Under-pressure head coach Ruben Amorim reached his 50th game in charge with a calming 2-0 victory over Sunderland at a rain-lashed Old Trafford. Mason Mount struck after eight minutes and Benjamin Sesko added a poacher’s second as Manchester United secured their first clean sheet of the season and a third consecutive home win, a rarity in recent years.
There was a first-half scare when referee Stuart Attwell awarded Sunderland a penalty for a high boot on Trai Hume, only to overturn it after a VAR review. On a day of gusts and downpours, United were efficient and largely untroubled, while Sunderland stayed alive thanks to Robin Roefs’ excellent saves, but never quite discovered the cutting edge to turn pressure into jeopardy for the hosts.
The result nudges United up to eighth, one point behind sixth-placed Sunderland, and offers Amorim a rare pocket of calm heading into the international break and a daunting trip to Liverpool thereafter.
An early goal that reset the mood