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It wasn’t the most memorable game, United’s most lively moment saved for the second minute. Amorim is calling his players together, getting them to go an applaud the visiting supporters. Ipswich could well have had the win, denied by some excellent saves from André Onana.
FULL-TIME: Ipswich 1-1 Manchester United
Not the dream start for Ruben Amorim, but no disaster either.
90+4 min: Muric holds on to Fernandes’ delivery. That should be that.
90+3 min: Amad bursts into life on the right, driving into the box, launching his stepovers before cutting in for a shot that is blocked away. United win a corner.
90+1 min: We have four minutes added on. Clarke hooks the ball from the centre circle to the right wing but sends it out, unable to cope with the pressure of the onrushing Mazraoui.
90 min: Hutchinson’s cross from the right causes little damage.
88 min: The home support bursts into noise, recognising one last push is required.
87 min: The free-kick is played short and eventually sees the subs work together with Clarke finding Chaplin inside the area, his shot from around 10 yards not finding the power or precision to trouble Onana.
86 min: Clarke is bundled down in midfield to win a free-kick from 30 yards or so. Mason Mount is on for Garnacho.
85 min: It’s not really clicking for either side, genuine chances a rarity. Garnacho’s cross from the left fails to find Højlund.
81 min: Liam Delap, after a very lively display, is off, as is Wes Burns. Conor Chaplin and Ali Al-Hamadi are on.
80 min: Mazraoui is down on the ground to prompt a pause in the game.
79 min: Fernandes lines it up, Amad next to him. The captain lets loose and is inches away … a dipping effort just wide of the post as Muric moved to his right.
78 min: Fernandes wins United a free-kick by the D, opening up a decent chance …
77 min: United work it patiently before Zirkzee, outside the area, on the right, launches a shot into Ipswich city centre.
75 min: Muric cleans up at the back after Zirkzee wins the ball off Davis on United’s right. The keeper’s clearance meets the body of the linesman, who deals with the blow gracefully.
73 min: Fernandes finds Garnacho on the left, the winger launching the stepovers before firing a cross in … there’s no red shirt on the end of it.
71 min: Delap, again, somehow carves out space in the middle with a neat flick and sets off before launching a hit over the bar. He’s a good watch, feisty to go with obvious talent.
69 min: Ipswich escape from the danger of the corner before Mazraoui silkily plays out from the back, leading to Højlund shaping up to shoot from the edge of the box … a wayward pass is the result when he should probably have had a crack.
67 min: Fernandes plays a cracking first-time ball down the left for Rashford to hop on to … he wins a corner. Amorim sees McKenna’s bet and raises, Højlund and Zirkzee on for Eriksen and Rashford.
65 min: Ipswich makes their first changes: Szmodics and Cajuste are replaced by Jack Clarke and Jack Taylor.
64 min: United fans chant Amorim’s name, bathing in the excitement of a new relationship.
62 min: It’s all a bit quiet again after the more enticing action in the first few minutes of the half. United are struggling to break into the Ipswich half and keep the ball there.
59 min: Amad is working hard from a defensive point of view, tracking a run into the United box to cut out the long ball. It’s a proper shift, being a wing-back.
57 min: Shaw is the left-sided centre-half, with Dalot continuing at left wing-back.
56 min: Time for a couple of tweaks. Luke Shaw returns after a long lay-off, replacing Jonny Evans. Casemiro is off for Ugarte.
55 min: O’Shea makes a fine block as Fernandes hits inside the area after playing a one-two with Rashford.
54 min: Cajuste saves Ipswich as United launch a counter, nailing a sliding challenge inside the area to deny Garnacho from letting loose.
52 min: Excellent from Delap who bats away pressure in the centre circle to turn and push forward before finding Burns the right. A cross comes in, Delap tries a back-flick at the near post but he can’t seem to beat Onana tonight. The United goalkeeper is big again, unable to be beaten, saving his side again.
50 min: Casemiro and Eriksen aren’t pleading for the ball when United’s backline have it; it’s hard to see how the visitors cut through Ipswich’s shape at the moment.
48 min: Ipswich get their passing game going as the crowd rediscovers its voice.
46 min: Casemiro plays a nice diagonal ball for Dalot to pick up on to before Fernandes slides in Garnacho inside the area … his ball in from the left is palmed away by Muric. United begin brightly.
Peeeeeep again!
United get us going in the second half, no changes at the break.
In comes an email with the subject line: ‘21 day cooling off period in contract.’ “When the next flight to Lisbon?” writes Aidan Adair.
Tom Hopkins writes in on VAR’s little break from action: “Great to see that minor emergency dealt with so efficiently. Good process.”
HALF-TIME: Ipswich 1-1 Manchester United
It’s Ipswich who look the better, more well-drilled side, their equaliser thoroughly merited. Welcome to Manchester (yes, I know this is at Portman Road), Ruben.
45+3 min: Delap bundles down Mazraoui on Ipswich’s left wing and there’s a bit of squaring up between the two.
45+2 min: Watching the replays of Hutchinson’s strike … there may have been a deflection off Mazraoui’s head that gave the ball an extra lift to beat the reach of Onana.
45+1 min: Ouch. Jonny Evans is down on the ground after Delap flies into him to try and win a header.
45 min: VAR’s back, and we’ve got three minutes added on.
GOAL! Ipswich 1-1 Manchester United (Hutchinson 43)
Ipswich are threatening … and here comes a stunner! Burns passes to Hutchinson outside the area, the 21-year-old’s back to goal. He turns and lets fly with his left foot, curling into the top left corner from 20-something yards. It’s well deserved for the hosts.
40 min: A stunning save from Onana! A long ball down the left is seized upon by Davis, who lays off to Delap in the middle, just the keeper to beat from a few yards – he opts for power over accuracy and the keeper makes himself big to deny an equaliser, the right arm flung out.
38 min: Tuanzebe v Garnacho is a good battle to watch at the moment, the former United defender refusing to let the winger out of his sight.
37 min: According to the TV comms, there’s a fire alarm at Stockley Park so VAR is not currently operational. The ref lets the captain know.
36 min: Ipswich look more dangerous than United … before Fernandes plays a zipping through ball for Garnacho to run on to. He can’t break free and shoot though.
33 min: Leif Davis, Ipswich’s left-back, is down with his right leg being seen to. He seems OK though.
32 min: It’s time for another Ipswich corner, Davis to swing in: he goes to the far post, it’s headed across goal, cleared to Hutchinson for a stinging strike inside the area. But the wall of red shirts cannot be broken.
30 min: Fernandes pulls off a fine self-nutmeg dummy to break free in midfield but the move ends with Dalot’s cross, cutting in from the left, finding Muric.
