Daily Express - 02.09.2019

MICHAEL DAWSON compared Forest head coach

Sabri Lamouchi to Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino.

When asked whether Lamouchi reminded him of

any other manager, skipper Dawson said: “I had a

short spell with Mauricio at Spurs before I left, and

yes, his thoroughness and way of playing.”

Forest went behind to a Billy Bodin first-half goal

but Albert Adomah equalised in the 79th minute.

Preston manager Alex Neil said: “Forest did the

scrappy bits better than us.”

JANINE SELF

SCOTLAND goalkeeper David Marshall is happy to

have finally put his horror month behind him.

The Latics keeper leaked 11 goals in five games but

made three sublime saves to thwart the Tykes.

“It was good to get my first clean sheet,” said

Marshall, who made three mistakes in the 3-1 loss at

QPR. “The second half at QPR was one of the worst

halves of football I’ve had, to be honest.”

Barnsley’s Ben Williams was sent off but defender

Toby Sibbick said: “We’re happy with a point.”

NEIL GOULDING

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1 PRESTON 1

WIGAN 0 BARNSLEY 0

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By Jon West

Picture: ASH DONELON

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SOUTHAMPTON

MAN UTD

should play all

the way through

the game. You’ve

seen the confidence of the

players when they went down

to 10 men. They seemed like

they wanted the ball, everyone

wanted to create a chance.

“We did enough in that 15

minutes to score a

goal. We’ve got to

be more clinical.

We had numerous

crosses, numerous

balls across the box,

we just needed to

stick one in.”

United had just

the right start at

St Mary’s, as the excellent Scott

McTominay found James and

he stepped inside to curl home

for a lovely goal, the youngster’s

third in his first four games.

But United did not build on

that goal as Saints floundered,

with keeper Angus Gunn twice

denying James, Wan-Bissaka

blazing over and Marcus

Rashford also missing the target.

After the break,

Saints improved, as

Che Adams wasted

a glorious chance

and Danny Ings saw

his glancing header

well saved by

David De Gea.

But United once

again, as has

happened too often this season,

failed to clear their lines and

Jannik Vestergaard headed

Saints level with a goal that will

have annoyed manager Ole

Gunnar Solskjaer.

Danso’s dismissal galvanised

United again but Gunn

remained defiant.

In Wales starlet James, United

look to have uncovered a little

gem, with his sharp shooting

and blistering pace. What they

need now is a man to tuck away

the chances. An arrogant man.

SOUTHAMPTON (4-4-2): Gunn 7; Soares 6,

Bednarek 6, Vestergaard 7, Danso 6; Ward-Prowse

6, Romeo 6, Hojbjerg 6, Boufal 7 (Armstrong 71, 6);

Adams 6 (Long 61, 6), Ings 7 (Yoshida 77, 6). Sent off:

Danso 73. Goal: Vestergaard 58.

MANCHESTER UNITED (4-2-3-1): De Gea 7;

Wan-Bissaka 7, Lindelof 6, Maguire 6, Young 7;

Pogba 6, McTominay 8 (Greenwood 82); Pereira 6

(Lingard 67, 6), Mata 7 (Matic 76), James 7; Rashford

6. Goal: James 10.

By Tony Banks

SOTON v MAN UTD

41 POSSESSION % 59

2 SHOTS ON TARGET 8

5 SHOTS OFF TARGET 9

2 CORNERS 3

0 OFFSIDES 1

17 FOULS 7

1 YELLOW CARDS 2

1 RED CARDS 0

Source: Opta

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MAGUIRE SAYS UNITED MUST

PLAY IN STYLE OF ‘KING’ ERIC

We need Cantona’s

arrogance to thrive

MANCHESTER UNITED fans

still sing affectionately about

‘King’ Eric Cantona, the

hero who helped them win

that first Premier League title

26 years ago.

They were singing it again on

Saturday at St Mary’s, just days

after the enigmatic Frenchman

puzzled the football world by

quoting Shakespeare as he won

the UEFA President’s Award.

