Manchester United laboured to a 1-0 win away at Fulham on Sunday via Lisandro Martínez‘s deflected long-range effort.
Martínez’s speculative strike in the 78th minute bounced off Sasa Lukic and looped over Bernd Leno in the home side’s goal.
The win will come as welcome domestic respite for United head coach Ruben Amorim, who saw his team handily beaten by Brighton last weekend.
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Fulham came close to an equaliser in the final minutes, with academy graduate Toby Collyer clearing Joachim Andersen‘s header from a corner off the line.
Substitute Rodrigo Muniz had one final chance in stoppage time, but the striker blasted well over the bar from inside the penalty area.
Immediately afterwards, Amad looked to have sealed the three points in the dying moments after combining neatly with Kobbie Mainoo, but the goal was ruled out for offside.
The result moves United into 12th in the league standings, four points behind Fulham in 10th.