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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barney Ronay at Craven Cottage

United’s functional minimalism offers glimpse of stability Amorim craves

Lisandro Martínez of Manchester United celebrates by doing an odd gesture with his hands after scoring
Lisandro Martínez cannot hide his excitement after his deflected strike finds the back of the net at Craven Cottage. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Maybe Eminem was right. You do only get one shot. Manchester United only had one of them at Craven Cottage, or at least only one on target, 78 minutes into this exercise in minimalism.

They also had no corners. Nobody really knows what key passes are, but they only made one of those. Even the game’s only goal had no assist, the ball given to Lisandro Martínez after a scuffle, prelude to Martínez spanking a powerful, deflected shot that veered into the net over the palm of Bernd Leno.

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