Lukaku shoots fire, Man United still shares points with Stoke City

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    Man United only had a 2-2 draw at Stoke City in the late match on September 9 of round 4 of the Premier League 2017-2018.

    With major teams other than Liverpool having won previous matches, Man United have been under pressure to get all 3 points in this match. Coach Mourinho made his first start for Herrera in the 2017-2019 Premier League.

    Stoke City caused many difficulties for the away team in the first half. Their defense, especially Kurt Zouma, played with great confidence, making it impossible for Man United to create truly dangerous opportunities despite having the ball.

    Rashford had two chances to score, but the striker could not beat Jack Butland's talent. On the other side of the pitch, Stoke City's counter-attacks are certainly dangerous.

    The surprise came in the 42nd minute. Former Man United player - Darren Fletcher had a very good opening to the right wing for Diouf. This player passed the ball to Choupo-Moting to cushion accurately.

    However, Man United managed to equalize, in the 45+1 minute, in a corner kick situation, Pogba headed the ball into Rashford's net and flew into the home team's net.

    At the beginning of the second half, Stoke played slightly better than Man United. However, a mistake cost Mark Hughes's side in the 58th minute. Joe Allen lost the ball, allowing Darmian to pass it to Mkhitaryan before it reached Lukaku's position. The Belgian striker raised the score to 2-1 after two shots.

    Stoke City did not lose so easily. Jese's close-range kick forced De Gea to show his talent to save Man United in the 62nd minute. Just 1 minute later, Stoke equalized the score with another goal by Choupo-Moting. In the lead to Man United's goal, Phil Jones was a bad signing.

    After that, coach Mourinho made 3 substitutions to Man United's attack, but his substitution plans were not effective.

    Lukaku's unfortunate miss when only about 5m from the goal in the 81st minute was the most notable moment in the remaining time of the match created by Man United.

    Despite a broken winning streak since the beginning of the season, Man United are still at the top of the Premier League table with 10 points, equal with Man City. Meanwhile, Stoke City temporarily rose to 10th place with 5 points in hand.

    Lineup:

    Stoke City (3-4-2): Butland; Zouma, Cameron (Martins indi 46), Wimmer; Diouf, Allen, Fletcher, Pieters; Shaqiri, Choupo-Moting; Jese Rodriguez (Berahino 76).

    Man United (4-3-3): De Gea; Valencia, Bailly, Jones, Darmian; Herrera (Martial 72), Matic, Pogba; Mkhitaryan (Lingard 86), Lukaku, Rashford ( Mata 72).

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