Manchester United\u2019s topsy-turvy 2025 ended with a poor 1-1 draw at home to rock-bottom Wolves as boss Rob Edwards collected a first point since taking charge.<\/p>\n
Three weeks on from triumphing 4-1 at Molineux, Ruben Amorim\u2019s side struggled in the absence of that night\u2019s goalscorers Bruno Fernandes, Bryan Mbeumo and Mason Mount.<\/p>\n
United were without eight senior players in total but so too were embattled Wolves, who bounced back from Joshua Zirkzee\u2019s opener through the man whose deflection sent the ball home.<\/p>\n
Ladislav Krejc\u00ed nodded the visitors level just before the break and proved enough to snap an 11-match losing run in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
Wolves\u2019 fans cheered on their team with gusto as their 19th match of a miserable campaign brought a third point and first positive result of Edwards\u2019 reign.<\/p>\n
As for United, boss Amorim\u2019s side failed to build on their Boxing Day win against Newcastle and Patrick Dorgu saw a 90th-minute goal ruled out for offside. Little wonder boos greeted the final whistle.<\/p>\n
Wolves survived a couple of early scares as the Red Devils returned to a three-man defence after playing with a back four last time out, with Benjamin Sesko striking just wide after a smart turn.<\/p>\n
But Edwards\u2019 men were looking more like a team unit than they had when the sides met earlier in the month and fell behind in unfortunate circumstances in the 27th minute.<\/p>\n
Ayden Heaven brilliantly dispossessed Hwang Hee-chan and made a beeline towards the box, where the ball fell for Zirkzee to turn and hit an effort that struck Krejci and left Sa with no chance.<\/p>\n
Sesko had a header saved and another come back off the upright as United sought a quickfire second, with Dorgu seeing a lasered effort deflect just wide.<\/p>\n
But, like so often with United, an inability to take their chances proved costly.<\/p>\n
Hwang bent wide and Tolu Arokodare powered a header over, with Senne Lammens denying Hugo Bueno with his feet before eventually being beaten in the 45th minute.<\/p>\n
Zirkzee got his head on a corner from the right and sent the ball looping up, which unmarshalled Krejci smartly nodded home in front of the Stretford End.<\/p>\n
The Old Trafford faithful expressed frustration at the break, with Jack Fletcher replacing Zirkzee as the hosts looked to regain control of the second half.<\/p>\n
Sesko wasted a big chance when meeting a lovely clipped Casemiro ball with a header straight at Sa, who made a miraculous recovery from a supposed knock to stop Yerson Mosquera scoring an own goal.<\/p>\n
Wolves\u2019 goalkeeper managed to claw the ball off the line and soon Lammens made a key intervention at the other end.<\/p>\n
The summer signing stopped Krejci from scoring his second of the evening, then somehow managed to stop Mosquera making clean contact with the loose ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cAttack, attack, attack\u201d rang around a frustrated Old Trafford as United fans called for more from their side, with 17-year-old Bendito Mantato handed his debut as Amorim looked to his bench.<\/p>\n
The desperation from both sides was clear in the closing stages, with Jhon Arias going close under pressure before Dorgu was denied a dramatic winner.<\/p>\n
The wing-back slammed home after Sa parried a low Sesko strike, but the flag went up for offside.<\/p>\n
Boos at the final whistle contrasted with Wolves chants of \u201cwe\u2019ve won a point\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United\u2019s topsy-turvy 2025 ended with a poor 1-1 draw at home to rock-bottom Wolves as boss Rob…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,161342,561,82,82426],"class_list":{"0":"post-378313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-manchester-united-sports-soccer-team-team-statscom-6157","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-wolverhampton-wanderers-sports-soccer-team-team-statscom-7140"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}