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KOPSKOTE: Nottingham Forest kap Manchester Utd op with headers at Old Trafford

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LADUMA: Forest’s Nikola Milenkovic scores their first goal

BY PHILIP O’CONNOR

Manchester United’s weakness from set pieces was exploited again as they fell to a 3-2 Premier League defeat by Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford on Saturday, continuing a rocky start under new coach Ruben Amorim.

Forest’s first win at Old Trafford in 30 years moves them up to fifth in the standings on 25 points, while United are in 13th place on 19 points after a disjointed display that featured some glaring defensive errors.

Of the swak performance, Amorim says: “Tough game in a tough moment, but we have to continue the job.”

Having conceded from two corners to Arsenal in a 2-0 defeat in midweek, United went behind from another corner within two minutes as Forest defender Nikola Milenkovic easily out-jumped Lisandro Martinez to head his first goal for the club.

United levelled in the 18th minute when Alejandro
Garnacho’s initial shot was saved, but Danish striker Rasmus Hojlund pounced to slot home the rebound to ignite the home crowd.

TOUGH MOMENT: Ruben Amorim

The hosts started the
second half equally badly and again they conceded within two minutes as Bruno Fernandes lost the ball. It was quickly fed to Morgan Gibbs-White, whose low bouncing drive somehow took Andre Onana by surprise and flew past him into the net.

The United keeper was at fault again seven minutes later when Forest scored from a scrappy attack, Chris Wood sending a looping header over him and into the net to leave Onana and Martinez looking at each other in frustration after another sloppy goal.

Playmaker and captain Fernandes redeemed himself just after the hour mark, scoring with a superb shot from the edge of the box but despite being United’s best player for much of the game, he was replaced in the 76th minute by Mason Mount.

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