It was a nervous nail-biter as United finally came through a tough assignment to get back to winning ways in the Premier League, with Rashford’s eighth-minute spot-kick giving the Reds their first win since the opening day of the season against Chelsea.
It was a breathless start to the match with both sides in attack mode.
The first chance fell to United, after just three minutes, when City’s Ricardo Pereira brought down in-form threat Daniel James. The free-kick by Andreas Pereira was thundered to Kasper Schmeichel’s near post and United legend Peter’s son needed to be quick-witted and brave and get across to beat the ball away, as he fell and collided with the post.