Cunha scores dramatic late goal to rescue Man United draw at struggling Fulham

[p]The motivation of both sides to kickstart their respective seasons with a result here was clear in a first half which had everything but goals.[/p][p]The action started with a fabulous volley from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martinez-lisandro/GIzJAqQs/"]Lisandro Martinez[/a] which was palmed away from the corner by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leno-bernd/jwRV63z0/"]Bernd Leno[/a], before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]United[/a]’s strong spell culminated in Bruno Fernandes knocking it against the post from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matheus-cunha/bq5QzRdb/"]Cunha[/a]’s pull-back.[/p][p]But [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fulham/69ZiU2Om/"]Fulham[/a] responded by peppering their opponent’s goal with attempts, first when Alex Iwobi looped a cross over to Josh King at the far post, but his shot was too close to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lammens-senne/UFssg7X4/"]Senne Lammens[/a].[/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="6a0f96c8-21b2-42c7-ab9e-6b44510813cb" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="cee9520d-902d-46de-90d8-fc64dab64869" original-width="2160" original-height="2702" /][p]The Belgian international stopper was on hand again to keep out a rasping effort from Sander Berge, before Oscar Bobb pulled wide following a brilliant turn past Martínez.[/p][p]King’s next shot, right-footed across goal after Iwobi’s pass, was also toed away by Lammens, while a long shot from Cunha took a deflection off Berge and forced Leno to tip the ball onto the post at the other end.[/p][p]A couple of wayward efforts from Marcus Rashford, still looking for his first goal since returning to United, completed a remarkable tally of 26 total first-half shots, the most in any PL match so far this season.[/p][p]That trend completely reversed at the restart though, with over 15 minutes elapsing before the first attempt of the half, but the opener nevertheless came shortly afterwards.[/p][p][b]Calvin Bassey wrestled it off Cunha and stormed towards goal, his shot being saved by Lammens but then calamitously poked by Martinez into his own net.[/b][/p][p]Leno made sure that strikes from both [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbeumo-bryan/8KDrOl80/"]Bryan Mbeumo[/a] and Cunha didn’t find the net as United rallied to respond, but there was little he could do about the equaliser with just moments of normal time remaining.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="a6b968b3-9b47-4e4f-a388-75e956ba4d13" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="504fb0ce-b2b3-4164-96e6-f715df3a9c91" original-width="2160" original-height="2702" /][p][b]Cunha’s hit from distance took a heavy deflection off David Affengruber and rolled into the net, well clear of Leno’s trailing leg for the Brazilian’s fifth career H2H goal.[/b][/p][p]There were fears among the home crowd of United completing their turnaround, but Fulham held firm for a point.[/p][p]Their side nevertheless miss out on what would have been just a second win in 22 top-flight meetings with United, while the Red Devils can’t avoid equalling their lowest-ever points tally after five matches of a season in the PL era.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lammens-senne/UFssg7X4/"]Senne Lammens[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]Manchester United[/a])[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/fulham-69ZiU2Om/manchester-utd-ppjDR086/?mid=vq6T9aFr"][b]Click here for all the stats of the match[/b][/a].[/p]