS Nemanja MATIC 7½ 4 7½ Mario GÖTZE Nicolás OTAMENDI 7½ 5 7  Jonny EVANS Phil JONES 6½ 6 5½ OSCAR dos Santos Juan MATA 7  7 6½ Darren FLETCHER Alexis SÁNCHEZ 8  8 6½ Arjen ROBBEN (p)Romelu LUKAKU 7½ 9 7  Luis SUÁREZ(c,p) (f)Marouane FELLAINI 7  10 5½ Mauro ICARDI(f) Lukas PODOLSKI 7  11 6½ Jay RODRIGUEZ Manager Morgan SCHNEIDERLIN    12    Claudio YACOB Matteo DARMIAN    13    Ben FOSTER Eric BAILLY    14    Nacer CHADLI Anthony MARTIAL    15    Gareth BARRY Timothy FOSU-MENSAH    16    Sam FIELD

WBA   League position: 2 Away league form: LXWW Overall league form: WLWWXWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Manchester United 3 WBA 3 (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 65,244, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Rob Styles 6) Sánchez 39¹, Fletcher 23² (og), Young 32² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Gibbs 15¹, Robben 37¹, Suárez 25²           Icardi 42¹ 1 3 3 14 6 1 9 5 5 5 14 10 2 2 53% 47% ¶ Man of the match: Alexis Sánchez ¶