Are you confident Man Utd will beat Wolves at Old Trafford and end the year on a high? <\/p>\n
Or are you worried Wolves could spring a major upset?<\/p>\n
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Patrick Dorgu<\/a> made the difference between the two sides on Boxing Day, with the 21-year-old Danish wing-back netting a sensational opener in the first half.<\/p>\n Newcastle fought back against United<\/a> in the second half and the Magpies chased the match, with Eddie Howe\u2019s men unable to secure the all-important equaliser.<\/p>\n United faced immense pressure from Newcastle<\/a> after the break and the Red Devils fortunately held onto their fragile 1-0 lead until the full-time whistle.<\/p>\n READ MORE: \u2018Important\u2019\u2026 Rio Ferdinand tells Man Utd fans huge Benjamin Sesko detail is being overlooked after Newcastle win<\/a><\/p>\n Ayden Heaven<\/a> has earned huge praise in the aftermath of Manchester United<\/a>\u2019s Premier League win over Newcastle at Old Trafford<\/a> last Friday evening.<\/p>\n The 19-year-old United talent stepped up in the backline of Ruben Amorim\u2019s<\/a> defensive set-up and Ayden Heaven completed the full 90 minutes on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n Heaven looked confident and assured in his overall performance, with the former Arsenal youth academy prospect standing out in the eyes of Micah Richards<\/a>.<\/p>\n What did you make of Ayden Heaven\u2019s title race comments? <\/p>\n Ayden Heaven hinted that Manchester United could target the Premier League title after beating Newcastle United<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n Speaking on The Rest Is Football<\/a> podcast, Richards said: \u201c[\u2026] And I thought, was it Ayden Heaven?\u201d<\/p>\n Gary Lineker<\/a> then interjected: \u201cAyden Heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n Richards added: \u201cAyden Heaven, wow.\u201d<\/p>\n Responding to Richards, Alan Shearer<\/a> said: \u201cYeah, he played well, didn\u2019t he?\u201d<\/p>\n Richards continued: \u201cWhat a performance from him. We knew he\u2019s good; we\u2019ve talked about him before.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: Ruben Amorim explains key Casemiro decision involving two Man Utd players after what he immediately noticed<\/a><\/p>\n Micah Richards\u2019 full analysis of Man Utd defender Ayden Heaven after the Premier League win over Newcastle<\/p>\n United manager<\/a> Ruben Amorim has turned to Ayden Heaven in recent weeks as a key first-team<\/a> pick amid the absences of Harry Maguire<\/a> and Matthijs de Ligt<\/a>.<\/p>\n Richards felt that the United result at Old Trafford showed Heaven\u2019s different attributes, including his strength, pace and ability to read matches as well.<\/p>\n Patrick Dorgu wins the man of the match vote\ud83d\udd25 <\/p>\n Do you agree? Who was your man of the match?<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n \u201cBut you know, he reads the game really well for a young player,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously, physically, he can deal with it. He\u2019s strong enough, he\u2019s quick enough, but he reads the game well.<\/p>\n \u201cThat, for a young player to read the game like that [\u2026].\u201d<\/p>\n Responding to Richards, Gary Lineker added: \u201cEspecially as a central defender.\u201d<\/p>\n Richards then continued: \u201cI just thought it was a really good performance from him. And they needed him because they\u2019ve got injuries.<\/p>\n \u201cBut Man United didn\u2019t play well, but they got the result and that\u2019s all that mattered.\u201d<\/p>\n Heaven has played the full 90 minutes of United\u2019s last three matches and featured in the Red Devils\u2019 last five fixtures ahead of Tuesday\u2019s encounter with Wolves.<\/p>\n Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n Receive a digest of our best United content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Micah Richards and Alan Shearer both saw eye to eye on one standout Manchester United player against Newcastle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[48011,25717,53182,1084,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-376006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-alan-shearer","9":"tag-ayden-heaven","10":"tag-micah-richards","11":"tag-premier-league","12":"tag-soccer","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Former](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212127867-1024x656.jpg\")
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