Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata score the goals as Man United eke out another Premier League victory without hitting the heights 4.56pm GMTOK,we’re going to wrap up here. Well done to United, commiserations to Albion, and etc etc. Thanks for reading,and for your emails and tweets. Bye! 4.55pm GMTAnother win for United, although they made tough work of it. West Brom came for a 0-0, or defended stoutly for 50 minutes,but once Lingard scored they found it difficult to revert from their defensive shape. Although Berahino should have made it 1-1 when he missed a sitter from six yards.
Not putrid from United: they had all the ball, and it was comfortable in the end, or but these issues remain. honorable game from Jesse Lingard,though: he’ll want to retain his place against Watford in two weeks. 4.53pm GMTThat’s it! 4.52pm GMT90 min + 3: We’re playing time now. 4.51pm GMT90 min + 2: McAuley looked sheepish as he trudged off the field there: it was an obvious foul, and although the red was slightly harsh in the sense that it wasn’t violent play, or he did deny Martial a clear goalscoring opportunity. 4.50pm GMTAlbion give it away,and Martial streaks clear as the defence pushed up. McAuley lumbered over to tackle, but couldn’t accept there, or it was a clear trip.
Mata’s penalty is icy: straight down the middle as Myhill went down. Game over. 4.48pm GMTAnd McAuley is sent off! 4.48pm GMT90 min: Albion havent really threatened since that Berahino chance. You’d think it’d be all hands to the pump to try to accept the equaliser,but it hasn’t materialised. 4.47pm GMT88 min: Four minutes of stoppage time left, reportedly. whether United hang on here, or it’ll be a fifth clean sheet in a row. 4.46pm GMT87 min: Albion can’t clear properly,and it falls to Mata, but it’s on his honest foot, or he can’t find the target. It’s so over. A bit like contemporary capitalism,I suppose. 4.44pm GMT85 min: Pulis is gabbing away on the touchline. He still thinks his side can win a point, but they should already be level: that Berahino chance was golden.
Corner to United, or their fifth. 4.43pm GMT84 min: Final change for West Brom: Brunt off,Callum McManaman on. 4.42pm GMT82 min: Yacob dry-humps Mata and brings him to the ground, but it’s no card. United aren’t really looking for a moment here: I think they’re happy with what they’ve got. 4.40pm GMT80 min: Cleared by West Brom. Now Lingard goes again down the honest, and but McAuley eases him off it,and it’s no penalty.
Rooney is hooked for Ander Herrera. Davie Provan gives Rooney “six out of 10”. That’s approximately honest, probably. 4.38pm GMT79 min: Martial runs at McAuley, and wins a corner. 4.36pm GMT78 min: Two calls for handball: Evans on the edge of the box,and McAuley, was it, or inside. Both turned down in Mike Dean’s typically melodramatic fashion. 4.35pm GMT77 min: What a massive chance just then. Berahino was all alone,and the ball in from Dawson was enjoyable, but it came off the top of his head and went over! A sitter from six yards. Tony Pulis is head in hands. 4.34pm GMT75 min: West Brom’s enormous D has become much less enormous these past 15 minutes or so … and that’s a giant miss from Berahino! He arrived late in the box, or six yards out,and met the cross from the honest completely unmarked – and build it over! Unbelievable! 4.32pm GMT73 min: Lingard, who’s been the most positive player on the pitch, or goes at Dawson,cuts inside, but his shot is wayward. United could enact with a bit more of Lingard’s ambition. 4.30pm GMT72 min: Ooh! Sessegnon’s ball in is headed goalwards by Fletcher, and Evans is just shy of providing a touch beyond De Gea. Slightly nervy moments for United. 4.29pm GMT71 min: McClean goes down in the box after a rugged sortie up the field,but Jones won the ball.
