Manchester United start the season in the best possible way. Who was your man of the match?
Manchester United have started the 2024-25 Premier League season with a victory.
Manchester United best Fulham 1-0, with Joshua Zirkzee scoring a late goal to seal the victory at Old Trafford.
Bernd Leno was in fine form for Fulham, as he denied Manchester United several goalscoring opportunities.
Bruno Fernandes had two brilliant chances to score in the first half, but couldn’t find the net, as Manchester United continued to probe.
The second-half continued with Manchester United dominating the game, but Fulham had some scary counterattacking situations.
Substitute Joshua Zirkzee scored the winner for Manchester United in the 87th minute, as he tapped in a cross from Alejandro Garnacho.
United could have made it 2-0 very late in the game, when Marcus Rashford squared the ball across for Garnacho to tap into an empty net, which he squandered.
Players that impressed: Onana, Casemiro, Joshua Zirkzee, Bruno Fernandes, Harry Maguire. Lisandro Martinez and new signing Noussair Mazraoui also impressed in defence.
Casemiro was in line to win the Man of the Match award, but Joshua Zirkzee won it after his late goal won Manchester United the game.