Erik ten Haah’s players arrived at the game tonight (Tuesday) knowing that the whole Cristiano Ronaldo affair and the interview are behind them. Indeed, Manchester United looked excellent on the grass and under the leadership of the great Marcus Rashford beat Nottingham Forest 0:3 and recorded their highest win of the season in the league.
The game was for the most part completely one-sided, the Red Devils’ players held the ball and attacked Wayne Hennessy’s goal repeatedly. In the 20th minute, a wonderful corner kick ended in a close-range kick into the net by Marcus Rashford. Four minutes passed and the striker added a pass to Anthony Martial who was accurate from the edge of the box to the left corner.
Just before half-time, Ryan Yates scored a curling goal from a set piece, but the VAR intervened and rightly disallowed the goal because the player was offside. It seems that the disallowance of the goal took the wind out of the visitors’ sails completely and the players of Ten Haah controlled the second half with a high hand and were repeatedly stopped by the goalkeeper of the Wales national team. In the 87th minute, Casemiro with a wonderful deep pass left Fred alone in front of Hennessy, the latter did not get confused and with a precise kick to the far corner nailed the third and determined the result of the game.