In a crazy match between two of the Premier League’s traditional rivals, Manchester United relinquished a two-goal lead, restored it and then conceded a late goal to draw 3-3 with Newcastle United.
Manchester were awarded a fortuitous penalty when Chancel Mbemba was adjudged to have handle the ball, which left both teams shocked.
Wayne Rooney stepped up and cooly sent Rob Elliot the wrong way to give the away side an early lead on nine minutes.
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The Red Devils doubled their advantage when they broke on the counter-attack Jesse Lingard
Just four minutes later and Newcastle had a lifeline through Georginio Wijnaldum who rounded off superb move with a first-time volley after a downward header from Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Lingard wasted a golden opportunity to extend their lead and on 67 minutes they were made to pay, after Chris Smalling wrestled Mitrovic to the ground and a penalty was finished with aplomb by the Serbian.
United was under the cosh for almost the entire second half, only for Rooney to smash in a curling effort from 20 yards to steal the points for Louis van Gaal’s men.
The last of the drama was provided by Paul Dummet driving a powerful deflected shot into the roof of the net from long-range with just a minute left to give his side a share of the spoils.
Here are some of the best reactions from Twitter:
Newcastle 3-3 Man Utd FT Shots: 14-10 Pass acc: 82%-80% Chances created: 10-9 Possession: 52-48% Six-goal thriller pic.twitter.com/T7OM1NMsBZ
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 12, 2016
Tbf we can’t blame LVG for us conceding goals, Smalling had a very bad game
— Professor Rojo (@deludedrojo) January 12, 2016
When we score, we don’t defend. When we defend, we don’t score. I’m not bored that’s for sure but I think I’ve had mini breakdown. #mufc
— Nicole (@NicoleDeansXo) January 12, 2016
Missed chances and sloppy defending sum up the game. #MUFC
— United News (@Mufc_Info) January 12, 2016
#mufc have won 2 in 12 games
— utdreport.com (@utdreport) January 12, 2016
[League] Manchester United now down to 6th in the Premier League. 3 points ahead of Crystal Palace & 1 point behind West Ham. #MUFC
— RedMancunian (@RedMancunian) January 12, 2016
Well, two points dropped… Our biggest setback is our depth. If we have Carrick to bring on there and another CB, different story #mufc
— Denis Oymen (@DenisOymen) January 12, 2016
I’m not defending LvG for previous performances but you can’t blame him for this result. Our players had clear chances to win it. #MUFC
— HannahCarrollDesign (@HannahCDesigns) January 12, 2016
3-3 is not better than 0-0. Its still a point. Its still a performance that wasn’t comprehensive or good enough for our football club #MUFC
— Rob B. (@_Rob_B) January 12, 2016
Top 4 is a dream now. Spurs will win tomorrow and put us 5 points off it. Awful. #MUFC
— Dave Garghan (@DaveGarghan9) January 12, 2016
Still, rather watch that than the snore draws we’ve been serving up, at least it was good to watch #MUFC
— Alec (@MiserableCynic) January 12, 2016
Fellaini might get the Dutch hairdryer. Should have killed the game and was arguably #mufc‘s worst player tonight.
— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) January 12, 2016
6 wins in 20 now for #mufc since October 4th……
— Adam Crafton (@AdamCrafton_) January 12, 2016
Played like #mufc and we can’t argue with that. Rather 3-3 than 0-0. Players can take confidence from that.
— Andrew Kilduff (@TuftyMUFC) January 12, 2016
Disappointing not to win but there were positives for #mufc, most notably our captain. Good to see more chances for us-more goals will come.
— Gemma Thompson (@gem7thompson) January 12, 2016
I just hope LVG’s backlash wont be to shut up shop vs Liverpool like I fear it will be with 2 deep CDMs in a 4-2-3-1, playing for the 0-0.
— Hashbrown (@hesham786) January 12, 2016
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