Leeds:Substitutes Fred and Anthony Elanga scored in the final 20 minutes as Manchester United survived a second-half scare to beat Leeds United 4-2 at Elland Road, here on Sunday.
United shot into a two-nil lead before the break thanks to goals from Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes. But Leeds responded superbly in the second half to level the score.
Quickfire goals from both Rodrigo and Raphinha had pulled Marcelo Bielsa's side level before Fred and Elanga ensured that the Red Devils secured all three points.
It was the hosts who carved open the first real chance of the game after just five minutes, as Mateusz Klich cleverly found Jack Harrison unmarked with a lofted through pass. But he failed to trouble David De Gea however, firing his effort wide of the mark, according to a report on Manchester United's official website.
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After Paul Pogba came close to scoring, Adam Forshaw then troubled United goalkeeper De Gea, before Pogba worked his magic down the left flank to get to the byline and pick out Cristiano Ronaldo just before the half-hour mark, but CR7 was denied superbly by Meslier to keep the scores level.
Fernandes tried his luck from the edge of the area in another attempt to test the Leeds' ever-busy goalkeeper, forcing the 21-year-old to push his effort out for a corner.
And from the resulting set-piece the Manchesrer team took the lead, Shaw's wicked out-swinging delivery was superbly met by his countryman Maguire as he headed home only his second goal of the season and United's first from a corner of 2021/22.
As the half-time whistle approached it was Rangnick's men who began to take a strong foothold in the game.
In the last minute of the six-minute added time, United scored their second goal. Slick build-up play involving both Victor Lindelof and Sancho allowed the latter to pick out an unmarked Fernandes, who nodded home.