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West Brom 1-1 Man Utd: Bruno Fernandes scores stunning volley

West Brom 1-1 Man Utd: Bruno Fernandes scores stunning volley
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Bruno Fernandes scored his 14th league goal of the season for Manchester United

Bruno Fernandes’ stunning volley salvaged a point for Manchester United at struggling West Brom, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side lost further ground in the Premier League title race.

United moved back above Leicester in second place, but are now seven points behind leaders Manchester City, who also have a game in hand.

The Baggies took a shock lead after just 83 seconds as on-loan striker Mbaye Diagne outmuscled Victor Lindelof to head in from Conor Gallagher’s cross.

United were finding it difficult to make inroads in a lacklustre opening period until Fernandes hooked Luke Shaw’s cross into the top corner with his weaker left foot.

The visitors improved in the second half, Mason Greenwood testing Sam Johnstone with a low strike and Scott McTominay seeing his follow up cleared off the line.

With time running out, skipper Harry Maguire leapt to send his header towards the top corner, but Johnstone tipped the effort against the post to deny United an injury-time winner.

Sam Allardyce’s side could have won it themselves late on, but Diagne struck his effort over the crossbar from six yards out.

Though they claimed a draw, West Brom remain in deep trouble at the wrong end of the table, second from bottom and 12 points from safety.

Defensive issues to deal with for Solskjaer

A poor start from United proved costly, they had won eight games on the road having fallen behind this season, but on this occasion were not able to find a second goal to seal the three points.

Solskjaer’s side extended their unbeaten away run in the league to 19 games but that will be of little consolation as they dropped points against a team staring at relegation, just as they did against Sheffield United in late January.

United’s last title triumph came in 2012-13, with Sir Alex Ferguson’s last game in-charge at The Hawthorns, but the prospect of number 21 in 2021 looks to be fading.

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They conceded within two minutes courtesy of Diagne getting ahead of Lindelof to the ball, but the often-criticised Swede should have been stronger and reacted quicker.

De Gea, who conceded poor goals against Everton last time out, was hesitant too and could have come off his line for a ball which was lobbed to the edge of the six yard box.

On a day when defensive target Dayot Upamecano agreed to join Bayern Munich from RB Leipzig, Solskjaer must surely have cast an eye to the summer and the need to bring in a centre-back to shore up a backline that has conceded 31 goals, the most of any club in the top nine.

At the other end, Fernandes’ goal was magical – drawing comparisons with Zinedine Zidane’s famous strike in the 2002 Champions League final – but that was their high point from an attacking perspective.


Anthony Martial was once again anonymous and withdrawn on 65 minutes. His replacement, Greenwood, went close and skipper Maguire thought he had a penalty when he was bundled over by Semi Ajayi and referee Craig Pawson pointed to the spot.

But after consultation with the VAR and viewing the replay on the pitchside monitor, the decision was overturned. Maguire could still have won it deep in injury-time but could not divert his header past Johnstone.

A point gained for West Brom?

Whether this draw will help West Brom stay up at the end of the season remains to be seen, but they will take heart from an assured performance against a side aiming for the title.

Diagne scored his first goal since joining on-loan from Galatasaray in January, but they have collected just six points in 11 games since veteran boss Allardyce took charge.

They have also conceded 55 goals this season – the most in the top-flight – and still have a huge task to maintain survival with 14 games remaining.

West Brom – who have scored just 19 goals this term – did offer a threat in the final third, Robert Snodgrass seeing a header tipped over the crossbar by De Gea and maybe could even have won it.

Diagne dispossessed Maguire in the box but his clipped effort from close range was kept out by De Gea and he had an even bigger chance with three minutes remaining but could not keep his shot on target.

What next?

West Brom travel to Burnley in the league next Saturday (kick-off 15:00), while United are in Europa League action on Thursday against Real Sociedad (17:55).

Sam’s Senegalese contingent – the stats

  • Manchester United have won just one of their last five Premier League games (D3 L1), their 9-0 hammering of Southampton at Old Trafford.
  • West Brom have won only one of their 11 Premier League matches under Sam Allardyce (W1 D3 L7), shipping nine more goals than any other team since his first match in charge (29).
  • Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in 38 Premier League goals in 38 appearances for Manchester United (22 goals, 16 assists) – in Premier League history, the only player with more goal involvements in his first 38 games is Andrew Cole (46 in 1993/94 for Newcastle).
  • West Brom’s goal was scored after just 83 seconds by Mbaye Diagne – the earliest conceded by Manchester United in a Premier League game since Christian Eriksen’s 11-second strike for Spurs in January 2018.
  • Manchester United have recovered 22 points from losing positions in the Premier League this season, 10 more than any other team.
  • Manchester United are unbeaten in all 12 away Premier League matches this season (W8 D4), only the fourth time a team has avoided defeat in their first 12 away Premier League games of a season: Arsenal in 2001/02 and 2003/04 and Liverpool in 2019/20, all of whom went on to win the title.
  • West Brom striker Mbaye Diagne became the 12th different Senegalese player to score a Premier League goal under Sam Allardyce, eight more than have scored under any other manager.
  • Man Utd left-back Luke Shaw registered his fifth Premier League assist of the season, the most he’s ever managed in a single season. In fact, Shaw only had seven assists in 156 Premier League appearances before this campaign.

