At 23:30 on the evening of May 28, Beijing time, Manchester United faced Fulham at Old Trafford in the 38th round of the 2022-23 Premier League season. In the first half, the visiting team's Tate broke the deadlock, Mitrovic's penalty was saved by De Gea, and Sancho equalized; In the second half, B Fei scored the winning goal. In the end, Manchester United beat Fulham 2-1 to finish third in the Premier League.
Ahead of the final round of the Premier League, Manchester United have already confirmed qualification for next season's Champions League. They are two points ahead of fourth-placed Newcastle and a win in the final round would secure a third place in the league. Fulham are in the middle of the table and have long been out of desire.
In the 7th minute, Fulham played a tactical free-kick in front of the field, Willian crossed 45 degrees from the right, Diop headed a header from the back of the box, and Mitrovic's header went high on goal. In the 11th minute, Marcus Rashford took a free-kick in front of the penalty area and slammed the ball with his right foot, and Leno flew with a single palm to lift the ball off the crossbar.
In the 14th minute, Casemiro spotted Leno standing up and shooting from midfield, but the ball was deflected. In the 19th minute, Willian crossed from a corner kick from the left and Tate broke away from the defensive top near corner to give Fulham a 1-0 lead over Manchester United.
In the 25th minute, Maguire's pass was broken, Fulham launched a counterattack, Casemiro who returned to the box to defend kicked down Karni with the ball, and the referee awarded a penalty.
The penalty was headed by Mitrovic, who shot low right foot into the bottom right corner of the goal and De Gea judged it right and saved the ball sideways.
In the 27th minute, Fulham took a tactical corner kick from the right and Willian passed the ball in front of the box and Lukić shot high from distance. In the 28th minute, B Fei crossed the ball directly from inside the box, and Garnacho received the ball with his right foot, and the ball was slightly deflected. One minute later, Malcia headed straight at the left side of the box and Garnacho had another chance when his left-footed shot popped off the crossbar.
In the 32nd minute, B Fei picked out a cross from the left side of the box, Casemiro on the right stopped the ball and volleyed from a small angle in front of the baseline, Leno blocked the ball. In the 39th minute, Buffy picked out a cross in front, Fred cut the ball into the box and Sancho pushed the ball from close range to make it 1-1 to Fulham.
In the 45th minute, Dalot fired a long-range right-footed shot in front of the box and Leno saved the ball. At the end of the first half, the two teams were temporarily tied.
In the 47th minute, Casemiro sent a long pass over the top at the back, and Marcus Rashford crossed into the box for offside and his left-footed volley was slightly deflected. In the 55th minute, Fred sent a ball straight at midfield, and B Fei received the ball to form a single knife, and he faced the attacking Leno to pick out the goal, giving United a 2-1 lead over Fulham.
In the 58th minute, Willian drove a corner kick from the right into the box and Mitrovic's header was deflected over the net. In the 60th minute, Casemiro crossed in front, B Fei received the ball with his right foot and shot from distance, Leno saved the ball. In the 65th minute, Fulham's Harry Wilson took a free-kick in front of the box and his left-footed shot went over the crossbar.
In the 69th minute, Fulham crossed from the right wing, Mitrovic headed in the box and Karni's left-footed shot went high. In the 73rd minute, Rashford received the ball into the box, his first shot was blocked, he was given another opportunity to shoot with his left foot, Leno saved the ball.
In the 76th minute, Karni received a left-footed shot high from a teammate in the box. In the 82nd minute, Willian split the ball to the right in front of the penalty area and Carlos Vinicius received a left-footed shot that was saved by De Gea, and the Brazilian was also offside.
In the 90th minute, Anthony Martial headed straight up front, Jadon Sancho picked out a cross from the left side of the box, and Westhorst volleyed wide. In the end, the game was over, with Manchester United beating Fulham 2-1.