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Krejci salvages season's third point for Wolves as United struggle
The Guardian
|December 31, 2025
Manchester United missed eight frontline players so Wolves, who arrived as the Premier League's bottom team with only two points, seemed ideal opponents.
Yet Ruben Amorim's side struggled - badly - and while Bruno Fernandes, Bryan Mbeumo and Harry Maguire headed those unavailable, the display still provokes questions regarding United's cohesion.
In the contest's closing phase they were potent only sporadically - as throughout. Their opening-half strike was a fortunate Joshua Zirkzee finish - it rebounded in off Ladislav Krejci.
And after the Czech's equaliser just before the interval, Wolves might have recorded a first and famous - victory of the season.
Jhon Arias went close with a late shot saved by Senne Lammens and Rob Edwards' visitors threatened after this too and while Patrick Dorgu thought he snatched a 89th-minute winner his finish was ruled correctly offside.
At the final whistle a draw was far more respectable for Wolves because despite United's missing personnel any team with hopes of Champions League qualification has to collect all the points against an opponent already surely heading for relegation.
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