Sanchez Off The Mark As Man Utd Sink Huddersfield

In the late match at the Emirates Stadium, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a debut goal and Aaron Ramsey netted his first hat-trick to give Arsenal a thrilling 5-1 victory over Everton. “It is very good and positive signs”.

He was, however, to go seven games without finding the target at one stage, while contributing just one effort in 12, but has opened the new year with three goals in five outings.

Jose Mourinho made a big call in dropping Paul Pogba for Manchester United’s clash with Huddersfield, for sure, but it still offered academy graduate Scott McTominay an excellent opportunity to prove himself.

United had to wait until the 55th-minute to take the lead against the Terriers through Romelu Lukaku before Alexis Sanchez converted a penalty at the second attempt to double their lead on 68 minutes.

“No Pogba but we have McTominay”, said Mourinho during NBC’s coverage of the 3pm kick-off.

On the other hand, Huddersfield have earned plenty of admirers for their style of football this season, but head coach David Wagner will be concerned by his team’s disappointing run of form as the business end of the campaign draws closer.

Alexis Sanchez scores on his Manchester United home debut to help the Red Devils to a 2-0 victory over Huddersfield Town.

Sanchez won a penalty after a clumsy challenge just inside the area by substitute Michael Hefele and, although his spot-kick was saved by Lossl, the rebound came straight back to the former Arsenal star and he swept it home with minimal fuss.

“I don’t think it is a dream goal for Alexis”, United manager Jose Mourinho said. We now have fixtures at home where we have to get this atmosphere and this vibe in the dressing room, in the stands and in the Town that’s all about surviving in the Premier League.

Pep Guardiola absolved Raheem Sterling of the blame for Manchester City’s failure to win at Burnley.

All the pre-match talk was about the AWOL Algerian, who has not been seen by the club since his proposed move to Manchester City collapsed on Wednesday.