MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 WOLVES: In the end, it was an all too familiar story of United somehow getting over the line with Raphael Varane’s late winner after being second best to Wolves for so long
After a weekend of auditions for potential title contenders, Manchester United could not conjure up much of a performance.
In the end, it was an all too familiar story of United somehow getting over the line with Raphael Varane’s late winner after being second best to Wolves for so long. You also have to throw in a quite-baffling VAR decision not to give an injury-time penalty against United keeper Andre Onana for taking out Wolves substitute Sasa Kalajdzic.
No wonder Wolves felt hard done by because that felt like another high-profile VAR clanger and crazy decisions like that sadly negate all the other good work and positive changes brought in by referees’ boss Howard Webb. United will know they got away with it and it might also not be enough to convince Old Trafford that Erik ten Hag’s men are ready to go toe-to-toe with Manchester City in the title race.
City blitzed Burnley on Friday night, Arsenal beat Nottingham Forest and Newcastle smashed Aston Villa on Saturday while Chelsea and Liverpool shared the spoils on Sunday. However, United struggled to make a case to be considered serious contenders even if it is early days and their new £72m striker Rasmus Hojlund is not yet fit enough to make his debut.