Wolves vs Manchester United as it happened: Paul Pogba misses penalty to cost Red Devils victory at Molineux
Anthony Martial’s opener was cancelled out by Ruben Neves before Pogba wasted a chance to win it from the spot
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Your support makes all the difference.Paul Pogba missed a penalty as Ruben Neves’ sensational strike earned Wolves a point against Manchester United.
Midfielder Pogba had his spot-kick saved by Rui Patricio – his fourth penalty miss in a year – as United drew 1-1 at Molineux.
It came after Neves curled in a brilliant second-half leveller to cancel out Anthony Martial’s 50th United goal.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer‘s side missed the chance to top the early Premier League table despite a dominant first-half display.
Wolves’ second-half rally earned them a point and they now travel to Torino for the first leg of their Europa League play-off on Thursday.
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What time is kick-off?
The match will begin at 20:00 on Monday 19 August.
Where can I watch it?
The game is being broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra HD.
You can also watch via Now TV with an annual subscription.
Sky subscribers can also stream the match via the Sky Go app.
Expected line-ups
Wolves XI: Rui Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Dendoncker, Neves, Moutinho, Castro, Jimenez, Jota
Man Utd XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Lindelof, Shaw, Pereira, McTominay, Pogba, Lingard, Martial, Rashford
Odds
Wolves: 21/10
Draw: 9/4
Manchester United: 13/10
81 minutes
Manchester United make their first alteration, a change of tact in the creative midfield role - Juan Mata for Jesse Lingard.
82 minutes
Adama Traore again!
Down the right he goes, from the byline he crosses well and Diogo Jota should do more with his header. Into the hands of David De Gea. Wolves are the team pushing for a winner.
83 minutes
Aaron Wan-Bissaka leans his body over to get in the way of a clipped forward pass, and is somewhat harshly adjudged to have handled. Off the shoulder, for me, that. He's booked, too, with a Wolves counter-attack assembling itself had the ball got past him.
84 minutes
Wan-Bissaka in a forward area now, and winning a corner of Ruben Neves.
85 minutes
Wolves counter after clearing it as Raul Jimenez biffs his way through Daniel James, but Diogo Jota's curling cross drags Leander Dendoncker wide and the Belgian can't find the target with his half-volley.
86 minutes
And that's Diogo Jota's final action - he is replaced by fellow Portuguese Pedro Neto.
It hasn't been Jota's night. He was quiet throughout, though both he and Raul Jimenez have worked hard.
89 minutes
Daniel James hasn't endeared himself to the Wolves fans, and there's proper booing as he is replaced after his dive earlier. Marcus Rashford receives polite applause.
Mason Greenwood and Andreas Pereira have five minutes or so to find a winner.
90 + 1 minutes
There'll be time for a brief cameo from summer signing Patrick Cutrone for Wolves, with the highly-touted Italian on for a weary Raul Jimenez, who has worked his socks off throughout without finding too much attacking joy.
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