Iwobi, Chukwueze, Bassey in Action as Red Devils Win Five-goal Thriller
Nigerian trio of Alex Iwobi, Samuel Chukwueze and Calvin Bassey were in action as Manchester United defeated Fulham 3-2 in a thrilling Premier League encounter on Sunday afternoon.
For both Iwobi and Bassey, this was their 17th appearance this season for the London side while Chukwueze was three short of that outing. None of them got on the scorers’ sheet.
After the Sunday afternoon clash was heading to the two sides sharing the spoils at Old Trafford, Benjamin Sesko scored a stoppage-time winner as Manchester United made it three wins in a row under Michael Carrick.
In a match preceded by a protest attended by 500-600 fans, according to police sources, United seemed to be cruising to victory as Brazilian duo Casemiro and Matheus Cunha put them two up with goals either side of half-time.
But after Raul Jimenez pulled one back five minutes from time with a brilliant penalty into the roof of the home net, Kevin looked to have snatched a point with a thunderous strike to the top corner.
However, in nine minutes of time added on mainly due to two lengthy VAR checks that resulted in United having a penalty overturned and Fulham a goal disallowed, Sesko turned on to a Bruno Fernandes pass and drilled a shot into the top corner.
It took Ruben Amorim 36 Premier League games to win three in a row as United chief, his only sequence of successive victories.
Carrick has taken just three and was serenaded by the home supporters as his side went back into the Premier League’s top four.
RESULTS
Premier League
Aston Villa 0-1 Brentford
Man Utd 3-2 Fulham
Nottingham 1-1 Cry’Palace
Tottenham 2-2 Man City
NPFL
Katsina Utd 2-0 Abia War
Enyimba 1-0 Bayelsa Utd
Tornadoes 2-2 B’Insurance
Rangers 2-0 Kano Pillars
Wikki 1-1 Nasarawa
TODAY
El-kanemi v Kun Khalifat
Remo Stars v Plateau Utd
Barau v Ikorodu City
Kwara Utd v Warri Wolves
CAF Champions League
Simba 2-2 Esperance
Pyramids 3-0 Berkane
Rivers Utd 0-1 P’Dynamos
