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Twitter Reacts as Manchester United Profit From Newcastle's Festive Gifts

It seemed like a Premier League upset was on the cards heading into Manchester United's clash with Newcastle at Old Trafford.

The Red Devils tend to struggle against the so-called lesser sides, - no offence Watford, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth and many more, while Steve Bruce's Newcastle love a good giant killing.


So did Newcastle deliver?

No, they did not.


Instead they overindulged on the giving spirit of Christmas by gifting Manchester United four goals as the Red Devils moved up to sixth in the table.


Before the game it seemed the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was confident thanks to United's good record on Boxing Day.


Man Utd fans however, were slightly less sure of themselves...

The announcement that Andreas Perreira was being brought into the team did little to help their nerves.

Newcastle had some team news of their own with the announcement that the Longstaff brothers were back to start alongside each other once again.

And some it's fair to say fans were excited.

​​They were less excited about Sean's fashion choices though...

​​​​The game got off to a feisty start as Scott McTominay went in the book after just 24 seconds!

​​Newcastle looked the brighter side though, and when Matty Longstaff repeated his goalscoring heroics from his debut back in October twitter went into meltdown...

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​​So the scene was set. Newcastle 1-0 up after a Matty Longstaff goal, history couldn't be repeating itself, could it?

Well not with the Magpies showing this much festive generosity, as Martin Dubravka let an Anthony Martial shot slip straight through his fingers just seven minutes later.

​​Then up stepped Manchester United's latest academy product, 18 year-old Mason Greenwood, to put the Red Devils in front.

This was his fourth goal in a fortnight, so as you can imagine with a hot young prospect, twitter offered a calm and measured response...

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​​Marcus Rashford then got in on the act, leaving some wondering whether a front three of him Greenwood and Martial was the way forward for United.

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​​Martial then delivered the knockout blow to make it 4-1 on Boxing Day (eh, see what we did there?) thanks to another Newcastle error.

​​This led some to question whether Man U were so far ahead because they were playing well or whether it was just because Newcastle were playing badly.

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​​Not much else happened in the game after that apart from Paul Pogba's return to Old Trafford from injury.

It's fair to say he got a positive response.

​​With that kind of talent, surely Ole will be starting him in two days time against Burnley.


Source : 90min