EPL: Manchester United beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 to consolidate fourth spot | Football News – Times of India
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Anthony Martial and Alejandro Garnacho struck as United notched a comfortable home win that consolidated their top-four position.
The win took United to 66 points from 35 games, four points more than Liverpool at 5th spot with three games remaining for both sides in the current Premier League season.
With the top four qualifying directly for next season’s group stage, United are in a pretty good position at this stage whereas Wolves are 13th on 40 points.
After a sluggish start, Brazilian winger Antony headed over from point-blank range on the half-hour mark but he made amends two minutes later, tearing down the right on a quick counter-attack and squaring the ball for Martial to fire home.
Antony was in the thick of the action again on the hour mark as Bruno Fernandes back-heeled the ball to him on the edge of the box, but the 23-year-old Brazilian’s shot deflected just wide of the near post.
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Fernandes should have made it two when he cut in from the left and fired from close range in the 64th minute but Wolves’ debutant keeper Daniel Bentley saved his shot, and Jadon Sancho’s similar effort was also kept out.
Brought off the bench in the 82nd minute after a long spell out due to an ankle injury, Garnacho wrapped up the three points with a long run and shot that bounced off the inside of the right-hand post deep into stoppage time to seal the win.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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