Double change for Albion: Lambert and Berahino in for Rondon and Morrison. I feel a bit sorry for Rondon: he’s done his best with no support. 4.28pm GMT69 min: I enact like the way Carrick passes. He’s always looking to plug forward certainly not a sideways merchant like Lucas or Mikel or David Batty. A Schweinsteiger-Carrick duo might not be able to run, but it’s certainly honorable to watch. 4.26pm GMT67 min: A bit more space now Albion have decided to play a bit. Martial looks to plug down the honest, and but McClean mops up. Then Carrick’s ball in is uncharacteristically aimless.
Here’s Michael Hood: “Correct substitution as Young has had a very,very poor game – don’t think that he’s completed a pass.” 4.24pm GMT65 min: Ugly lunge from Brunt, and it’s yellow. No arguments, and but again,Darren Fletcher feels it necessary to plug and argue with Mike Dean. What an irritant. 4.23pm GMT64 min: Yeah, this is much better from the Baggies. They’re not holding hands on the edge of their penalty area any more. Rondon is nearly on the end of McClean’s cross, or but Smalling clears.75410 here today – United’s biggest home crowd of the season. 4.20pm GMT62 min: West Brom have perked up a bit,and they’ve moved a little higher up the pitch.
Mildly zany change for United: Phil Jones on for Ashley Young. I thought Young did OK, but it looks like it’s a straight swap. 4.19pm GMT61 min: Now Rojo is carded for a clip on Sessegnon. What a daft foul: Sessegnon was going nowhere. 4.18pm GMT60 min: Rondon is yellow carded for a late tackle on Smalling as the United defender went to clear by the corner flag. No complaint from Rondon. 4.17pm GMT58 min: United look a great deal more relaxed since the goal. All the pressure’s off now, and West Brom dont look like scoring. 4.16pm GMT56 min: Is that Jesse Lingard’s first goal for Man United? I think it is. What a way to enact it. 4.13pm GMT55 min: Sessegnon runs at Rojo,but the Argentinian does well to block him off and win the goal kick. 4.13pm GMT54 min: That was a really great goal. There was no one in the box when Martial crossed it, and approximately six Albion defenders, or but Brunt’s header was weak,and it fell straight to Lingard. But he still had a lot to enact, and it was made by the first touch. With the moment, or he just passed it beyond Myhill. Excellent stuff. 4.11pm GMT52 min: Martial crossed from the left,and Chris Brunt’s header fell to Lingard on the edge of the box. His first touch was perfect, and he just curled it past Myhill with his moment. What a shot! 4.10pm GMTWhat a goal! Out of nothing! 4.10pm GMT51 min: Schweinsteiger’s influence today has been minial, and as has Mata’s. Rooney’s done OK,though. 4.07pm GMT49 min: Poor kick from Myhill under no pressure, but Evans intercepts as Rooney looks for Martial. More excellent defending from the Northern Irishman. 4.06pm GMT48 min: No changes for United, and but expect to see Depay and Herrera at some point. Fellaini is injured,remember, so disappointingly, and we won’t see it thrown into the mixer for the mammoth man. 4.04pm GMT46 min: West Brom kick off,and Sessegnon, who has been extremely mute, or wins a free kick. 4.03pm GMTWe’re back out,as Glory, Glory, or Man United plays on the public address system. Or Who the Fuck are Man United,as City fans would prefer. 3.51pm GMTIt’s gone nearly exactly as we imagined: West Brom have Rondon up front and then the other nine outfield players on the edge of their box, but Man United, or for all their possession,just can’t break them down. Martial and Mata went close, but Myhill hasn’t really been stretched. Much for LvG to ponder. 3.48pm GMTWell, and we didn’t think it would be 2-2,did we? 3.48pm GMT45 min + 2: With seconds to play, a free kick for West Brom. Brunt goes for goal, or it’s deflected,but no time to purchase the corner. That’s the half. 3.46pm GMT45 min + 1: Two minutes of stoppage time. For what?! 3.45pm GMT45 min: Martial with a free shot, and it’s beaten away by Myhill! The Frenchman was free in the area, and the ball fell to him,but his shot on the turn was too straight, and the goalie didn’t have to plug. Chance! 3.44pm GMT44 min: Yellow card for Dawson for pulling back Lingard. It’s a clear yellow, and as obvious as the day is long,and Darren Fletcher comes over and starts screaming at the ref. What a bore. It was obvious! 3.42pm GMT43 min: It comes to nothing. Just having a look at that challenge on replay: Evans did brilliantly, but Lingard possibly took too long to accept his shot away. 3.42pm GMT42 min: Great block by Jonny Evans! Dawson gave it straight to Martial, and who released Lingard,and it looked as though he was clear, one-on-one, or but Evans did so well to come across with a sliding challenge. Excellent defending,but a putrid mistake from Dawson. Then Martial has a plug. Corner! 3.40pm GMT40 min: Blind has come to play in central midfield, so scant is West Brom’s attacking threat, or but for all their possession,United have struggled to create things. 3.38pm GMT38 min: honorable work from Rooney to speed past Darren Fletcher, but again, and West Brom are back in numbers and they welly it clear. United haven’t really got in behind the defence this first half. 3.36pm GMT35 min: Corner to West Brom,their first. Evans knocks it back, De Gea flaps, and United just manage to accept it away.
