🏁 FULL-TIME: Man United 3–0 Nottingham Forest. The Red Devils secure the three points in their first post-World Cup game in the Premier League with a confident display at home.
⏰ 87–90+' It's all Man United in the final minutes of the game at Old Trafford and the Red Devils are firing on all cylinders.
⚽ 86' GOAL! Man United 3–0 Nottingham Forest. The third goal of the game is made in Brazil: Fred scores from a Casemiro assist.
⏰ 65–80' Maguire make his first post-World Cup appearance for Man United, replacing Varane, while Casemiro is already named Man of the Match.
⏰ 55–65' Man United are control at Old Trafford, playing with freedom and clearly enjoying themselves. Another goal (or more) wouldn't hurt, though.
⏰ 55–65' The game is over for Antony who has been really poor tonight, to be quite honest. Martial comes off as well as Alejandro Garnacho and Donny van de Beek enter the pitch.
⏰ 45–55' Jesse Lingard has to leave the pitch after picking up an injury and Old Trafford fans show the former Man United forward a lot of support.
🔥 45' SECOND HALF. We are back underway at Old Trafford as Man United look to stay in control of the game. No changes for the Red Devils at half-time.
📝 Here are the half-time ratings
Impressed: Varane — 8, Casemiro — 8, Martial — 8, Rashford — 8.
Average: Malacia — 7.5, Eriksen — 7.5, Wan-Bissaka — 7, Shaw — 7, Bruno — 6, De Gea — 6.
Poor: Antony — 4.
🚩 45+' HALF-TIME: Man United 2–0 Nottingham Forest. The Red Devils started the game incredibly well but were lucky to keep a clean sheet towards the end of the first half.
⏰ 35–45+' Forest think they've pulled one back through Ryan Yates but VAR rules the goal out for offside, allowing Man United to breath a sigh of relief.
⏰ 24–35' Man United are in control at Old Trafford and this is exactly what Ten Hag wanted to see from his players after a long break.
⚽ 23' GOAL! Man United 2–0 Nottingham Forest. How quick was that? The Red Devils pounce on a Wayne Hennessey blunder and Anthony Martial doubles the lead.
⚽ 19' GOAL! Man United 1–0 Nottingham Forest. Marcus Rashford scores from Christian Eriksen's disguised corner. Fantastic execution from the Red Devils!
⏰ 1–10' A bright start from Man United with Tyrell Malacia hitting the post! The players are showing their hunger now that club football is finally back.
🔥 0' KICK OFF. We are underway at Old Trafford and Man United are officially back in Premier League action!
📣 Erik ten Hag speaking to MUTV on tonight's unusual team selection: "Victor Lindelof and Scott McTominay, they all were ill.
"Luckily, Harry Maguire recovered from it but he's not ready to start, he can't play 90 minutes. That's why he's on the bench and so we have to sort something out, so that's what we did."
👉 Here are the team news for tonight. Man United have been hit by a virus ahead of the game and several players are unavailable for selection.
Man United XI: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Shaw, Malacia; Casemiro, Eriksen, Fernandes; Antony, Rashford, Martial.
Nottingham Forest XI: Hennessey, Aurier, Worrall, Boly, Renan Lodi, Yates, Freuler, Mangala, Johnson, Awoniyi, Lingard.
👋 Good evening everyone and welcome to our live blog coverage of Manchester United's Premier League clash against Nottingham Forest!
