SCORE: 1st Half

MANCHESTER UNITED (Blind) 1-0 SUNDERLAND

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Premier League Tie between Manchester United and Sunderland

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Date: December 11th, 2016

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Kick off BST: 15:00

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Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester

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Starting XI's:

Manchester United F.C.	Sunderland A.F.C.
De Gea	Pickford
Valencia	van Aanholt
Rojo	Kone
Jones	Djilobodji
Blind	Jones
Pogba	Anichebe
Herrera	Denayer
Carrick	Ndong
Mata	Larsson
Lingard	Defoe
Ibrahimovic	Borini

Man Utd F.C. SUBS: Romero, Smalling, Darmian, Mkhitaryan, Fellaini, Martial, Rashford

Sunderland A.F.C. SUBS: Mannone, Love, O'Shea, Honeyman, Embleton, Khazri, Asoro

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Team news:

• Blind returns to the back four in place of Darmian.

• Lingard and Mata play with Mkhi and Martial on the bench.

• Same midfield three continues.

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UPDATES:

FIRST HALF UPDATES:

0' KICK OFF

0' WE'RE UNDERWAY! United in red, Sunderland in all white.

5' United dominating the opening stages and most of the play has been in the Sunderland half thus far.

10' Anichebe clashes in midair with Jones and it's the Sunderland man who stays down injured while Jones pops straight back up. After a few minutes of treating the injury, play is back underway.

15' Sunderland had a few moments of possession but it's back to United now and we're back knocking on the door. Our first corner of the game didn't come to anything.

19' MANCHESTER UNITED YELLOW CARD Blind goes into the book for a blatant tug on Anichebe. The free kick is well saved by De Gea though.

25' United had a penalty shout for a shoulder barge on Mata but nothing as given. We're still dictating the tempo but haven't had many shots at goal. And as I say that, Pogba curls a good chance wide from just outside the box. He actually hit the outside of the post with that chance and won us a corner! Nothing comes from it though.

29' Scenes as United scramble the ball clear in the box after De Gea makes a good save from a couple of desperate shots at goal from Sunderland. The corner that follows is cleared easily but Sunderland earns a free kick that Larsson smacks over the bar.

35' Sunderland have gained a foothold in this game and have peppered De Gea's goal with a few shots of late but they've all been saved well. Pogba has looked very bright as well and his most recent volley is only slightly over the bar.

38' MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL OUT OF NOTHING! Ibrahimovic picks the ball up on the edge of the box and drifts wide before laying off Blind who had charged into the box and he smacks it low and hard past the goalkeeper! We have our breakthrough!

45' THREE MINUTES ADDED