Thomas Hein
Manchester United continued their pursuit of a top-four finish in the Premier League with a convincing 3-0 win over hapless Sunderland. Jose Mourinho did spin things around in the starting XI as Luke Shaw and Sergio Romero made starts and Marouane Fellaini was given the captain’s armband.
It was Zlatan Ibrahimovic who opened the scoring in the first half with a neat turn and finish before Sebastian Larsson got sent off for a reckless challenge on Ander Herrera. That was it for the Black Cats as Henrikh Mkhitaryan punished the home side with a goal early in the second half.
The away side had a number of other chances to extend the lead but left it late for the third goal which was scored by Marcus Rashford.
The Red Devils next face Anderlecht in the Europa League quarter-final first leg and that competition could be the sought after route to make it to the Champions League next season.
Twitter was abuzz with reactions from the game and we share the best ones from the Twitterati.
Manchester United: Have scored 3+ goals in three consecutive Premier League away matches for the first time since November 2012 #SUNMUN pic.twitter.com/gVKYCZnF4l
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) April 9, 2017
David Moyes was once the manager of Manchester United. That was a thing that actually happened #SUNMUN
— bwin (@bwin) April 9, 2017
Z.Ibrahimovic has now scored 17 league goals this season; the best ever tally from a Manchester United player since 2013/14. [Squawka] #MUFC
— Manchester United (@ManUtdUpdates_) April 9, 2017
Manchester Utd’s season reminiscent of Gareth Bale’s last season at Tottenham Hotspur, being bailed out of each & every game by Ibrahimovic.
— Ricky Sacks (@RickSpur) April 9, 2017
So far Manchester United have a 100% win record when captained by Marouane Fellaini.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) April 9, 2017
Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Has scored nine goals in his last seven Premier league away matches for Manchester United #SUNMUN
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) April 9, 2017
Always rated David Moyes. He’s making Manchester United look so good here. #SUNMUN #mulive
— Bhargav (@ThatIndianGuy) April 9, 2017
Marcus Rashford: Has ended a run of 20 games without a goal in the Premier League for Manchester United #SUNMUN
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) April 9, 2017
Manchester United escape sixth*!
*For at least one day. pic.twitter.com/raRhIDCxDV
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) April 9, 2017
Manchester United under Marouane Fellaini’s captaincy:
100% win ratio
100% clean sheet record
Avg 3 goals per game pic.twitter.com/Lw48CrtihV— Paddy Power (@paddypower) April 9, 2017
