Fernandes seals comeback win for Manchester United over Forest

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Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes celebrates after the match| Photo Credit: Reuters

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Bruno Fernandes accomplished a 3-2 comeback victory for Manchester United from the penalty spot after the hosts conceded twice contained in the opening 5 minutes in opposition to Nottingham Forest in a rip-roaring Premier League conflict at Old Trafford on Saturday.

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The residence crowd have been surprised after two minutes when Taiwo Awoniyi ran by means of to place Forest forward and in disbelief two minutes later when unmarked Willy Boly headed in a second.

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Christian Eriksen started the comeback after 17 minutes when he touched in Marcus Rashford's cross however for all United's stress, Forest nonetheless packed a considerable risk.

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Casemiro levelled from shut vary within the 52nd minute and Forest have been lowered to 10 males when Joe Worrall was red-carded for hauling down Fernandes exterior the world.

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Ten minutes later Rashford went down within the space after slight contact from Danilo and Fernandes stepped as much as beat American keeper Matt Turner from the penalty spot and seal United's second win of the season.

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Beaten by Tottenham Hotspur the earlier weekend having struggled to edge out Wolverhampton Wanderers of their opening recreation, United have been in disarray early on in opposition to Forest.

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But they responded in decided vogue to win a Premier League recreation at Old Trafford from two objectives down for under the third time. Although it was removed from convincing in opposition to an enterprising Forest aspect who deserved extra.

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Awoniyi's risk on the counter-attack took solely two minutes to present itself as, from a United nook, a clearance was seized upon by Awoniyi who knocked the ball previous Rashford within the centre circle and raced away to fit previous Andre Onana.

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In doing so Awoniyi turned the primary Forest participant to attain in seven successive Premier League appearances.

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United's defending was equally invisible for Forest's second aim as Boly was allowed house head into the web.

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Stung into motion, Fernandes introduced a save from Turner however Forest didn't clear the ball and Rashford beat Serge Aurier and crossed low for Eriksen to start the restoration.

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Forest might have restored their two-goal lead on the stroke of halftime however the excellent Morgan Gibbs-White's goalbound shot struck Awoniyi.

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United's equaliser was well-worked. Rashford dinked in a free kick and Fernandes headed the ball throughout to Casemiro who made up for lacking an earlier sitter.

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Almost inevitably, Fernandes provided the winner, though it was powerful on Forest who had possibilities to seize a degree in 13 nervous minutes of stoppage time.

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