Manchester United defeated Fulham 1-0 with a stunning goal from Lisandro Martinez in the 78th minute. It sounds unbelievable, but that would be the fairest possible report from this game. A one sentence report. Because this was one shameful game, unworthy of a Championship or League One game, yet alone a Premier League match. It‘s simply inapprehensible that teams who are playing in one of the top leagues in Europe can play such a boring game, without chances, without shots, without anything apart from a accidental goal. Market value of a 10th placed Fulham‘s first 11 is around 241 million euros, which is way more than for example Marseille, a second-placed team in Ligue 1 (178 million) or a thrid-placed Frankfurt in Bundesliga (201 million) and yet they produced nothing for 90 minutes. And apart from an accidental shot from Martinez which has gone in, United did even less.LISANDRO MARTINEZ GOAL!!YESSSS!!!1-0. GET IN!!! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/eFAgplvPmW— UF (@UtdFaithfuls) January 26, 2025 A team who‘s first 11 are worth stunning 550 million euros didn‘t have a touch in the opposition box for most of the second half, they recorded their first shot in the game in the 41st minute and had only three more for 90 minutes (one on target). They have failed to score from open play in the first half of a Premier League game for the 12th succesive match. But this shamefull display will soon be fogoten as the Red Devils won the game, for change. Their loyal ‘customer‘ Fulham gave them points again. Fulham have won just one of their last 18 Premier League games against Manchester United, picking up a 2-1 win at Old Trafford last season and tonight Ruben Amorim‘s men recorded their eight win in a row at Craven Cottage.Only four games have seen fewer shots in the first half in the Premier League this season than Fulham v Man Utd today (6). 😴 https://t.co/VXTtAtG1nH— Squawka (@Squawka) January 26, 2025 There were two chances for Fulham and that was it for the first half. Iwobi took a shot in the sixht minute, but Onana didn‘t made a blunder and saved the shot, keeping the ball in his hands (for a chance). Eight minutes later, Jimenes played Smith Rowe, but he took a bad shot from an ideal position. Manchester United had only one shot (off target) in the 41st minute. Second half was even worse as even Fulham didn‘t have chances, at least one. Out of nothing, United scored and won the game. Garnacho gave the ball to Collyer, but it was lost and it came Martinez‘s way, who took a shot from 20 meters. The ball looped off Lukic and over goalkeeper Leno for 1-0 and pandemonium in the away end. Ruben Amorim will celebrate his 40th birthday tomorrow and this was a premature gift. He will accept it with a smile, but this display is deeply worrying.PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 23Saturday Bournemouth – Nott.Forest 5-0 (1-0)/Kluivert 9, Outtara 55,61,87, Semenyo 90+1/Brighton – Everton 0-1 (0-1)/Ndiaye 42 pen/Liverpool – Ipswich 4-1 (3-0)/Szoboszlai 11, Salah 35, Gakpo 44, 66 – Greaves 90/Southampton – Newcastle 1-3 (1-2)/Bednarek 10 – Isak 26 pen, 30, Tonali 51/Wolverhampton – Arsenal 0-1 (0-0)/Calafiori 74/Manchester City – Chelsea 3-1 (1-1)/Gvardiol 42, Haaland 68, Foden 87 – Madueke 3/Sunday Crystal Palace – Brentford 1-2 (0-0)/Esse 85 – Mbeumo 66 pen, Schade 80/Tottenham – Leicester City 1-2 (1-0)/Richarlison 33 – Vardy 46, Khannouss 49/Aston Villa – West Ham 1-1 (1-0)/Ramsey 9 – Emerson 70/Fulham – Man.Utd. 0-1 (0-0)/Martinez 78/
