WOLVERHAMPTON – MANCHESTER UNITED 3-4:
It was a very contentious match at Molineux in Wolverhampton when they took on a faltering Manchester United. Ten Hag’s men led both 2-0 and 3-1, but in overtime the home team turned it around to 3-3.
Then United’s prodigy Kobbie Mainoo stepped up, securing 4-3 and a very important victory for the Red Devils.
– What an incredible goal. Brilliant from young Mainoo, former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson stated on the BBC.
The great talent was humble, but obviously proud after the match.
– It is a dream come true, says Mainoo in an interview shown at Viaplay.
Another who has also been in the limelight recently is Marcus Rashford.
He has been in rough weather after allegedly searching nightclubs, in the middle of the season. But it would take five minutes before the Englishman hit back hard. Rashford tapped in from the edge of the box to give United an early lead.
With that, he got revenge for the headlines that have been in England for the past few days. He also got to hear it before the match, where some songs were played that could be interpreted as a jab at Rashford.
At Wolves’ home ground, they played the songs “Tequila of Terrorvision” and “Tequila by The Champs”, which was probably no coincidence.
Choice of music here at Molineux poking fun at Rashford – a cover version of Tequila of Terrorvision followed by Tequila by The Champs #mufc
— Chris Wheeler (@ChrisWheelerDM) February 1, 2024
United fans with Rashford joke
The Manchester United fans are also said to have had fun with songs about Rashford.
United correspondent Andy Mitten writes that the United fans sang “Rashford is drunk”, probably in a joking tone towards their star player.
The 3,000 MUFC fans are joyously singing ‘Rashford’s on the piss.’
— Andy Mitten (@AndyMitten) February 1, 2024
Last week, it emerged in the British press that he had been observed at a nightclub in Belfast on both Wednesday and Thursday.
On Friday morning, just hours after the nightclub search, Rashford called in sick and therefore did not take part in United’s training. This created strong reactions.
“Rashford attended Thompson’s Garage nightclub in the city on Thursday night, returning to Manchester on a private jet the following morning,” wrote The Athletic on Saturday.
The Wolves responded
Against Wolverhampton, United continued to play big. Rasmus Højlund doubled the lead for the Red Devils after some beautiful work from Rashford and Luke Shaw, who served up the score for the Dane.
The same man was very close to scoring the evening’s third when he blocked a play from Wolves goalkeeper José Sá.
Højlund also put the ball in the net for the second time, but then he was correctly called off for offside.
Ten Hag could grin at having regained several key players in the team. Casemiro and Lisandro Martínez have been out for a long time, but played their first Premier League game in a long time on Thursday.
The latter would prove to be important, as he acrobatically saved the ball on the line after a header from Max Kilman.
Nevertheless, Wolves managed to fight their way back into the game after a long period of pressure against the United cage. Pedro Neto went to the ground after a touch from Casemiro in the penalty area. The referee decided to award a penalty to the home team, and Pablo Sarabia put the ball in the middle of the goal, behind Andre Onana.
But the nail biting was not to last long for the spectators. Four minutes later, Scott McTominay netted his sixth Premier League goal of the season.
Horrible overtime drama
However, Wolves wanted it differently and they hit back for the second time in the game. Kilman won 2-3 for the home team, and suddenly it was a full game at Molineux.
Then things happened terribly quickly. Wolves equalized in extra time after Neto sent the home fans into the air with his goal. But only a minute later, United hit back, and the super-talented Kobbie Mainoo wide-sided the ball beautifully in the far corner.
It was the last score of the evening, and United won after crazy overtime drama.
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The Athletic: Marcus Rashford went to a nightclub – reported ‘too ill’ for United training