Sunderland 0-0 Man United: Match Report

TL;DR

Sunderland and Manchester United played to a 0-0 draw at the Stadium of Light, with both teams having opportunities but failing to score.

Key points

Sunderland and Man United drew 0-0
Match played at the Stadium of Light
Chemsdine Talbi had a close shot for Sunderland
Manchester United had a changed starting line-up

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Sunderland 0-0 Man United: Match Report

Manchester United travelled to the Stadium of Light to face Sunderland with a much changed starting line-up.

First half

The home side started well, pressing the United defence. This led to a good effort by Chemsdine Talbi, whose curled shot went just wide of Senne Lammens’ post.

A beautiful move by Sunderland cut United open like a knife through butter, and Noah Sadiki was put through on goal. Thankfully, Lammens was equal to the midfielder’s effort and turned the ball away for a corner.

United won a free kick and, instead of shooting, Bruno Fernandes set up Amad, but his curled effort went comfortably wide.

An error from Lisandro Martinez almost allowed Brian Brobbey in, but Lammens was once again quick to snuff out the danger.

The Black Cats felt they could have had a penalty when the ball hit Amad’s hand, but VAR’s check confirmed that the ball hit the Ivorian’s body first.

The game lulled a little, but on 28 minutes, after a good spell by United, Matheus Cunha’s floated ball was headed just over by .