Manchester United may yet avoid their lowest ever Premier League finish after securing a 3-2 win over Newcastle United in their final home game of the season at Old Trafford.
Man Utd player ratings (4-2-3-1)
Kobbie Mainoo took his goal well / OLI SCARFF/GettyImages
GK: Andre Onana – 6/10 – Made saves – including an excellent one – but his passing was a little sloppy at times and put pressure on his team.
RB: Aaron Wan-Bissaka – 5/10 – A mistake in possession risked gifting Newcastle a go-ahead goal at 1-1 until Amrabat spared his blushes.
CB: Casemiro – 7/10 – All-action at the heart of the defence after much recent criticism. Made a few big interventions and brushed himself off after an awkward fall. Not perfect but much, much better.
CB: Jonny Evans – 6/10 – Careful with the ball and had no problem repelling aerial threats.
LB: Diogo Dalot – 6/10 – Made sure to get forward in support of the аttаck.
CM: Sofyan Amrabat – 7/10 – Kept his starting place from the weekend but there’s a chance this was his last Old Trafford game as his loan nears its conclusion. At fault in the equaliser build-up but then stopped Newcastle going ahead with an incredible block almost straight after. Mixed.
CM: Kobbie Mainoo – 8/10 – Regularly getting his head up and driving forward to link defence with аttаck. Got himself into the box too and was rewarded with a well-taken goal. It’s a good thing he finished it off, through, because it looked as though he assumed he was offside.
RM: Amad Diallo – 8/10 – Forced the first meaningful save of the match out of Dubravka and later thumped a beauty of a strike past the Newcastle goalkeeper. Assisted the opener too.
AM: Scott McTominay – 6/10 – Operated really far forward to both support Fernandes and provide a focal point when the skipper went searching for the ball.
LM: Alejandro Garnacho – 6/10 – Limited involvement. Has played a lot better this season.
ST: Bruno Fernandes (c) – 8/10 – Lined up in an unorthodox ‘false nine’ position but actyally drifted all over the pitch to try and influence play. Set up the third for Hojlund.
Substitutes
SUB: Lisandro Martinez (83′ for Mainoo) – 6/10
SUB: Marcus Rashford (83′ for Garnacho) – 6/10
SUB: Rasmus Hojlund (83′ for Amad) – 7/10
Subs not used: Altay Bayindir (GK), Lisandro Martinez, Willy Kambwala, Christian Eriksen, Toby Collyer, Antony, Omari Forson.