Man Utd-Stoke talking points

From goalkeeper heroics to frustration for Pogba, we look at the talking points from Manchester United’s draw with Stoke.

Jose Mourinho’s men looked on course for all three points after substitute Anthony Martial had curled home a fine opener on 69 minutes but Joe Allen capitalised on a David de Gea slip-up to share the spoils. 

Here, we look at the talking points from the match…

Tale of two keepers

It was a tale of two keepers at Old Trafford on Sunday – but on this rare occasion it was David de Gea who came off worse from his duel with his opposite number. The Spaniard – who had dealt comfortably with four tame efforts earlier in the match – produced a poor parry from Glen Johnson’s 82nd minute shot which sparked a goal mouth scramble and allowed Joe Allen to tuck in a vital equaliser from close range.

It was a costly mistake and contrasted with a superb display by Stoke City’s Lee Grant at the other end of the pitch. The 33-year-old, unable to get into Derby County’s starting line-up regularly last season, joined Mark Hughes’ men on loan in the summer as back-up to Jack Butland and Shay Given but starred on just his second-ever Premier League appearance.

Grant made eight saves in total, the joint-most recorded by a goalkeeper in a Premier League game this season, and was cited by Jose Mourinho as the reason his team didn’t win by six or seven. From his double save to deny Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the opening moments, to his acrobatic tip-over from Juan Mata and reaction-block to deny Jesse Lingard, Grant showed off a full range of shot-stopping skills.

Pogba frustrates

It was a frustrating afternoon for Paul Pogba. The world’s most expensive player struggled to influence proceedings before seeing a potential match-winning header in the final …

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