Highlights: Watch Full highlights Man United 1-0 Wolves as late Varane header secures opening match Win at old Trafford

Highlights: Watch Full highlights Man United 1-0 Wolves as late Varane header secures opening match Win at old Trafford

For much of the season-opening match at Old Trafford, Wolves had Manchester United doing plenty of soul searching, locking down the Red Devils’ attack and creating chances of their own on the counter.

Yet the visitors couldn’t finish their chances to make United pay for their struggles, and in a tale as old as time, they would come to rue those mistakes.

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Raphael Varane reversed Man United’s fortunes in one fell swoop, scoring the game’s only goal on 76 minutes, leading United to a nervy but hard-earned 1-0 victory, collecting all three points to open the campaign.

Matheus Cunha shredded the United midfield on multiple occasions, barreling down their throats over and over in transition. Yet he also had the game’s biggest miss, one of at least three chances Wolves should have put away.

In truth, United should have been punished at the very end, but were let off the hook by a disastrous refereeing decision from Simon Hooper and his VAR, who decided not to award a penalty to Wolves deep in stoppage time.

In the end, Man United manager Erik ten Hag can breathe easy knowing his side escaped with all three points, but he clearly has more work to do if they are hoping to challenge for the Premier League title this season.

Man United (4-2-3-1, right to left): 24. Onana (GK) — 29. Wan-Bissaka, 19. Varane, 6. L. Martinez (Lindelof, 46′), 23. Shaw — 18. Casemiro, 7. Mount (Eriksen, 68′) — 21. Antony (Pellistri, 78′), 8. Fernandes, 49. Garnacho (Sancho, 68′) — 10. Rashford (McTominay, 87′).

Wolves (4-4-1-1, right to left): 1. Sa (GK) — 22. Semedo, 15. Dawson, 23. Kilman, 3. Ait-Nouri (Bueno, 79′) — 27. Nunes, 5. Lemina, 35. Gomes (Kalajdzic, 88′), 7. Neto — 21. Sarabia (Hwang, 63′) — 12. Cunha (F. Silva, 79′).

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Final: Man United 1-0 Wolves
It’s hard to overstate how lucky Manchester United are to collect three points in this match. Not only were they let off the hook by a number of misses from Wolves in the final third, but Wolves absolutely should have won a penalty in stoppage time.

There’s just no other way to put it other than a calamitous error from referee Simon Hooper and the VAR crew at Old Trafford. Goalkeeper Andre Onana clearly fouled Sasa Kalajdzic deep in stoppage time, but both Hooper and the VAR let it go.

The Red Devils were poor, but they secure the victory. Incredible drama, but you feel for Wolves players, coaches, and fans who will be flabbergasted how they have not come away from this game with any points