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\u2026which means that\u2019s it from me. Thanks for your company and comments; peace out.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a>Tonight’s other final scores<\/p>\n Fenerbahce 1-1 Roma<\/p>\n PSV 1-1 Shakhtar<\/p>\n Bayern 5-0 Bodo\/Glimt<\/p>\n Slavia Praha 2-3 lens<\/p>\n Como 4-1 Leipzig<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I don\u2019t expect Carrick to make many, if any changes to the team that started against Everton for the City game. He may have considered bolstering midfield with Santos, but Tielemans\u2019 removal at half-time told us that\u2019s not happening. Otherwise, there\u2019s not a chance he puts Yoro up against Haaland, so the only question really concerns the front three. I\u2019d go with Sesko, Mbeumo on the right and Cunha on the left, but I\u2019d be surprised to see that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sesko and Dorgu are both happy with the performance and result, with a goal and an assist respectively. Dorgu notes that they\u2019ve conceded too many goals, so the clean sheet is good for the confidence prior to the derby.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n That was a decent run-out for United. They\u2019re good in midfield while still improving, and there are goals in their attack, but their defence is still far too easy to get at. It\u2019ll be much harder against City at the weekend, as it will be when they travel to Atletico in their next Champions League<\/a> game.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>FULL TIME: Manchester United 4-0 Sabah<\/p>\n A win and a clean sheet for United, who\u2019ll be satisfied \u2013 though not, as TNT tell us, Michael Carrick\u2019s first Champions League<\/a> victory, having taken charge of a game against Villarreal after Ole Gunnar Solaskjaer was sacked.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.57 EDT<\/p>\n 90+1 min Sabah haven\u2019t given up, Lepinjica finding Mickels with a lovely trivela pass, and the eventuating cross is just as good, picking out Mbina, who leaps well \u2026 and thunks a header over the bar.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min We\u2019ll have three additional minutes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 88 min United couldn\u2019t really win tonight: win comfortably and they were meant to, do anything but and it\u2019s a crisis. But they\u2019ve managed the game fairly well, staying patient, keeping a clean sheet, and given the stage of development they\u2019re at, another 90 is another step towards getting good.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 86 min Mickels runs in behind and Lepinjica finds him, down the inside-left channel, away from Mazraoui. He lets fly, but his left-footer swings out and just past the far post.<\/p>\n Almost a consolation for Joy-Lance Mickels. Photograph: Stu Forster\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.48 EDT<\/p>\n 83 min Lacey has really nice feet and isn\u2019t shy at all, but I wonder if he\u2019ll be physical enough for the Prem. I\u2019m not sure he\u2019s got the p&p to go on the outside, so perhaps he\u2019s a 10 not a winger, but will he be able to contribute enough in midfield to play there? He\u2019s got proper technical ability, though, so should have a decent career in the game.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 82 min Lacey looks to trick his way past Puchacz, and just as it looks like he\u2019s going by, the defender steps in to his path.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 81 min Cunha gets a stud on the ball and several studs on Almeida\u2019s shin, but it was inadvertent and not wild, so the punishment is just a free-kick.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 81 min \u201cThe second half of Slavia Praha v Racing Club de Lens has been eventfl,\u201d says K\u00e1ri Tulinius. \u201cIn the 49th minute Mikulas Konecny was sent off, and he\u2019d only come on as a substitute at half time. Nevertheless Danijel \u0160turm gave the home side the lead just two minutes later. They were making a good fist of holding on until Abdullah Sima equalised for the French side. The final bit of the match promises more drama.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 79 min \u201cThat\u2019s because Hanson\u2019s Mmmbop is Kylian Mbappe\u2019s tune,\u201d says Paul Howarth.<\/p>\n Another one I can\u2019t believe never happened: Man\u00e9, Man\u00e9, Man\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 77 min United work well through midfield, Santos and Mount to the fore; there\u2019s a decent chance they start together against Brighton in the League Cup next week, and I really like the way they combine. From having next to no midfield, such that Amorim put Bruno in it because he felt he had no choice \u2013 he did, he had Mainoo \u2013 they now have quality and options.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 76 min Two more changes for Sabah<\/a>, Du Queiroz and Almeida for Simic and Zedaka.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 75 min Naturally, the corner comes to nothing. I\u2019m not sure why, when sesko was on, United weren\u2019t looking for him, either for near-post flick-ons or to go for goal.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 74 min Zirkzee is a kind of diet Berbatov, and he shows lovely feet to wriggle between two challenges before chopping outside, narrowing his own shooting angle, and when the left-footed effort comes, it\u2019s blocked behind for a corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 73 min On the topic of Mbeumo, why doesn\u2019t he have a song to this?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Stretford End in falsetto seems an easily achievable feat.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 72 min And United go Amass and Lacey for Dorgu and Mbeumo.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 71 min Sabah take off Rakhmonaliev, replacing him him with Kahibulaev.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Manchester United 4-0 Sabah (Martinez 69)<\/p>\n Fernandes flips over the wall and Zirkzee, right of centre and facing the touchline, backheels. The ball then ricochets off McCarthy, Dashdamirov and Pokatilov, before Martinez slams into the net from close range. the keeper and defenders won\u2019t mind never, ever seeing that again.<\/p>\n Lisandro Martinez makes it four! Photograph: Stu Forster\/Getty ImagesMatheus Cunha points to an unlikely scorer. Photograph: Nick Potts\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.36 EDT<\/p>\n 67 min Mount into Santos into Zirkzee, around the corner for mount, who\u2019s fouled by Lepinjica; he\u2019s booked. Free-kick United, 30 yards out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 66 min \u201cBodo\u2019s final third is toothless right where the game is decided – the final 16 metres,\u201d advises AnhTuan Nguyen Huynh. They now trail Bayern 2-0, Musiala and Kane with the goals. Except Kane\u2019s may be chalked off for this infraction against all laws of decency.<\/p>\n Photograph: TNTShare<\/a><\/p>\n 65 min Santos and Mount combined really nicely in pre-season, for what that\u2019s worth, two intelligent players looking to pass the ball forward.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 64 min Double change for United, Santos and Zirkzee on for Mainoo and Sesko.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 63 min Sabah send on Isaev for Parris, then Puchacz takes the free-kick, 30 yards out, curling left-footed over the wall \u2026 just over and just wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 61 min Dorgu runs across the back of Parris, clipping his heels; he\u2019s booked.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 61 min Now it\u2019s Bruno shooting from just outside the box, right-hand side; the keeper does well to cling on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 6o min United are back dominating possession, probing as they seek a fourth goal \u2026 and they almost get one, working it patiently and well before Bruno, back to goal, allows the ball to slide down the outside of his foot for Cunha, whose low shot is saves by a sprawling Pokatilov.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 58 min Mount swishes a cunning pass through the lines for Mbeumo, who finds Mazraoui and takes a man away with a run outside him. So the full-back cuts inside, tries a curler for the far top corner \u2026 and gets naewhere near it<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 55 min United are sitting off Sabah<\/a> now, conserving energy. I\u2019m a little surprised Mainoo wasn\u2019t withdrawn, as he\u2019s essential to all they\u2019re trying to do, but I doubt he completes the 90.<\/p>\n