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English Premier League Report: Swansea City v Manchester United 19 August 2017

English Premier League Report: Swansea City v Manchester United 19 August 2017

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English Premier League

Result: Swansea City 0-4 Manchester United

Date: 19 August 2017

Venue: Liberty Stadium

Manchester United maintained their winning start to the Premier League season as they thumped Swansea City 4-0 with an African star and Paul Pogba getting on the score-sheet.

The Swans nearly broke the deadlock after two minutes as Jordan Ayew's cross sailed onto the crossbar with David De Gea well beaten.

The woodwork then came to United's rescue after eight minutes when Phil Jones' header crashed against the crossbar.

After a quiet period in the half, Swansea had chance to to take the lead in the 34th minute but Kyle Bartley headed wide from six-yards out.

United a had a big chance of their own a minute later, as Marcus Rashford failed to beat Lukasz Fabianski in a one-on-one situation.

The visitors eventually broke the deadlock just before the break when Eric Bailly poked into an empty net after Paul Pogba's header crashed against the upright.

Swansea went close to leveling matters on the hour mark through Tammy Abraham, whose header sailed inches over De Gea's crossbar.

With United struggling to create chances, Jose Mourinho introduced Anthony Martial and Marouane Fellaini for Juan Mata and Rashford.

The Red Devils eventually doubled the lead in the 80th minute as Henrikh Mkhitaryan played in Lukaku, who calmly slotted into the far corner.

Pogba then got his name on the score-sheet two minutes later as he latched onto a ball from Mkhitaryan before firing home with a fine finish at the near post.

There was enough time for United to get a fourth goal, as Pogba turned provider to pick out Martial, who slotted into the bottom corner.

 

 

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