A double from Marcus Rashford helped Manchester United to overcome goalkeeper Dean Henderson’s early gaffe at his former club Sheffield and earn a 3-2 victory in the Premier League on Thursday.
The result left the hosts with only one point after 13 games, the worst start any team has made since the English league began in 1888.
But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United side kicked off a crucial run of six matches in 16 days in familiar fashion, by winning a sixth away league game after falling behind.
They jumped to sixth in the standings, five points behind leader Liverpool with a game in hand.
Henderson, 23, made just his second Premier League start for the Red Devils.
There was no sign of danger when captain Harry Maguire played a return pass to him.
But he dawdled enough for Oliver Burke to close him down and flick the ball into the path of David McGoldrick to score the opener from close range after five minutes.
It was a remarkable error by the former Sheffield United loanee, whose brief hopes of the goal being ruled out were ended when the video assistant referee ruled against a possible handball.
The Blades were forced into a change as veteran defender Phil Jagielka came on for Sander Berge, but the 12th minute rejig did not throw them off kilter.
John Fleck hit a low left-footed shot just wide of Henderson’s goal after being left free on the edge of the box at the end of a fine team move.
Rashford lifted a shot over an onrushing Aaron Ramsdale and the crossbar in a rare threatening moment from the visitors.
It was a poor finish for which the forward made amends in style seven minutes later.
Rashford, 23, peeled off his man and raced on to a superb, raking ball by Victor Lindelof from his own half, with the lashing his finish past Ramsdale in the 26th.
United went ahead in the 33rd.
Having been met by a lofted ball into the box by Paul Pogba, Ramsdale failed to deal with a mishit effort by Anthony Martial and the Frenchman was able to slot into an empty net.
Martial headed over in the early stages of a second half that saw the Blades’ hopes of a comeback dwindle further in the 51st minute.
Pogba cut out a misplaced throw-in, turned smartly and produced a smooth pirouette to start a break from deep in the United half.
Referee Michael Oliver allowed play to continue when Mason Greenwood was fouled in the middle of a fine team move that ended with Rashford beating Ramsdale.
Sheffield United pulled one back in the 87th minute as Lindelof’s header ricocheted back off McGoldrick into the goal.
And Henderson then made amends for his early mistake by thwarting Mousset in stoppage time to hold the win.
The UAE squad for the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
The jiu-jitsu men’s team: Faisal Al Ketbi, Zayed Al Kaabi, Yahia Al Hammadi, Taleb Al Kirbi, Obaid Al Nuaimi, Omar Al Fadhli, Zayed Al Mansoori, Saeed Al Mazroui, Ibrahim Al Hosani, Mohammed Al Qubaisi, Salem Al Suwaidi, Khalfan Belhol, Saood Al Hammadi.
Women’s team: Mouza Al Shamsi, Wadeema Al Yafei, Reem Al Hashmi, Mahra Al Hanaei, Bashayer Al Matrooshi, Hessa Thani, Salwa Al Ali.
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The Sinopharm vaccine was created using techniques that have been around for decades.
“This is an inactivated vaccine. Simply what it means is that the virus is taken, cultured and inactivated," said Dr Nawal Al Kaabi, chair of the UAE's National Covid-19 Clinical Management Committee.
"What is left is a skeleton of the virus so it looks like a virus, but it is not live."
This is then injected into the body.
"The body will recognise it and form antibodies but because it is inactive, we will need more than one dose. The body will not develop immunity with one dose," she said.
"You have to be exposed more than one time to what we call the antigen."
The vaccine should offer protection for at least months, but no one knows how long beyond that.
Dr Al Kaabi said early vaccine volunteers in China were given shots last spring and still have antibodies today.
“Since it is inactivated, it will not last forever," she said.
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Women’s bantamweight
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Welterweight
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Featherweight
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Super heavyweight
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