Player of the match

DiagneMbaye Diagne

with an average of 7.40

West Bromwich Albion

  1. Squad number17Player nameDiagne

    Average rating

    7.40

  2. Squad number18Player nameGallagher

    Average rating

    7.13

  3. Squad number1Player nameJohnstone

    Average rating

    6.98

  4. Squad number23Player nameSnodgrass

    Average rating

    6.98

  5. Squad number5Player nameBartley

    Average rating

    6.84

  6. Squad number12Player nameMatheus Pereira

    Average rating

    6.84

  7. Squad number30Player nameMaitland-Niles

    Average rating

    6.78

  8. Squad number35Player nameYokuslu

    Average rating

    6.76

  9. Squad number6Player nameAjayi

    Average rating

    6.76

  10. Squad number2Player nameFurlong

    Average rating

    6.62

  11. Squad number14Player nameTownsend

    Average rating

    6.62

  12. Squad number22Player namePeltier

    Average rating

    6.50

  13. Squad number10Player namePhillips

    Average rating

    6.50

  14. Squad number8Player nameLivermore

    Average rating

    6.30

Manchester United

  1. Squad number5Player nameMaguire
    Average rating

    5.39

  2. Squad number18Player nameBruno Fernandes
    Average rating

    5.21

  3. Squad number23Player nameShaw
    Average rating

    4.81

  4. Squad number11Player nameGreenwood
    Average rating

    4.52

  5. Squad number39Player nameMcTominay
    Average rating

    4.51

  6. Squad number34Player namevan de Beek
    Average rating

    4.13

  7. Squad number29Player nameWan-Bissaka
    Average rating

    4.11

  8. Squad number7Player nameCavani
    Average rating

    4.10

  9. Squad number1Player namede Gea
    Average rating

    3.89

  10. Squad number17Player nameFred
    Average rating

    3.87

  11. Squad number10Player nameRashford
    Average rating

    3.83

  12. Squad number2Player nameLindelöf
    Average rating

    3.16

  13. Squad number9Player nameMartial
    Average rating

    2.87

Line-ups

West Brom

Formation 4-1-4-1

1Johnstone

22Peltier6Ajayi5Bartley14Townsend

35Yokuslu

23Snodgrass30Maitland-Niles18Gallagher12Costa Pereira

17Diagne

  • 1Johnstone
  • 22PeltierSubstituted forFurlongat 45′minutes
  • 6Ajayi
  • 5BartleyBooked at 61mins
  • 14Townsend
  • 35YokusluSubstituted forLivermoreat 67′minutes
  • 23SnodgrassBooked at 85minsSubstituted forPhillipsat 87′minutes
  • 30Maitland-NilesBooked at 79mins
  • 18GallagherBooked at 37mins
  • 12Costa Pereira
  • 17DiagneBooked at 89mins

Substitutes

  • 2Furlong
  • 4Robson-Kanu
  • 7Robinson
  • 8Livermore
  • 10Phillips
  • 19Sawyers
  • 25Button
  • 27O’Shea
  • 29Grant

Man Utd

Formation 4-2-3-1

1de Gea

29Wan-Bissaka2Lindelöf5Maguire23Shaw

39McTominay17Fred

10Rashford18Bruno Fernandes9Martial

7Cavani

  • 1de Gea
  • 29Wan-Bissaka
  • 2Lindelöf
  • 5Maguire
  • 23Shaw
  • 39McTominay
  • 17FredSubstituted forvan de Beekat 79′minutes
  • 10Rashford
  • 18Bruno Fernandes
  • 9MartialSubstituted forGreenwoodat 66′minutes
  • 7Cavani

Substitutes

  • 3Bailly
  • 11Greenwood
  • 21James
  • 26Henderson
  • 27Telles
  • 31Matic
  • 33Williams
  • 34van de Beek
  • 38Tuanzebe

Referee:
Craig Pawson

Match Stats

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