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Manchester United started off the 2024/25 Premier League season with a narrow one goal win against Fulham.
New signing Joshua Zirkzee came off the bench to score on his debut for the club.
Bruno Fernandes had a couple of big chances in the first half, while Alejandro Garnacho missed an open goal to make it 2-0 late in the second.
Player Ratings
Andre Onana – 8/10
He made two solid saves from a Kenny Tete long shot and a deflection from a Rodrigo Muniz deflected shot.
A well-earned clean sheet for the Cameroonian.
Diogo Dalot – 7/10
Dalot was shifted across to left-back to accomodate new signing Noussair Mazraoui and had a solid performance.
He struggled to keep up with Adama Traore at times, although not many full-backs can deal with the Spaniard’s pace and power.
Lisandro Martinez – 7/10
Martinez certainly contributed to the clean sheet with some great interventions.
He did also get bypassed by Adama Traore in the first-half which lead to a dangerous Fulham chance.
Harry Maguire – 8/10
A great game from the former United captain, as he was faultless defensively.
His diagonal passes were also on point, as usual.
Noussair Mazraoui – 8/10
It is difficult to ask for a much better debut from United’s new full-back.
The Morroccan was incredibly calm and accurate on the ball.
He won six out of his seven ground and aerial duels in the game.
Casemiro – 9/10 – Man of the Match
Having faced a lot of backlash from fans and pundits last seaason, Casemiro was certainly out to prove a point tonight.
A fantastic display all around, both with and without the ball.
Kobbie Mainoo – 7/10
It wasn’t one of Mainoo’s most eye-catching performances but he hardly did anything wrong either.
The young star completed 90% of his passes and won 11 of his 20 ground duels.
Marcus Rashford – 3/10
Rashford was anonymous in this match.
It would not be an overstatement to say that Alejandro Garnacho had a bigger impact in his 30 minute substitute appearance.
Amad Diallo – 7/10
A decent outing for the young Ivorian as he put in some dangerous set-piece deliveries and kept attacks ticking on the right-hand side.
Mason Mount – 4/10
The 25-year-old struggled to have any meaningful impact on the game, although he did work hard out of possession and was often leading United’s press.
Bruno Fernandes – 7/10
Having just signed a new contract at United, the captain was instrumental to the winning goal.
He loses a few marks because of the missed chances in the first-half.
Alejandro Garnacho – 8/10
Unsurprisingly, Garnacho had a substantial impact when he came on for Amad Diallo in the 61st minute.
He assisted Joshua Zirkzee for the winning goaland was dangerous when running in behimd.
It was disappointing to see him miss such a big chance at the end.
Joshua Zirkzee – 9/10
A dream debut for United’s new number 11 as he scored the winning goal.
It was a fabulous finish from the Dutchman that secured the win for his new team.
Matthijs de Ligt, Jonny Evans and Scott McTominay – N/A*
*These players did not play enough minutes to qualify for a rating.
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