Manchester United held to draw at Wolves after Paul Pogba fails from spot

For a while it looked like Manchester United would enjoy the rare feeling of leaving Molineux with a victory and renewed optimism. In the end they departed with a solitary point, some encouragement and some regrets, most obviously a missed penalty by Paul Pogba after Rúben Neves had cancelled out Anthony Martial’s fine first-half goal.

For Ole Gunnar Solskjær most of the positives came in that first half. His team were dynamic and enterprising and they deserved the lead when Martial gave it to them by applying an emphatic finish to a sharp move. But Wolves’ equaliser was equally merited, Neves plundering a spectacular reward for a thrilling second-half turnaround by Nuno Espírito Santo’s team, who were given new thrust by a half-time substitute, Adama Traoré.

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