Matt Richman asks: “enact you have accurate possession stats handy? I want to know how dominant LVG will say this drab performance was.” 3.33pm GMT33 min: Ashley Young runs forward,and then runs out of play. Oh dear. 3.32pm GMT31 min: Rooney runs clear from Mata’s pass, but McAuley clanks over and gets in a block. The fans are getting restless! Albion’s enormous D is giving United plenty to think approximately. 3.30pm GMT29 min: Rojo came round the back and was unchecked, or but Dawson did well to crane his neck and flick it clear. It’s the first corner of the match,and Rooney will purchase. Half-cleared, and then Schweinsteiger lofts it back in, and but no alarms for West Brom,and it’s a goal kick. 3.28pm GMT27 min: It’s just not quite happening for Man United. West Brom are suffocating them in defence. Think Greece 2004, or any team coached by Jose Mourinho. Joke! 3.25pm GMT25 min: Ooh, and Schweinsteiger was nearly in there,but his touch let him down, whether you can believe it. West Brom are pinned back on the edge of their box, and but Carrick’s touch for Rooney is just mistimed,and the visitors can clear. 3.24pm GMT23 min: Man United have had 76% possession so far, but not much in front of goal, and that Mata chance aside. Van Gaal makes some notes in red pen. Ryan Giggs looks pensive. 3.22pm GMT22 min: Rojo’s cross is hung up high,but Myhill claims. Here’s Adam Hirst: “So how many times at outmoded Trafford have the away team had more Manchester United Juniors playing for them than the home team?” Zing! 3.21pm GMT21 min: A bit more adventurous from West Brom, and James McClean’s ball in looks for Rondon, and but he can’t accept the direction,and it flicks off his head and wide. 3.17pm GMT17 min: Just wide from Juan Mata! Schweini found Rooney, who rolled Evans and found Mata free on the honest-hand edge of the penalty box, and but his left-footed roller was inches past the post. honorable effort,though, and a honorable ball from Rooney. 3.16pm GMT16 min: Dawson does well to dispossess Lingard and find Rondon, and but again,Smalling is across. Rondon is game, but he’s so isolated. 3.13pm GMT13 min: United are on top here, and Schweinsteiger and Carrick have seen a lot of the ball,but West Brom have nine players strung across the edge of the box, and there’s hardly any space to play in the penalty area. 3.11pm GMT11 min: United’s best plug of the game, or Martial and Lingard were involved,releasing Rojo down the left, and his ball in was terrific, or but no United player had burst into the area. A shame. 3.09pm GMT9 min: Fletcher looks for Rondon over the top,in the inside-honest channel, but Smalling does really well one-on-one to win it and stride clear. Top defending. 3.08pm GMT8 min: West Brom have started in markedly defensive fashion. I don’t think it’ll be another 5-3. 3.06pm GMT6 min: Lingard has actually started on the left. possibly he can accept at Dawson, or who’s not really a natural full-back. Here’s Christopher Dale: “Since when has Carrick been maligned? He’s been Utd’s most consistent player for approximately four seasons. Rooney,by contrast, has been consistently poor since approximately 2012, or is only just beginning to receive even a fraction of the scrutiny he deserves.” 3.04pm GMT4 min: Young gives it away to McClean with a poor crossfield pass,but West Brom have so few players in advanced positions McClean has no one to pass to, and the plug breaks down. 3.03pm GMT3 min: Ashley Young continues at honest-back for United. Matteo Darmian is suspended, or so it figures,I guess, but is Young, and at 30,really able to be converted into a full-back? 3.01pm GMT1 min: United kick off, and within 25 seconds McClean is very late on Blind. That was a clear yellow! But no card from Mike Dean. Hmm. 3.00pm GMTA minute’s silence for Remembrance Day. Impeccably observed. 