(1-0 Darlington)| 15¹ | A fine ball from ARMSTRONG on the right found JAMES who sliced his shot wide. |
| 19¹ | A good effort from DI MARÍA scraped the woodwork. |
| 21¹ | A header by JOVETIC at the far post was easily collected by DE GEA. |
| 28¹ | A pin-point pass found DI MARÍA and his right foot shot went narrowly over. |
| 35¹ | JAMES beat a number of Darlington players and stroked a shot over. |
| 36¹ | A header from WELBECK was headed off the line by JAMES. |
| 38¹ | A cross from ZANIOLO left DI MARÍA in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. |
| 41¹ | GUILBERT drove a right foot shot over from twenty yards out. |
| 42¹ | A penalty box meleé resulted in ARMSTRONG tapping the ball wide. |
| 43¹ | A free-kick from ARMSTRONG floated over. |
| 2² | A tame strike from DI MARÍA trickled agonisingly wide. |
| 3² | ARMSTRONG beat MAVROPANOS and hit the ball to DI MARÍA who blasted his shot wide. |
| 6² | A bad tackle on MAGUIRE by ABDUL SAMED results in a booking. |
| 24² | HALSEY books WELBECK for a bad foul. |
| 32² | DI MARÍA brought the ball past MAVROPANOS and stabbed a tame shot over the bar. |
| 34² | MAGUIRE rifled a simple chance past the lefthand post. |
| 35² | DI MARÍA ran onto a delightful ball from DE BRUYNE but pulled his effort wide. |
| 41² | NELSON rushed an easy chance. |
| 44² | ARMSTRONG galloped through the Darlington defence but shot straight at LLORIS. |
| 45² | A mix up in the Darlington defence enabled ANSU FATI to hammer an effort wide. |