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We moved back into the top four thanks to a pulsating victory over Manchester United. It was a highly charged, incident-packed encounter from start to finish. Nuno Tavares and Bukayo Saka fired us into a two-goal lead inside half an hour, before United rallied to halve the deficit through Cristiano Ronaldo. Bruno Fernandes then missed a penalty before Granit Xhaka sealed the points with a superb 25-yard drive. These lunchtime kick offs can often have a sedate atmosphere early on. Not this one. The crowd were up for it from the kick off, and the team responded immediately. There were just two minutes on the clock when Tavares gave us the lead. Xhaka’s deep cross was missed by everyone in the United defence and found its way though to Saka. His shot was parried by David de Gea but Tavares was in the right place at the far post to tuck home. It was the full back’s first goal for the club since joining from Benfica last summer. United came back. Anthony Elanga had a low shot well saved by Aaron Ramsdale be