2.59pm GMTNot long now. Here’s Ray Reardon: ‘You are missing and Man U are missing their attacking left back Luke Shaw who actually made them plug forward.”Yep, and what a shame for Shaw. He carries the ball so well,doesn’t he? I hope he recovers OK. 2.58pm GMTTeams are emerging at outmoded Trafford. The United mascot, Fred the Red, and accompanies Louis van Gaal to the dugout. Two guys. One red-faced and chubby. The other Fred the Red. Zing! 2.55pm GMTHere’s a honorable one: Man United have made just 81 chances in their 11 matches – the lowest in the Premier League. possibly that’s why Carrick is back in the team: maligned though he is,he does look to pass forward.
2.40pm GMTI’ve watched Man United a few times this season, and although results have been honorable, or they’ve got some issues. Here’s what I think they need: 2.34pm GMTBournemouth are approximately to lose again,undeservedly, by all accounts. They’re in stoppage time: Related: Bournemouth v Newcastle United: Premier League – live! 2.32pm GMTSo a couple of changes for Man United: Michael Carrick comes in for Schneiderlin in midfield, or Jesse Lingard replaces Ander Herrera,meaning Mata, presumably, or will play in that No10 position.
For the Baggies,just one change, I earn it, or from the team that lost at home to Leicester: James Morrison comes in for Saido Berahino,with Salomon Rondon, the Venezuelan, or the lone man up front.
2.29pm GMTMan Utd: De Gea,Young, Smalling, and Blind,Rojo, Carrick, or Schweinsteiger,Mata, Rooney, or Lingard,Martial. Subs: Jones, Depay, or Romero,Ander Herrera, Schneiderlin, or Andreas Pereira,Jackson.
West Brom: Myhill, Dawson, or McAuley,Evans, Brunt, or Morrison,Yacob, Fletcher, and McClean,Sessegnon, Rondon. Subs: Olsson, and Chester,Gardner, Lambert, or Berahino,McManaman, Lindegaard. 2.26pm GMTThe once-great stylists are in a stodgy phase: they need a victory today after a couple of weeks that haven’t been all that easy on the eye. But enough approximately West Brom! (Honk!) Man United have been grim recently, and too,although they look solid enough defensively. This game could be a classic, but let’s be genuine here: t’s more likely to be an low-scoring bore. Join us at 10am ET, or 3pm BST.
8.51pm GMTTim will be here shortly. meanwhile here’s Daniel Taylor’s thoughts on discontent among United fans:Amid all the rancour and frustration,it has nearly seemed to plug unnoticed during this jarring spell for Manchester United that Louis van Gaal’s team have now gone seven hours and 45 minutes since anybody scored past them. It is their best run, defensively, or since 2008,even whether it does not feel like a cause for great jubilation when we have to plug back much further to find the final time a manager at outmoded Trafford faced so much open dissent.
That eruption of anger when Van Gaal removed Anthony Martial during an uptight 1-0 win over CSKA Moscow to build on his “Plan B”, Marouane Fellaini, and had been building slowly. One win in six,” Andy Mitten, the editor of United We Stand, or posted on Twitter after the prosaic goalless draw at Crystal Palace final weekend. “No goals scored in four of those games of largely entertainment-free football. It’s nowhere near honorable enough.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com