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Premier League: Moutinho Shines ;Wolves Beat Manchester United 1-0 At Old Trafford

by Kolkata Today

It’s great win for Wolves.They beat Manchester United  at Old Trafford on Monday for the first time in the Premier League since 1980.

Manchester United coach Ralf Rangnick suffers his first loss.It was a disappointing start to the year for Ralf Rangnick as Manchester United’s interim coach unbeaten start to his United job came to an abrupt end.

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Through 19 games, Manchester United has as many Premier League losses this season (6) as it did last season .

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Wolves had recorded away League wins against 83 different clubs between their last League victory at Man Utd (Feb 9, 1980) and on Monday.

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Joao Moutinho scored a late winner as Wolverhampton Wanderers inflicted Manchester United’s first defeat under Ralf Rangnick with a 1-0 victory at Old Trafford.

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Joao Moutinho scored winner for Wolves against ManchesterUnited.2 goals in 4 Premiere League appearances Old Trafford 2 goals in other 124 Premier League appearances.

Joao Moutinho at 35 years 117 days he is the oldest opposition player to score in Premier League at Man Utd since Didier Drogba in Oct 2014 .

Phil Jones, making his first Premier League appearance for Man Utd in 712 days, earned applause from the Old Trafford faithful with his first touch in the opening minute, a clearing header from Francisco Trincao’s dangerous cross.
That set the tone for a first half in which United defended resolutely as Wolves racked up 14 shots on target – a Premier League record for the West Midlands club.
Bruno Lage’s side were frustrated by David De Gea, who denied Daniel Podence and Ruben Neves with excellent saves before Jones made a brilliant block to stop Nelson Semedo’s 45th-minute ball from reaching Neves.

United grew into the match following the introduction of Bruno Fernandes on the hour-mark and the substitute hit the woodwork seven minutes later from Nemanja Matic’s cutback.

Romain Saiss also clipped the bar for Wolves with a 75th-minute free-kick before Moutinho produced the winner.

Picking up Jones’s headed clearance the Portuguese midfielder drove a low shot into the bottom corner eight minutes from time.

Manchester United have failed to score in four different Premier League home games this season, already more than they did in the whole of 2020-21 (3).

Defeat leaves Man Utd seventh on 31 points, four points behind fourth-placed Arsenal and with a match in hand.
Their first Premier League win at Old Trafford moves Wolves up to eighth, three points behind the Red Devils.

Wolves coach Bruno Lage said , “The players understood the plan and we deserved the three points.”

After the match Manchester United coach Ralf Rangnick said ,”We didn’t play well at all. Neither individually, nor collectively.”

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