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78 min: Forest double-substitution: Anthony Elanga and Nicolas Dominguez on for goalscorers Chris Wood and Morgan Gibbs-White. 75 min: Manchester United double-substitution: Joshua Zirkzee and Mason Mount come on, with Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte making way. 74 min: Lisandro Martinez tries his luck with a speculative long-range effort from distance but it’s blocked by Morato. United look a little bit like they are running out of ideas but are about to bring on a couple more substitutes to freshen things up. 72 min: Manuel Ugarte coughs up cheap possession to Forest in midfield, but Gibbs-White is unable to capitalise. United win the ball back. 70 min: Murillo fails to intercept a Rashford cross into the Forest penalty area but is helped out by his mate, Milenkovic. 69 min: Kobbie Mainoo runs into traffic on the edge of the Forest penalty area as he tries to barge his way through and loses the ball. 68 min: Nottingham Forest susbtitution: Morato replaces Jota Silva as Forest attempt to protect their lead by bringing on an extra central defender. 65 min: Manchester United double-substitution: Harry Maguire and Noussair Mazraoui on for De Ligt and Yoro. 63 min: Amad did well in the build-up to that goal, receiving a pass from Fernandes in the Forest penalty area, chopping inside Neco Williams and playing it back to the Portuguese, whose shot was curling away from Sels. Manchester United score! Fernandes starts and finishes a move, linking up with Amad before firing the ball home past Matz Sels from a couple of yards outside the area. 60 min: Chris Wood gets in behind De Ligt and sends a low diagonal effort across the face of goal and trundling wide of the far post. He’ll be disappointed with that but was offside anyway. 58 min: Manchester United substitution: Marcus Rashford comes on for Alejandro Garnacho, who is not happy at being replaced. He sits on the steps of the dugout, rempoving his boots while shaking his head. He’s played quite well, to be fair, so his displeasure is understandable. 57 min: Their tails up and Manchester United reduced to a collective nervous wreck, Forest attack again with Hudson-Odoi on the ball. It finds its way to Gibbs-White, who fires over the bar on this occasion. 55 min: A tip of the hat to Morgan Gibbs-White, who picked out Wood with a whipped cross to the far post from the right in the build-up to that weird goal. Forest extend their lead! Onana looks to be at fault again, bamboozled by a looping far post header from Chris Wood that creeps inside the other upright … mainly because Lisandro Martinez thought it was going wide and allowed it to do so. 51 min: The original error leading to that goal came when Bruno Fernandes and Leny Yoro got their wires crossed, allowing Callum Hudson-Odoi to steal the ball and play it inside to Gibbs-White, who spanked his low shot past Onana from outside the penalty area. 50 min: An outstanding performer for United this season, Andre Onana will not want want to see that one again. The ball seemed to go right through him, as if he was a hologram. Perhaps he expected Morgan Gibbs-White to aim for the corner, rather than smack the ball straight down the centre. Forest restore their lead! Morgan Gibbs-White fires a low, straight shot from just outside the area past Andre Onana, who looked like he’d be able to throw his hat on the ball but somehow lets it fizz past him. The United goalkeeper looked weirdly wrongfooted when he had no reason to be. The shot was straight at him! 48 min: There are on changes in personnel on either side, in case you’re wondering. 46 min: Play resumes with United on the front foot. Ugarte tries to slip Dalot in behind with a nicely weighted ball to the byline but the United right wing-back is unable to keep it in play. It’s all square at the break: Nikola Milenkovic gave Forest an early lead with his first goal for the club, taking advantage of United’s defensive frailties at corners to nod his side ahead. Rasmus Hojlund equalised as United asserted their dominance, while both Jota Silva and Bruno Fernandes struck the woodwork. The sides are level at Old Trafford, which seems about fair. 45 min: Matz Sels wellies the ball upfield, where De Ligt leaps to send a not entirely convincing header back in the direction of his goalkeeper, Andre Onana. 42 min: Replays of that Fernades free-kick show Matz Sels got a couple of finger-tips to the ball before it thumped off the cross-bar. 41 min: Ugarte tries to play Garnacho through on goal with a ball over the top but Murillo tidies up at the back for Forest. 39 min: … and whips his effort off the woodwork. It’s a great effort but no cigar for the Portuguese midfielder on this occasion. 38 min: Milenkovic needlessly shoves Hojlund to the ground and concedes a free-kick about five yards outside the Forest penalty area, a little left of centre. Fernandes stands over the ball … 36 min: An update on the worrying news coming out of West Ham earlier today. The Guardian’s Jacob Steinberg reports that Michail Antonio is in a stable condition in hospital after being involved in a traffic accident. According to Jacob, West Ham say their striker is “conscious and communicating”. 33 min: Jota Silva is in the thick of all the current action and on this occasion sends a shot over the bar, the ball taking a crucial deflection off De Ligt on its way into the Stretford End. From the corner, Murillo fires narrowly wide after getting on the end of a Silva pull-back from the byline after United had failed to clear the inswinger. 32 min: Fernandes whips the ball towards Hojlund, who had darted towards the near post. Anderson heads the ball out for a corner and Fernades’s subsequent delivery is poor. 31 min: Jota Silva is booked for dragging out of Alejandro Garnacho’s shirt as the Manchester United winger tried to escape his clutches. Free-kick for United, wide on the left. 30 min: Fernandes whips the dead ball to the far post, where it’s cleared by the head of Elliot Anderson. 28 min: Garnacho is bodychecked by Ryan Yates on the right side of the Forest penalty area, just outside, and wins a free-kick for United. 27 min: Jota Silva heads against the woodwork from about 10 yards out after connecting with a Ryan Yates header across the face of goal at a Nottingham Forest free-kick. Onana was beaten but the post saved United. 25 min: Jota Silva ships what looks like an accidental elbow in the chops from Mathijs De Ligt as the duo contest a loose ball and goes to ground. The Forest winger checks his lip for blood, doesn’t appear to find any and the “foul” goes unpunished. 22 min: Leny Yoro plays the ball to Amad on the right touchline as United build from the back. They advance upfield and on the other side of the pitch, Diogo Dialot tries to pick out Hojlund with a chipped pass from near the byline. Forest clear. 21 min: Amad tries to cut into the Forest penalty area from the right but is dispossessed by Neco Williams.