Man Utd recover to win again

Marcus Rashford’s double helped Manchester United overcome goalkeeper Dean Henderson’s early gaffe at former club Sheffield United and earn a 3-2 victory in the English Premier League yesterday.

The result left the hosts with only one point after 13 games – the worst start any team has made since the English league began in 1888.

But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United side kicked off a crucial run of six matches in 16 days in familiar fashion by winning a sixth away league game after falling behind.

Manchester United jumped to sixth in the standings, five points behind leaders Liverpool with a game in hand.

The 23-year-old Henderson made just his second Premier League start for United. There was no sign of danger when United captain Harry Maguire played a return pass to Henderson but he dawdled enough for Oliver Burke to close him down and flick the ball into the path of David McGoldrick to score the opener from close range after five minutes.

Rashford equalised in the 26th minute for Manchester United who went ahead seven minutes via Anthony Martial.

They appeared to have made the game safe in the 51st minute when Rashford finished off a fine team move before Sheffield United pulled one back in the 87th minute as Lindelof’s header ricocheted back off McGoldrick into the goal.

Henderson then made amends for his early mistake by thwarting Mousset in stoppage time to preserve the win.

Earlier, Aston Villa wasted several chances as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Burnley, who climbed out of the relegation zone with a hard-earned point.

Anwar El Ghazi’s freekick and Kortney Hause’s header hit the crossbar, while Ahmed Elmohamady had a deflected strike cleared off the line as Villa, who had 27 shots in total, pushed for a goal.

Burnley’s best chance fell to All Whites striker Chris Wood, whose header was clawed away by Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.