Man Utd 3-2 Newcastle: Kobbie Mainoo, Amad Diallo and Rasmus Hojlund goals earn victory for Erik ten Hag’s team

Match report and free highlights as Manchester United's 3-2 win over Newcastle means only goal difference keeps Erik ten Hag's team below the Magpies; Amad Diallo scored his first Premier League goal while Rasmus Hojlund came off the bench to win it

Amad Diallo and Rasmus Hojlund helped Manchester United to a 3-2 win over Newcastle at Old Trafford to move level on points with the Magpies.

Kobbie Mainoo's opening goal was enough to put Erik ten Hag's team in the lead at the interval but Anthony Gordon levelled things up early in the second half in an entertaining contest that was packed with chances at both ends of the pitch

How entertaining game played out

Newcastle started the game confidently enough with Manchester United looking tentative, but it was the home side who came closest before the opening goal, Alejandro Garnacho's shot on the angle being well saved by goalkeeper Martin Dubravka.

Ten Hag's team did not have to wait long, Mainoo making the breakthrough just after the half-hour mark. Amad's pass somehow snuck through to the midfielder, who calmly dispatched the ball into the net having been played onside by Kieran Trippier