MARTIAL RESCUES POINT WITH FIRST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GOAL



Anthony Martial scored his initial Champions League goal to seal a 1-1 draw for Manchester United in Wednesday's trip to CSKA Moscow.
Seydou Doumbia place the house facet ahead within quarter of AN hour once turning home the rebound from Roman Eremenko's saved penalty, that Martial had conceded with a unneeded handball.
The France international ransomed his error within the half with a fine headed equaliser – his initial career goal within the competition once precisely eleven hours of action.
United set possession for the bulk, however it absolutely was AN encounter low on quality, with CSKA diligent in their defensive duties and therefore the guests too typically lackadaisical on the ball.
Memphis Depay – overlooked of the beginning XI once more – was thrown on for the ultimate ten minutes, however the guests couldn't notice the winning goal to require them level on points with Wolfsburg at the highest of the cluster.
Martial had AN early penalty shout waved away once tumbling harassed, however the France international was censurable in his own enclose the fifteenth minute, inexplicably raising a hand to dam Mario Fernandes' arrange to keep the ball live.
Eremenko's spot-kick was fantastically saved by David Diamond State Gea low to his right, however Doumbia pounced on the rebound to place CSKA ahead once a sort deflection off the goalkeeper's legs.
De Gea saved United on the unit of time mark, tipping Ahmed Musa's curling effort from thirty yards over the crossbar as Joseph Louis Barrow van Gaal's facet contend at a remarkably pedestrian pace.
Wayne Rooney's flick goalwards once thirty three minutes – their initial shot of the match – following Antonio Valencia's cross was blocked by Igor Akinfeev and therefore the European country captain curled wide moments later, however United looked in need of concepts against CSKA's deep line of defense.
United continued  to dominate possession once the break however Rooney's header, from a Ander Herrera cross, into the arms of Akinfeev from shut vary was their solely meaning likelihood before the hour mark.
Champions League debutant Jesse Lingard unloved an excellent likelihood to equalise once being contend through by Herrera as his low end towards the so much corner was hit tamely, before Eremenko unemployed straight at Diamond State Gea on a rare break forward for the hosts.
Herrera was starting to dictate matters within the final third and therefore the Spaniard contend a vital role once United finally found AN equaliser. His precise ball to Valencia gave the Republic of Ecuador international space to cross for Martial, whose wonderful glancing header went in off the so much post on the far side the dive of Akinfeev.
United pushed forward for a winner and Akinfeev reacted well to parry the ball faraway from substitute Marouane Fellaini once Depay's cross, however CSKA control out for a draw, keeping them level with Van Gaal's facet on four points from 3 games in group B.
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