Lingard redemption as United seal comeback win: Richard Buxton

Lingard redemption as United seal comeback win: Richard Buxton

The New Paper - Sports·2021-09-20 09:00

Jesse Lingard in possession late on should give Manchester United fans cold sweats.

The England international's calamitous back-pass in midweek turned a draw against Young Boys into a complete humiliation.

But Lingard redeemed himself for his part in the Red Devils' Champions League reversal at the Swiss side by completing a 2-1 comeback victory at West Ham United last night.

Home supporters at the London Stadium had grown accustomed to seeing him cutting inside and rippling the net during a four-month loan spell away from the 20-time English champions.

He did it again in the 89th minute yesterday, this time for the visitors, who went level on points with Liverpool and Chelsea and preserved an unbeaten start to their new English Premier League campaign.

Deficits serve only to stoke the fire in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's charges, who responded to Raphael Varane turning Said Benrahma's strike into his own net in the 30th minute with another fightback.

Under Solskjaer, United have now redeemed more points from losing positions - 35 - than any EPL team during the previous two seasons.

Only Juergen Klopp's Reds and Leicester City, with 20 apiece, have produced anything remotely close.

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