“We knew we were creating chances, but we weren’t putting them away”, said Dummett. I didn’t think they would sell, but we are delighted they have done and we have got him.
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“We have scored three goals and got one point”.
Rooney’s second looked to have won it for Louis van Gaal’s side but Dummett salvaged the draw with what should be the best goal of his career.
However, former Red Devils defender May feels that Mourinho could have to change his philosophy should he be appointed as Van Gaal’s successor at United in the future.
Rooney, who edged to within eight goals of Sir Bobby Charlton’s club record of 249 with a double at St James’ Park, admitted that his side had to find a balance between attack and defence after a game which went some of the way towards exciting the travelling fans.
Chris Smalling’s bad foul gave Newcastle a penalty which was converted by Aleksandar Mitrovic bringing the score to 2-2.
Newcastle boss Steve McClaren, who said he “couldn’t believe” the penalty awarded against Mbemba, was delighted with the way his players, watched by new signings Jonjo Shelvey and Henri Saivet, fought for their point.
With seconds left of regulation time, United failed to clear and Paul Dummett advanced from left back to fire in a fierce shot from the edge of the area that deflected into the top corner.
“We’re always trying to create chances”, said the England striker.
“Going forward, we’ll take the positives, and if we show the same spirit from start to finish in every game, we won’t go far wrong”.
“You can say the referee makes a decision with the penalty that is maybe a big question mark, but we could have finished the game ourselves much earlier”, said Van Gaal.
“You can see on the pitch how easily he moves”. “We have given it away”. Before that we are running behind and you have to push forwards, you have to push the ball under pressure, and then you get these kinds of things.
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“I also scored against Palace in the Cup, but both my Premier League goals have been important ones, so I’m pretty happy right now though obviously, we would have liked the three points”. An ankle injury sustained at the end of November kept him out for nearly a month before he was omitted from Van Gaal’s starting line-up for United’s Boxing Day defeat at Stoke City.
