Though Dwight Gayle gave Newcastle an early lead, Manchester United came back strong to register a thrilling 4-1 win at Old Trafford.
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba (Photo: AFP)
Though Dwight Gayle gave Newcastle an early lead, Manchester United came back strong to register a thrilling 4-1 win at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Gayle came up with an early lead but the Reds equalised when Anthony Martial scored his seventh goal of the season in the 37th minute. Manchester United took the lead just before the half-time when Chris Smalling headed a brilliant cross from Ashley Young into the net. This was the centre-back’s first goal of the campaign.
The Red’s maintained the pressure after the interval and it paid off when Paul Pogba netted the ball to make it 3-1. Romelu Lukaku also scored with a fantastic left-footed effort to make it 4-1 for his team.
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Meanwhile, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba and Marcos Rojo returned to the squad following injury, while Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford started together in the league for the first time this season.
Paul said after the match that he felt blessed to mark his return from injury with a goal. Pogba told MUTV: “To come back, to play again, to see Old Trafford, to see the fans again, to score at Old Trafford on my comeback, I feel blessed. But we had to win – that was the most important thing. Most of last season I had injuries but small ones. You just have to recover well because the Premier League is different to Italy – it’s more intense and you just have to think about recovery, then you have more games. Otherwise, I just feel good, just to come back.”
“I’ve trained very hard to come back fit. The season is really long so we have to be fit – not only me but all the players. To win the league we need all our players. When you have one injured here, one injured there, it doesn’t help. It’s always better to have a full team,” he added.
With inputs from agencies and official website of Manchester United
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