lejandro Garnacho made positive Manchester United goes into the World Cup break on a excessive by scoring a stoppage-time winner to safe a 2-1 win over Fulham on Sunday.
Within the final Premier League recreation earlier than the match in Qatar, Garnacho got here off the bench to attain with virtually the final kick of the sport at Craven Cottage.
The win strengthens United’s grip on fifth place within the standings, with the group having recovered from a poor begin below new supervisor Erik ten Hag to take a seat three factors behind fourth-place Tottenham with a recreation in hand.
Alejandro Garnacho’s first #PL strike offers @ManUtd all three factors! 🔥#FULMUN pic.twitter.com/XjUK1UhA8F
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United had gone forward after 14 minutes when Christian Eriksen capitalized on a well-worked fast break from the guests earlier than slotting the ball into an empty internet.
Regardless of that early lead, United was unable to totally take management of the sport, and the absence of a number of gamers — together with Cristiano Ronaldo — was evident as Fulham pushed for an equalizer.
And Fulham was rewarded simply after the hour mark when former United winger Daniel James turned in a low cross from shut vary for a deserved equalizer.
Nevertheless, regardless of Fulham being the higher group for big components of the sport, it was the guests who claimed the victory when Garnacho performed a intelligent one-two with Eriksen on the sting of the field earlier than operating into the world to fit dwelling previous Bernd Leno simply earlier than the ultimate whistle.
Ronaldo missed a second straight recreation with an unspecified sickness, whereas United was additionally with out Antony, Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane.
Fulham, in the meantime, was with out star striker Aleksandar Mitrovic resulting from a foot drawback.