Allen punishes wasteful Utd

Joe Allen struck late to cancel out an Anthony Martial strike and grab a 1-1 draw for Stoke at Old Trafford.

Manchester United, who had a plethora of good chances throughout the game, finally made the breakthrough and thought they had won the game when Martial came off the bench to score on 69 minutes.

But absent-minded defending with seven minutes left allowed Allen to pounce on Jonathan Walters’ cross that was deflected onto the crossbar and earn the Premier League’s bottom-side a point.

Both sides remained unchanged with Wayne Rooney, who impressed in the Europa League win on Thursday, starting on the United bench for the third successive time.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic grabbed the winner against Zorya and he should have taken the lead with his seventh goal of the season when he was fed into the penalty …

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