Manchester United worked to a 1-0 victory at Fulham Sunday via Lisandro Martinezdeflected long-range efforts.
Martínez’s speculative strike in the 78th minute rebounded Now lukic and curly Bernard Leno in the goal of the local team.
The victory will have come as a welcome domestic respite for United head coach Ruben Amorim, who saw his side beaten at Brighton last weekend for a sixth defeat in nine games in the division.
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Fulham came close to an equalizer in the final minutes, with an Academy graduate Toby Collyer clearing Joachim AndersenThe header from a corner off the line.
Substitute Rodrigo Muniz Had one last chance in stoppage time, but the striker blasted well over the bar from inside the penalty area.
Immediately afterwards, Amad seemed to have sealed the three points in the dying moments after carefully combining with Kobbie Mainoobut the goal was ruled out for offside.
“I think I was lucky, but an important win,” Martinez told TNT Sports. “I’m happy with the way we won the game. It doesn’t matter who scores – the most important thing is the three points.
“It means a lot. Not only for the fans, but for us because we suffered a lot. It’s a difficult victory, in this club the pressure is difficult, but we are here. We know how hard it is Even a difficult game like today, we have to win and be humble after winning.
The result moves United into 12th in the league table, four points behind Fulham in 10th.
