If you haven’t heard, it was the only Boxing Day game in the Premier League. No team has won more of these festive fixtures than Manchester United, and no team has lost more than Newcastle United – so maybe we shouldn’t have been surprised that Ruben Amorim’s side ran out 1-0 victors at Old Trafford thanks to Patrick Dorgu’s first goal for the club.
If the result was predictable, the game certainly wasn’t as United controlled much of the first half and then spent the second hanging on for long periods.