Manchester United survived a scare at Molineux to overcome bottom-of-the-table Wolves 4-1 in a Premier League game staged on Monday night.
On a night when a sizeable number of home fans heeded a call to delay their entrance for 15 minutes as a protest against the club’s Chinese ownership, Wolves ended a 540-minute wait for a goal when Jean-Ricner Bellegarde found the corner after David Moller Wolfe’s mis-hit shot had bounced into his path.
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It made United pay for a series of missed chances either side of a comical effort from skipper Bruno Fernandes after Andre had delayed on the ball for far too long and lost possession deep in his own half.
But Luke Shaw’s forceful tackle on Bellegarde early in the second half set the visitors on a counter-attack that led to Diogo Dalot squaring to give Bryan Mbeumo an easy finish.
When Mason Mount brilliantly controlled Fernandes’ chipped pass to drill home a third, it was the first time since March that United had been two goals ahead in an away league game. Ferrnandes finished cleanly with an 82nd-minute penalty after a video assistant referee (VAR) intervention for handball against Yerson Mosquera to complete his side’s biggest win of the season.
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