CRISTIANO RONALDO has had a goal disallowed for offside after Newcastle hit the post TWICE.
Cristiano Ronaldo starts as for United and the Portuguese superstar get his reward after scoring his 700th club career goal against Everton last weekend.
Marcus Rashford is dropped to the bench after being given an earful by Erik ten Hag over taking his chances.
David de Gea makes his 500th appearance for the Red Devils and has been given a commemorative present by Old Trafford legend Alex Stepney.
- Kick-off time: 2pm UK
- Man Utd team: De Gea, Dalot, Martinez, Varane, Shaw, Fred, Casemiro, Fernandes, Sancho, Antony, Ronaldo
- Newcastle team: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn, Guimaraes, Longstaff, Joelinton, Murphy, Almiron, Wilson
- TV channel/live stream: The game is not being broadcast on TV in the UK
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Man Utd 0 – 0 Newcastle
61, Antony cuts inside and shoots but its straight at Pope who comfortably saves.
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59, No penalty!
VAR agrees with the referee on this occasion.
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58, Jadon Sancho is down in the box and asking for a penalty.
He is claiming that he was clipped by Sean longstaff.
VAR is taking a look…
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56, Manchester United have been much improved since the half time break but they are struggling to find a way past Newcastle's stubborn defence.
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54, Ronaldo is appealing for a penalty after he was tackled by Trippier inside the box.
It did look clumsy by Trippier but the referee waves away Ronaldo's protests.
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50, There's a bit of confusion here as Ronaldo thinks that Newcastle have taken the resulting free kick, touches the ball around the dumbfounded Nick Pope and rolls the ball into the goal for a second time in a minute.
The Manchester United players are protesting that the goal should stand but the referee shows Ronaldo a yellow card.
That was strange.
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48, Ronaldo has the ball in the back of the net but it's ruled out for offside.
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47, It's the visitors who have started the brighter of the two teams.
Callum Wilson fires a shot wide after Fred has the ball nicked off him just outside his own penalty area.
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46, Newcastle get us back underway here at Old Trafford.
No changes from either manager at the break.
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Up for grabs
Both team still feel as if the match is there for them in the second half.
Joelinton went closest for the visitors in the first 45, while Antony was a menace down the right for Manchester united.
Can either side find the bit of attacking quality that has so far been lacking?
The second half is coming up next!
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Ronaldo and Sir Alex
Cristiano Ronaldo was presented with a commemorative plate by his former manager before kick off in recognition of the forward scoring his 700th club career goal in midweek.
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Joelinton miss
The Newcastle midfielder missed tow glorious chances in quick succession to put his side ahead at Old Trafford.
The second chance in particular should have been a formality for a player of his quality.
No wonder he gave up on being a striker!
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Half-Time! Man Utd 0 – 0 Newcastle
We're goalless at the break.
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45+2, Dan Burn just can't deal with Antony.
The Brazilian pulls off a wonderful dummy to beat the Newcastle defender on the right wing but again he can't find the final ball.
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45, We're going to have three minutes of added time at the end of the first half.
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45, Antony gets in down the right again but his cross for Ronaldo is just too high.
The home team are getting closer!
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43, Dan Burn picks up a booking for a foul on Ronaldo.
It looked fairly innocuous at first viewing but on the replay it's clear that the Newcastle defender left one on the Manchester United star.
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41, It's Manchester United's turn to put the pressure onNewcastle now.
Newcastle are struggling to keep track of Sancho and Antony, with the two wingers looking for a way past the Newcastle back line.
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37, Pope saves from Antony!
Jadon Sancho has looked bright on the left so far this afternoon and he's involved again as his through ball finds Antony in the box, but the Brazilian can't beat Pope from a tight angle.
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Man Utd 0 – 0 Newcastle
36, Joelinton is still down receiving treatment.
There's going to be plenty of time added on at the end of the half.
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Man Utd 0 – 0 Newcastle
34, There's another Newcastle player lying on the pitch here.
This time it's Joelinton who is claiming he was caught by Antony's trailing arm.
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32, It's still all to play for here as we pass the half hour mark.
Can either team find an opener before half-time?
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Man Utd 0 – 0 Newcastle
29, There's a little altercation between Lisandro Martinez and Callum Wilson but the referee doesn't feel as if he needs to get involved.
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Man Utd 0 – 0 Newcastle
28, Ronaldo gets in behind the Newcastle defence but his attempted lob of Nick Pope is cleared before it bounces over the line.
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Man Utd 0 – 0 Newcastle
23, Tripper's free kick hits the wall but he floats the ball back into the box for Joelinton who's header hits the crossbar.
Joelinton then gets a second chance with De Gea still on the ground but hits the post.
How are Newcastle not one up???
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