Bruno Fernandes rescues Man Utd vs Rangers to lift Ruben Amorim pressure - 6 talking points

Manchester United needed a late, precocious onslaught from Bruno Fernandes to gain them 3 points against Rangers and easiness the unit connected caput manager Ruben Amorim.

Amorim's broadside were dealt a immense helping manus by Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland, with the erstwhile United loanee scoring a calamitous ain extremity successful their Europa League clash, but they couldn't marque their pb stick. Cyriel Dessers' brilliantly-taken extremity looked similar rescuing injury-hit Rangers, lone for Fernandes to person the past word.

Before the match, Ruben Amorim stressed the value of scoring first. It looked similar that had happened midway done the archetypal fractional erstwhile Matthijs de Ligt headed location from a corner, lone for his chap centre-back Leny Yoro to beryllium penalised for a foul disconnected the ball.

When the opener arrived, United had their opponents to thank. Butland should person been capable to woody with Christian Eriksen's country from the left, but got it each incorrect and sent the shot into the backmost of his ain net.

Amorim rung the changes aft Sunday's decision against Brighton, with Andre Onana making mode successful 1 of 5 changes. Rangers missed a aureate accidental to spell successful beforehand wrong 10 minutes, with Nicolas Raskin beating the offside trap but getting his feet incorrect and failing to prod the shot beyond lawman goalkeeper Altay Bayindir.

As agelong arsenic it remained 1-0, though, determination was ever a accidental for the visitors. Sure enough, Dessers took his accidental brilliantly with a cleanable archetypal interaction and a debased decorativeness into the bottommost corner, but determination was inactive much play to come.

Amorim has plentifulness to deliberation astir arsenic his United squad prepares to look Fulham connected Sunday, portion Rangers brag Philippe Clement was dealt caller wounded worries arsenic his broadside gets acceptable to look Dundee United. Here are Mirror Football's talking points from the crippled astatine Old Trafford.

1. Butland's nightmare against erstwhile club

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United winger Amad enjoyed a fruitful indebtedness spell astatine Rangers earlier successful his career, but helium wasn't the lone 1 up against a erstwhile club. Rangers keeper Jack Butland spent fractional a play astatine Old Trafford successful 2023, albeit without making it onto the pitch, and helium had a accidental to amusement the nine what they were missing.

As luck would person it, the 2 men up against erstwhile clubs faced disconnected earlier half-time. On that juncture it was the keeper who came retired connected top, lasting steadfast and making himself large to contradict Amad.

Butland was called into enactment again adjacent to half-time, producing a large manus to contradict Lisandro Martinez aft the defender was allowed to interruption guardant and powerfulness an effort astatine goal. It each went incorrect aboriginal successful the 2nd half, though, with the benignant of mistake he'll privation to get retired of his caput arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.

2. Maguire's gets distant with slip-up

All it takes successful this crippled is 1 lapse successful concentration, and Harry Maguire recovered this retired to his peril. He truly should person dealt amended with a hopeful shot from deep, but his nonaccomplishment to bash truthful allowed Dessers to bargain in.

He was arsenic grateful arsenic anyone, then, erstwhile Fernandes popped up moments aboriginal to reconstruct United's lead. The visitors' defending was likewise unconvincing, but the hosts won't caput however their victor went in.

Maguire hardly had a infinitesimal to dwell connected his slip-up earlier the communicative changed. However, United volition inactive request to heed the informing if they don't privation to beryllium punished successful future.

3. Garnacho anxious to impress

Alejandro Garnacho was fixed the motion by Amorim contempt speech of a January exit persisting. While Napoli look to person turned their attraction to different targets, Chelsea stay keen connected the Argentina international.

Garnacho has an aboriginal show of goal, forcing a prevention from Butland. Another, amended accidental would get midway done the archetypal half, lone for Raskin to deflect it implicit the Rangers bar.

The Argentina planetary continued to sound astatine the doorway successful the 2nd fractional and saw an effort headed disconnected the enactment by Robin Propper. He faded arsenic the crippled went on, though, and could find himself backmost connected the seat against Fulham connected Sunday - adjacent if a precocious effort, saved by Butland, reminded those watching that helium tin supply a menace astatine a moment's notice.

4. Could United person utilized Rashford?

There were plentifulness of changes to the United line-up, but a callback for Rashford wasn't 1 of them. The England planetary was spotted successful grooming successful the lead-up to the game, but determination was nary spot for him successful the matchday squad.

Rashford's astir caller United outing came successful this competition, erstwhile helium played the champion portion of an hr against Viktoria Plzen. While helium hasn't been astatine his champion this term, helium does inactive person 7 goals to his name, with 1 of those coming successful a 3-3 Europa League gully against Porto.

It whitethorn beryllium the lawsuit that the club's penchant is to find a taker for Rashford and bring successful a caller face. If they neglect successful that respect, though, the tentative attacking play successful the archetypal fractional suggests the 27-year-old could inactive person thing to connection - adjacent if it's conscionable until the extremity of the season.

5. Bayindir kept connected his toes

Altay Bayindir was fixed the motion successful extremity aft Andre Onana's day to hide against Brighton, and the Turkish planetary had to beryllium connected his crippled early. None of his first-half stops were the benignant different keeper couldn't person pulled off, but they volition person fixed him a spot of a assurance boost.

Rangers' chances dried up aboriginal successful the archetypal half, but the United stopper needed to stay alert aboriginal successful the 2nd to contradict Vaclav Cerny. Jefte past enactment him to the trial 15 minutes from time, with Bayindir watching the Brazilian's effort each the way.

Throughout the campaign, Onana has been recognised for his affirmative contributions adjacent arsenic the unusual mistake has outgo his team. It whitethorn person benefited the Cameroonian to bask an evening retired of the spotlight - present it's clip to spot however galore much chances his understudy is given.

6. Collyer recovers from nervy start

Toby Collyer hadn't played a infinitesimal successful Europe earlier Thursday, but Amorim decided to spot the youngster from the start. There was a nervy aboriginal infinitesimal erstwhile helium was caught successful possession for Raskin's chance, lone to get bailed retired by his goalkeeper.

With Bruno Fernandes playing deeper than usual, and with Christian Eriksen not the astir mobile, it meant a batch of moving for Collyer. He surely enactment himself about, refusing to fto that hiccup specify his evening.

Collyer and Eriksen made mode for Kobbie Mainoo and Manuel Ugarte for the last 20 minutes. It was the former's longest run-out truthful acold nether Amorim, and he'll anticipation helium did capable to warrant much minutes arsenic the play goes on.

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