But Harry Maguire believes

this current crop of players

need to adopt a bit of that

Cantona arrogance – that

familiar collar-up strut about

their game.

As they dropped two points

on the South coast, there was

plenty of talent on show from

the likes of 21-year-olds Daniel

James and Aaron Wan-Bissaka –

but not enough arrogance.

New United centre-

back Maguire said:

“It’s another game

we have deserved to

win. We’ve created

the majority of the

chances and we’ve

dropped two points.

“The start of our

season has been like

that. We deserved to

win at Wolves and then

conceded two shots against

Palace and they scored two.

“We can definitely improve,

especially on the ball. We gave

the ball away far too much. We

were too sloppy and we need to

improve on that and show

arrogance and be confident.

We’re Man United – we want to

control games. There were

spells where we didn’t control

the game and we got punished.”

United did get better after

Saints had Kevin Danso sent off

• but not enough and this
  morning they lie seven points
  off the top, with just one
  win from their first four games.
  Maguire said: “That’s how we

ON TARGET:

James fires in

opener – but

United lacked

the swagger of

Cantona, inset

seventh place and the

Canaries in the drop zone

after a third defeat.

The table means little at

this stage but Haller, signed

from Eintracht Frankfurt for

£36million to replace Marko

Arnautovic – who left for a

big-money deal in China –

has certainly made his

mark. Tony Cottee was the

last Hammer to score 20

top-flight goals in a season,

in 1986-87. And although

skipper Noble knows it is

early days for the

Frenchman, he is convinced

the 25-year-old has what it

takes to make more than a

short-term impact.

He said: “We don’t want

to put him under any

pressure because to replace

Marko we needed a very

good player and Seb has

WEST HAM 2 NORWICH 0

and it works. He said

he had no worries I’d

score goals at this level.

I had my reservations.

I’ve got better every

year and I’m thankful I

have the right people

around me.”

A Jonathan Leko

shot which deflected off

defender Tom McIntyre

gave Charlton the lead.

It was an unhappy

home debut for

McIntyre, who came

through the academy.

He said: “It was

emotional seeing my

family in the stands. I

believe I’m good

enough to play.”

ROBERT DUNFORD

READING 0 CHARLTON 2

team is something you

dream of.”

Kasey Palmer put

Bristol City ahead but

by the 68th minute

Boro were leading

after Britt

Assombalonga

added his

100th EFL

goal to a

Taylor Moore

own-goal.

Tommy Rowe

equalised nine

minutes from time, but

disappointed City boss

Lee Johnson said: “The

game was there for us

to win.”

RICHARD LATHAM

DAEL FRY showed his

leadership credentials

with an impressive

Middlesbrough return.

Given the armband

by Jonathan Woodgate

for his first appearance

since suffering a

hamstring tear

last April, the

defender, 22,

right, led his

home-town

club with

pride and skill.

Woodgate

said: “At some

point Dael will be

full-time captain of the

club. He knows what it

means as he’s Berwick

Hills born and bred.”

Fry said: “Leading the

Fry up for captaincy

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MARK NOBLE believes

West Ham are finally flying

because they have got rid of

the playboy parasites.

Summer signing

Sebastien Haller took

his goal tally to three

from as many games

with the opener and

Andriy Yarmolenko netted

for the first time since

September to seal the

victory. The win leaves the

Hammers flying high in

SUPER SEB:

Scorer Haller

celebrates

Haller helps Hammers turn

LYLE TAYLOR lavished

praise on manager

Lee Bowyer after his

80th-minute penalty

sealed victory and took

newly promoted

Charlton to second.

After stints at Falkirk

and Partick, Taylor, 29,

blossomed at AFC

Wimbledon before

moving across London.

Now he believes he can

get even better under

Addicks boss Bowyer.

“I don’t know how

the manager has done

it,” said Taylor, who

has five goals already.

“He’s pulled one out

of his backside again.

All the players he

brought in have bought

into what he’s doing,

Taylor hails Bowyer

SPOT ON:

Taylor seals

Addicks win