No Wayne Rooney, no Anthony Martial, no problem. Deprived of their two leading forwards, Manchester Unitedwilled themselves to a 2-1 victory at Vicarage Road thanks to a moment of late drama.


It had seemed that United were going to regret their profligate finishing when Troy Deeney hauled Watford level with a penalty after Marcos Rojo’s needless foul on Odion Ighalo.
They had missed several chances after Memphis Depay’s early goal and it would have been a frustrating afternoon for Louis van Gaal if his side had not roused themselves for a desperate assault on the Watfordgoal in stoppage time, Bastian Schweinsteiger turning a loose ball goalwards and Deeney bundling it over the line. It will go down as an own goal.