Manchester United 3-2 Nottingham Forest: Bruno Fernandes' penalty completes turnaround as hosts win from 2-0 down

Bruno Fernandes' converted from the punishment spot to unafraid what had seemed an improbable 3 points for Manchester United

Manchester United came backmost from 2 goals down to grounds a thrilling triumph against 10-man Nottingham Forest astatine Old Trafford.

Once Christian Eriksen had pulled 1 back, and aft Casemiro has someway headed wide of an unfastened nett earlier the break, the Brazilian drew his broadside level erstwhile helium bundled location Bruno Fernandes' header crossed extremity aft an inspired Marcus Rashford pass.

United manager Ten Hag highlighted astir Fernandes' inspirational qualities arsenic a skipper successful the build-up to the lucifer and the Portuguese led from the beforehand arsenic the hosts chased a winner.

Forest skipper Joe Worrall was reddish carded for bringing Fernandes down connected the borderline of the country midway done the 2nd period, and though United could not marque the astir of the free-kick which followed, the Portuguese kept his nervus to thrust location the victor 14 minutes from clip aft Danilo had tripped Rashford.

Thrilling comeback, but problems persist for Man Utd

With injured trio Mason Mount, Luke Shaw and striker Rasmus Hojlund - who has yet to marque his debut - each watching from the directors' box, United volition beryllium delighted to look with 3 points, adjacent if they didn't easiness immoderate concerns astir their squad.

Moved into a wide presumption arsenic Anthony Martial and substitute Jadon Sancho operated successful the fig 9 role, Rashford was astatine slightest was much of a menace and played with intent from the start.

On the close Antony besides teased the Forest defence, though his extremity merchandise was often disappointing.

Nevertheless, United dug heavy into their reserves of quality to grounds the benignant of comeback triumph this crushed has witnessed to truthful often down the years.

But United inactive look anemic down the mediate of the pitch.

Forest's opening extremity was a lawsuit successful constituent arsenic the location broadside conceded from a breakaway pursuing their ain corner.

They someway ended up with Rashford and Antony chasing Taiwo Awoniyi, who managed to interruption escaped of the location defence and had the spot to clasp disconnected the United pair. He the nett for an awesome seventh crippled successful a row, having lone scored doubly successful his opening 10 games arsenic a Forest player.

United went into the fixture reasoning it would beryllium improbable immoderate large signings volition beryllium made earlier Friday night's deadline, but whether that is simply a sustainable presumption remains to beryllium seen.

Indeed, it volition beryllium absorbing to spot if Harry Maguire's presumption of his United aboriginal has changed aft helium sat connected the seat passim this game.

One of Ten Hag's archetypal decisions arsenic United brag was to swap the sides of the defence Maguire and Victor Lindelof play on, moving the England antheral to the right.

That meant it was imaginable for Maguire to judge that alternatively of being 4th prime cardinal defender, helium was really the back-up to the often injured Raphael Varane.

But erstwhile the Frenchman went disconnected astatine the break, it was Lindelof who came on. For each Ten Hag's assurances implicit Maguire's valued status, the power does not bespeak the Dutchman really believes it.

Superb Gibbs-White continues to warrant terms tag

There were rather a fewer raised eyebrows 12 months agone erstwhile Forest ended up paying £25m positive add-ons to Wolves for Morgan Gibbs-White.

The forward's performances implicit the past six months successful peculiar mean that interest present looks similar a bargain.

Gibbs-White was 1 of the cardinal figures successful Forest's palmy conflict against the driblet and past inspired England's Under-21 broadside to their archetypal European Championship triumph since 1984.

Senior nationalist squad brag Gareth Southgate was watching connected astatine Old Trafford and volition surely person been impressed with the 23-year-old's latest performance.

It was not truthful overmuch Gibbs-White's assists for Forest's 2 aboriginal goals that impressed truthful much, fixed the archetypal was fundamentally the past interaction by a Forest subordinate earlier Awoniyi did the remainder himself and the 2nd was a country which United's defence didn't onslaught and deed Boly earlier going in.

Rather it was Gibbs-White's question and quality to some find abstraction and past make thing that truly caught the eye.

Had Varane not intervened to artifact disconnected a debased transverse heading towards Awoniyi, Gibbs-White could person claimed a hat-trick of assists earlier the break. It was Awoniyi who past blocked a changeable from his team-mate that was heading in.

Forest were made to wage for their nonaccomplishment to marque the astir of those opportunities, though it took an outstanding prevention from Andre Onana to contradict Willy Boly precocious on, condemning the visitors to instrumentality location empty-handed.

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United fans enactment down to protest

Thousands of fans remained wrong Old Trafford agelong aft the last whistle, chanting against the Glazer family.

The 1958 Group, who privation the Glazers retired of the club, had called for fans to stay down to awesome their continued absorption to the American family's ownership. The immense bulk congregated astir the players' passageway area, but others were successful the apical tier of the eastbound basal astatine the different extremity of the crushed with a ample 'Glazers Out' banner.

There has inactive been nary connection connected the conclusions of the 'strategic review' that was launched successful November and which galore fans hoped would pb to the nine being sold.