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Hull City vs. Manchester United: Score, Reaction from 2016 Premier League Match
- Updated: August 27, 2016
Marcus Rashford scored deep into injury time to give Manchester United a 1-0 win over Hull City at the KC Stadium. Rashford had come off the bench to help inspire what had been a drab United attack.
He profited from good work from Wayne Rooney late on to finish from close range and break Hull hearts. The hosts defended bravely, particularly in the second half, but ceded too much possession and were eventually punished.
United boss Jose Mourinho again left new signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan on the bench, instead opting for a now familiar starting XI after two straight wins, per BT Sport Football:
Jose’s @ManUtd are unchanged for #HULMUN… pic.twitter.com/CbWQV1fUbq
— BT Sport Football (@btsportfootball) August 27, 2016
The same source revealed that Abel Hernandez again led the Hull lineup up top:
It’s #HULMUN team news time! Here’s how @HullCity line-up to face @ManUtd… pic.twitter.com/KoX4RcHi7A
— BT Sport Football (@btsportfootball) August 27, 2016
It was a static first half, with Hull’s five-man midfield denying space to a United side that lacked flair and pace in the final third. It didn’t help that key figures were struggling to assert themselves, with Rooney chief among them.
The United No. 10 couldn’t keep hold of the ball early on, as Stuart Mathieson of the Manchester Evening News pointed out:
Rooney has been caught in possession almost every time he has touched the ball so far. #MUFC
— Stuart Mathieson (@StuMathiesonMEN) August 27, 2016
United’s lack of fluency could also be explained by some of the positions the team’s main threats were taking up. In particular, central striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic often moved out of the spaces where he could do damage, per Manchester Evening News writer Samuel Luckhurst:
Ibrahimovic dropping so deep he’s on the halfway line sometimes. #mufc lacking dynamism in attack with lack of pace.
— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) August 27, 2016
Fellow MEN staffer Alice McKeegan picked up Luckhurst’s point about United’s lack of pace and suggested how much one key player might have made a …
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