Ipswich vs Manchester United LIVE: Premier League result and final score from Ruben Amorim’s first game
Ipswich 1-1 Manchester United: Amorim was grateful for Andre Onana’s saves as the new boss took home a point from his first game in charge
Ruben Amorim enjoyed a dream start to life at Manchester United but could not claim an opening win in the Premier League as Ipswich claimed a draw at Portman Road.
Marcus Rashford scored after just two minutes of Amorim’s first game in charge - with the Portuguese coach seeing his new system click into gear in a stylish move.
But Omari Hutchinson equalised before half time with a wonderful curling effort into the top corner and United needed Andre Onana to be on top form to secure the visitors a point.
The United goalkeeper twice denied Liam Delap with fine saves, leaving Amorim with plenty of work to do to get his new side to where he wants them to be.
Follow all the reaction from the 1-1 draw, below:
Ipswich 0-1 Manchester United
9 mins
Half a chance for Ipswich after some great work from Hutchinson, who holds it up well and sweeps it wide to Burns. His cross is a good one, but it narrowly misses Delap and Szmodics.
Ipswich 0-1 Manchester United
6 mins
More decent passing from United sees it worked wide to Amad, who lays it off to Eriksen, but the Dane can only fire wide from distance.
Ipswich work their first decent attack, and it ends with Delap hooking an effort over.
Ipswich 0-1 Manchester United
4 mins
Barely any time to get settled, but it’s 1-0 at Portman Road. It was a scrappy first minute or so, but United have got themselves ahead thanks mainly to brilliant work from Amad Diallo.
The home side are enjoying some possession now though as they look to get back into it, and they win a corner.
GOAL! Ipswich 0-1 Manchester United
2 mins
GOAL! Well, not a bad start. United are ahead just after the minute mark!
It’s all about the wing-back play too, with Amad receiving the one-two pass in his own half and driving past a couple of challenges all the way into the Ipswich box. He cuts it back to Rashford, and the number nine manages to bundle it in at the near post!
KICK-OFF! Ipswich 0-0 Manchester United
KICK-OFF!
The home side get us underway at Portman Road.
Ipswich vs Manchester United LIVE
Both sides are emerging from the tunnel now, so we’ll be underway soon!
Ipswich vs Manchester United LIVE
Unsurprisingly, much of the pre-match focus is on how United will line up.
Videos from the warm-up seem to suggest that it’ll be a back five, with Amad Diallo at right wing-back and Dalot on the left.
Ipswich vs Manchester United LIVE
Match facts
This will be Rúben Amorim’s first match in charge of Manchester United. Aged 39 years and 302 days on the day of this game, he’s the youngest to take charge of his first match for the Red Devils since Wilf McGuinness in August 1969 (31y 288d).
Manchester United have won 17 of their last 19 Premier League games against newly promoted opponents (D2) since a 4-1 loss at Watford in November 2021. Away from home, they have won their last nine league games at promoted sides; in English top-flight history, only Chelsea have won 10+ away matches in succession against such opponents (21 in a row from October 2002 to November 2008).
Alejandro Garnacho has been directly involved in 20 Premier League goals for Manchester United (13 goals, 7 assists), one of only two non-British players to reach that figure for the Red Devils before turning 21, along with Cristiano Ronaldo (25 – 14 goals, 11 assists).
Match facts
Ipswich have lost four of their last five Premier League games against Man Utd (D1), failing to score in each defeat. This is their first such meeting since a 1-0 home loss in April 2002.
They are looking to earn back-to-back wins in the Premier League for the first time since February 2002 (a run of four that started with a 2-1 win against Tottenham).
Ipswich are the only side without a home win in the Premier League this season (P5 D3 L2). Only five newly promoted sides have failed to win their opening six home matches of a Premier League campaign, all of which went on to be relegated: Swindon Town in 1993/94, Crystal Palace in 1997/98, Norwich City in 2004/05, Sunderland in 2005/06, and Burnley in 2023/24.
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