Newcastle 1-4 Manchester United: Late goals from Fernandes, Wan-Bissaka and Rashford give United win - Daily Mail

Newcastle 1-4 Manchester United: Late goals from Bruno Fernandes, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Marcus Rashford make it an emphatic win for the visitors... as Harry Maguire had earlier cancelled out Luke Shaw's early own goal

• Manchester United crushed Newcastle 4-1 at St James' Park on Saturday night 
• The match started terribly for the Red Devils with Luke Shaw scoring an own goal
• Harry Maguire levelled in the first-half to put a difficult week behind him
• Bruno Fernandes missed a penalty after the break but put United in front late on
• Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Marcus Rashford scored in injury time to seal the points 
• Premier League table - as it stands 

By Craig Hope for The Mail on Sunday

Published: 18:57 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 00:04 BST, 18 October 2020

Steve Bruce’s advice for Harry Maguire was to play his way out of his troubled period. Be a man and front up, said his old Hull boss.

Well, the Manchester United captain listened. And that, ultimately, was to Newcastle and Bruce’s expense.

Maguire’s response to a week of scrutiny in which he was sent off for England - on the back of a turbulent summer off the field - was to drag his side level with a clever first-half header, cancelling out Newcastle’s second-minute opener. 

Harry Maguire scored to put a tough week to bed to give Man Untied a 4-1 win at Newcastle

The United captain headed in a first-half equaliser to guide the Red Devils to victory

If only the 27-year-old had been as smart with his head before landing himself in a Greek prison cell in August.

But here it was Maguire who got United out of jail with his timely equaliser before playing a telling part in the goal that belatedly put them in front four minutes from the end.

It was a shame for him that the majority of the country did not witness his evening of redemption. The greed of pay-per-view saw to that.

So for those who did not see the game, here’s a brief summary - United won 4-1 but it could have been 14-1. Maguire was excellent, but so, too, were fellow scorers Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer emerged afterwards to announce, ‘Our season started today’. Bold words, but anything other than victory against a subservient Newcastle would have led to questions over the manager’s future. So let’s temper the excitement for now, even if United did create enough chances - 28 shots on goal - to win this several times over. 

Bruno Fernandes also shone as Manchester United dominated the game at St James' Park

Maguire (left) has been in poor form for both club and country over the past few weeks

Maguire himself twice came close to scoring what could have been the winner at 1-1, and that would have been entirely deserved for a performance that said much about his character.

‘It was a great result led by a very inspirational captain,’ said Solskjaer.

‘It was the right response from him. He was inspirational in the build-up to the game too. I’m very pleased for him.’

It would have been a travesty had United not won this, but that looked likely approaching the final five minutes.

Then, with Newcastle on the attack, Maguire intercepted and cushioned a header to a team-mate to kickstart a move that was climaxed when Fernandes lifted into the top corner from Rashford’s slick pass. The classy finish atoned for an earlier penalty miss, his first in 11 attempts for United. 

United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer decided to ace Paul Pogba (above) from the starting line-up

Aaron Wan-Bissaka smashed his first for the club in stoppage-time and Rashford skipped clear to add another.

‘We were too naive towards the end and I don’t think the scoreline was a true reflection of the game,’ said Bruce. He was, albeit unintentionally, right.

Where he was on the money was in declaring on the eve of the game that Maguire - who he signed for Hull in 2014 - had the required resilience to recover from a torturous few days.

Maguire’s inclusion was only confirmed an hour before kick-off. Solskjaer had given himself an out by claiming that he returned from England duty with a ‘knock’. A knock to his confidence, perhaps.

But his selection was a show of faith, for never mind the trauma of his international escapades, Maguire could have been axed for his shambolic showing in the 6-1 home defeat by Spurs a fortnight ago. 

United began terribly as Emil Krafth (left)'s cross was diverted into his net by Luke Shaw (right)

Solskjaer’s response to that humiliation was to make five changes. He dropped Paul Pogba just 24 hours after the club triggered a one-year extension on his contract. That, though, was plainly a move by the hierarchy to protect his value and prevent him leaving on a free. For on the pitch Pogba is doing little to warrant contractual reward.

This team-sheet smacked of the boss picking the players he believes he can trust. And that said little for those he left out when, after just 102 seconds, United fell behind.

Mercifully for Maguire, he was not among those to whom you could attach blame. But that list did include the usual suspects. Namely Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw and David de Gea.

Lindelof was turned by Callum Wilson with an alarming ease and Newcastle worked the ball wide to Emil Krafth.  

Despite the early setback, United controlled the game with Marcus Rashford (right) impressing

Newcastle goalkeeper Karl Darlow (right) pulled off some super stops to deny the visitors

David De Gea (middle) pulled off a fine stop to stop Callum Wilsom giving the Toon the lead

United won a penalty in the second-half but Karl Darlow was equal to Bruno Fernandes' effort

He delivered low but Shaw’s unconvincing attempt to block the cross caused the ball to bounce off his out-stretched boot and sail between De Gea and his near post. The goalkeeper did his best impression of wrong-footed, but it looked more like a case of flat-footed on replay.

The concession could have marked the onset of another United collapse, but Newcastle are not Tottenham. Instead, the hosts retreated and Maguire flashed home from Mata’s corner on 23 minutes.

United should have led entering the break but Jamaal Lascelles denied Rashford, the home skipper clearing from the line. And it was the turn of goalkeeper Karl Darlow to thwart the England forward on the stroke of half-time when smuggling a low fizzer around the upright.

While that was a fine stop it did not compare to the goal-line claw of De Gea early in the second half. Allan Saint-Maximin dug out a cross from the left and Wilson extended a toe to turn on target from barely three yards out. Somehow, De Gea scooped clear. 

Fernandes made amends on 86 minutes to put United in front on the counter attack

Aaron Wan-Bissaka made it 3-1 to Manchester United as the clock hit the 90-minute mark

Rashford (left) added gloss to the scoreline by netting a fourth with the last kick of the game

Not to be outdone Darlow then produced a flying save from Fernandes’ penalty on 58 minutes after Jamal Lewis had connected with Rashford inside the area, a spot-kick only awarded after VAR intervention.

From the resulting corner Maguire headed for the bottom corner - again - only for Shelvey to hack clear. Maguire then took aim for the same spot with a low drive from distance and was unlucky when it licked the base of the post.

But Fernandes made no mistake following a devastating counter before Wan-Bissaka and Rashford produced equally uncompromising finishes to cap a much-needed victory, for both Solskjaer and his captain. 

Relive the action by looking at Sportsmail's SAM BLITZ live minute-by-minute blog from the game at St James' Park. 

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