Alejandro Garnacho got here off the bench to attain a stoppage-time winner for Manchester United as they beat Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage of their last Premier League sport earlier than the World Cup break on Sunday.
Christian Eriksen, who is about to play for Denmark on the World Cup, scored the opener within the 14th minute, sliding in on the far publish to steer the ball residence after Anthony Martial and Bruno Fernandes mixed cleverly to create the prospect.
Carlos Vinicius virtually put Fulham degree simply after the break, twisting to fireside a shot that goalkeeper David De Gea steered behind, and the Spaniard pulled off one other large save to maintain out Tim Ream’s headed effort from the following nook.
The house facet equalised within the 61st minute with a aim eerily just like Manchester United’s as winger Willian performed Tom Cairney free down the fitting and he centred for ex-United winger Daniel James to attain two minutes after he got here off the bench.
The sport seemed to be heading for a draw till Garnacho sped into the field and fired a low shot previous Bernd Leno for his first Premier League aim to grab all three factors deep into stoppage time.
The outcome means Manchester United, whose subsequent league sport is at residence to Nottingham Forest on Dec. 27, will have fun Christmas in fifth place on 26 factors, whereas Fulham, who journey to Crystal Palace on Dec. 26, are ninth on 19 factors.