Match report: Fulham 0 United 1

Sunday 26 January 2025 13:51

Ruben Amorim admitted that keeping a clean sheet was important for Manchester United's confidence, as the Reds ground out a third Premier League away win of the season.

The arduous 1-0 win at Craven Cottage was the first time since 1 December that United had managed to shut out the opposition entirely, a run that spanned 13 matches in all competitions.

And while defender Lisandro Martinez played his part in that statistic, as well as scoring the decisive 78th-minute strike at the other end of the pitch, it was young midfielder Toby Collyer who produced the biggest intervention to prevent Fulham from scoring.

After coming on as a substitute just before Martinez's…