Greenwood Scores Late Man Utd Winner At Wolves

Manchester United have seven points from their opening three games

Cristiano Ronaldo’s presence was felt as Manchester United beat Wolves in their first game since announcing they had reached an agreement to re-sign the forward.

Ronaldo was not at Molineux but United’s travelling fans sang his name, with United expected to confirm the arrival of the five-time Ballon d’Or winner from Juventus in the coming days for £12.8m.

On the pitch, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side were second-best to a lively Wolves for long periods before Mason Greenwood scored a contentious late winner.

Wolves felt Ruben Neves was fouled in the build-up but the goal was allowed to stand.

Wolves could have been 3-0 up inside 15 minutes, with Raul Jimenez forcing David de Gea into an early save, Aaron Wan-Bissaka making a goal-saving block to deny Trincao and Joao Moutinho volleying over after a mistake by Jadon Sancho.

United were second best for long periods and it required a spectacular double save by De Gea from Romain Saiss to prevent Wolves from taking the lead before Greenwood’s finish.

A cardboard cut-out of Cristiano Ronaldo at Molineux — Cristiano Ronaldo was not at Molineux but his presence was felt in the form of T-shirts, banners, flags and a cardboard cutout

Carboard cutouts and ‘Viva Ronaldo’ chants

There was a carnival atmosphere at Molineux. Wolves fans were excited at the arrival of new striker Hwang Hee-chan – who was presented on the pitch after arriving from RB Leipzig – while United’s travelling supporters sang about Ronaldo from start to finish.

Chants of ‘Viva Ronaldo’ could be heard outside the ground two hours before kick-off.

Inside Molineux, United fans wore CR7 T-shirts, held up ‘welcome back Ronaldo’ signs and wore replica shirts with his name on the back.

Supporters also displayed a cardboard cutout of Ronaldo, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer spoke excitedly before the match about the imminent return of the 36-year-old.

“I’m excited to keep building this squad. He will bring something completely different,” said the United boss.

“Hopefully Cristiano can come in and show what he has done in his career.

“I am sure he likes all the talk about being old. Make it personal and he will show what he can do.”

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
Squad number23Player nameKilman
Squad number16Player nameCoady
Squad number27Player nameSaïss
Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves
Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho
Squad number5Player nameMarçal
Squad number11Player nameTrincão
Squad number9Player nameJiménez
Squad number37Player nameTraoré

Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence
Squad number17Player nameFábio Silva
Squad number18Player nameGibbs-White

Manchester United

Squad number7Player nameCavani
Squad number9Player nameMartial
Squad number20Player nameDiogo Dalot

Line-ups

Wolves

Formation 3-4-3

1Malheiro de Sá
23Kilman
16CoadySubstituted forGibbs-Whiteat 87′minutesBooked at 90mins
27SaïssBooked at 84mins
22Nélson Semedo
8NevesBooked at 81mins
28João Moutinho
5Marçal
11Machado TrincãoSubstituted forPodenceat 70′minutes
9Jiménez
37TraoréSubstituted forFábio Silvaat 87′minutes

Substitutes

2Hoever
3Aït-Nouri
10Podence
15Boly
17Fábio Silva
18Gibbs-White
21Ruddy
32Dendoncker
39Cundle

Man Utd

Formation 4-2-3-1

1de Gea
29Wan-Bissaka
19Varane
5Maguire
23Shaw
6PogbaBooked at 90mins
17FredBooked at 84mins
21JamesSubstituted forCavaniat 53′minutes
18Bruno FernandesBooked at 44mins
25SanchoSubstituted forMartialat 72′minutes
11GreenwoodSubstituted forDalotat 90′minutesBooked at 90mins

Substitutes

2Lindelöf
7Cavani
8Mata
9Martial
14Lingard
20Dalot
22Heaton
31Matic
34van de Beek