Watford vs Man United 2021-22 English Premier League

Watford

28': Joshua King
44': Ismaïla Sarr
90'+2': João Pedro
90'+6': Emmanuel Dennis

FT
4 - 1

Manchester United

50': Donny van de Beek
69': Harry Maguire

Man United chaos: Solskjaer pressure increases as Maguire sees red in Watford loss

Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and team-mates appears dejected after Watford's Joshua King (not pictured) scores their side's first goal [1296x729]

Manchester United slumped to a 4-1 defeat to Watford in an action-packed affair on Saturday as pressure grows on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
11': Penalty saved! Ismaila Sarr (Watford) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
19': Scott McTominay (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
28': Goal! Watford 1, Manchester United 0. Joshua King (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emmanuel Dennis.
44': Goal! Watford 2, Manchester United 0. Ismaila Sarr (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kiko Femenía.
45': Imran Louza (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Manchester United. Donny van de Beek replaces Scott McTominay.
45': Substitution, Manchester United. Anthony Martial replaces Marcus Rashford.
50': Goal! Watford 2, Manchester United 1. Donny van de Beek (Manchester United) header from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo with a headed pass.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
51': VAR Decision: Goal Manchester United - Watford 2-1 Manchester United (Donny van de Beek).
62': Harry Maguire (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64': Substitution, Watford. William Troost-Ekong replaces Nicolas Nkoulou.
68': Substitution, Watford. Cucho Hernández replaces Ismaila Sarr because of an injury.
69': Second yellow card to Harry Maguire (Manchester United) for a bad foul.
77': Substitution, Watford. João Pedro replaces Imran Louza.
84': Substitution, Manchester United. Diogo Dalot replaces Luke Shaw because of an injury.
90'+1': Substitution, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard replaces Jadon Sancho.
90'+2': Goal! Watford 3, Manchester United 1. João Pedro (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Dennis.
90'+6': Goal! Watford 4, Manchester United 1. Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben Foster.
90'+7': Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Vicarage Road
Location: Watford, England
Attendance: 21,087

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+25	Arsenal	23	50	3
+26	Manchester City	23	46	5
+10	Aston Villa	23	46	5
+7	Manchester United	23	38	5

Full Table

Statistics

MAN		WAT
5	Fouls	7
1	Yellow Cards	2
1	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	9
3	Saves	2
61.3	Possession	38.7
9	SHOTS	20
3	ON GOAL	7
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
442	Accurate Passes	224
553	Passes	335
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
3	Accurate Crosses	8
12	Crosses	23
0.3	Cross %	0.3
60	Long Balls	68
30	Accurate Long Balls	28
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
1	Blocked Shots	7
8	Effective Tackles	13
13	Tackles	22
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
7	Interceptions	12
18	Effective Clearances	13
18	Clearances	13

Line-Ups

Watford (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Ben Foster (GK)
13	Nicolas Nkoulou
15	Craig Cathcart
6	Imran Louza
11	Adam Masina
21	Kiko Femenía
19	Moussa Sissoko
8	Tom Cleverley
25	Emmanuel Dennis
23	Ismaïla Sarr
7	Joshua King

Substitutes:

Danny Rose, Daniel Bachmann, Dan Gosling, Cucho Hernández, Jeremy Ngakia, Ashley Fletcher, João Pedro, Ozan Tufan, William Troost-Ekong.

Manchester United (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	David de Gea (GK)
5	Harry Maguire
2	Victor Lindelöf
23	Luke Shaw
29	Aaron Wan-Bissaka
18	Bruno Fernandes
31	Nemanja Matic
39	Scott McTominay
7	Cristiano Ronaldo
10	Marcus Rashford
25	Jadon Sancho