Manchester United 1-1 Stoke: Premier League as it happened

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So a real smash and grab effort from Stoke at the end there, but Hughes won't mind one bit as he seeks to restore confidence after such a dismal start to the season. Allen's late equaliser will provide a much-needed boost for all concerned heading into the international break, although that first win needs to come soon.

Mourinho, meanwhile, will wonder how his side were unable to secure their fourth successive victory in all competitions. They were comfortably the superior team, particularly throughout the first half, and created numerous opportunities to put the game to bed. However, a combination of lacklustre finishing and great goalkeeping from Grant has ultimately cost them two points.

Full-time

Manchester United 1-1 Stoke

Rooney drives forward but elects to lay the ball wide for Valencia rather than take on a shot himself. The Ecuadorian's cross is headed away by Martins Indi and the full-time whistle sounds.

Shawcross makes a crucial block and United have a corner in stoppage time. Nothing comes of it, however, as Pogba is rightly penalised for climbing on his marker.

Hughes sends on ex-United defender Phil Bardsley for Shaqiri. Four minutes of added time for Stoke to hold out.

Woodwork!

Rashford delivers an absolute peach of a cross for Pogba, who crashes a header against the crossbar. So close.

United, who have introduced Memphis in place of Herrera, come roaring back and Grant saves Ibrahimovic's latest effort after the Swede is set up by Pogba.

The away end erupts into a hearty rendition of 'Delilah' as Stoke net an equaliser against the run of play.

Johnson's deflected shot is spilled in uncharacteristically sloppy fashion by De Gea and Walters keeps the attack alive with a ball back across goal that deflects off the crossbar.

Crouch is unable to apply the necessary finishing touch, but Allen is on hand to fire home from close range.

Goal: Manchester United 1-1 Stoke (Joe Allen)

Shawcross body checks Martial and Rooney's low, right-footed free-kick is well held by Grant.

Arnautovic requires treatment on an apparent knee injury after being caught by Herrera. He looks to be struggling and is quickly replaced by Walters.

Crouch also comes on for the largely ineffective Bony, whose confidence-sapping goal drought will continue for another week at least.

Stoke need him to become far more effective. Quickly.

After enjoying arguably their most positive spell of the afternoon, Stoke are now on the ropes. A vital block from Martins Indi prevents compatriot Blind from adding to the lead.

Mourinho's double attacking change swiftly pays off. The ball is played towards Rooney and Cameron's attempted interception rolls into the path of Martial, who curls a first-time shot into the top corner with his right foot.

Excellent strike.

Goal: Manchester United 1-0 Stoke (Anthony Martial)

Ibrahimovic, faced down by Whelan, becomes frustrated with a lack of movement in behind Stoke's backline and produces his own low shot that goes narrowly wide.

Lingard tees up Herrera for a fizzing low drive that flies agonisingly wide of Grant's right-hand post.

Rooney and Martial replace Mata and Lingard.

Stoke are winning plenty of free-kicks in dangerous areas but again they fail to take advantage. Rooney and Martial are both preparing to come on for United.

Ibrahimovic is cautioned for leading with the elbow during another uncompromising aerial duel with Shawcross.

Pogba and Mata try their luck with long-distance shots that are both dealt with by Grant.

An hour gone at Old Trafford and we are still goalless. Clear signs of frustration from United are now beginning to show. Could this be an opportunity for Stoke to improve their wretched record on this ground?

Stoke piece together their most promising move of the match so far. Shaqiri and Arnautovic combine to set up Allen, but the former Liverpool midfielder's low shot lacks power and is comfortably collected by De Gea.

That was a really promising attack and deserved a better finish.

A moment of controversy now as Herrera's studs make contact with the thigh of Allen in an ugly challenge. He is punished with a yellow card but so easily could have been sent off.

Shaqiri's latest free-kick is headed away and Whelan overruns the ball before providing a weak cross that is intercepted.

United then look to break quickly but Grant races off his line to clear.

Lingard causes more problems with his movement and looks to tee up Pogba, whose shot is deflected behind by Cameron. Mata takes the corner and the attack ends with Herrera dragging a shot well wide.

Herrera is penalised for tripping Bony. Shaqiri whips a dangerous left-footed free-kick into the box and De Gea is at full stretch to tip Martins Indi's header over the crossbar.

It would not have counted anyway, however, as the assistant referee on the far side raises his flag.

The second half is quickly upon us. No changes from Mourinho or Hughes at the break.

Stoke will be mightily relieved to get in at half-time on level terms. United, as you might expect, have been much the better side so far and only some fine goalkeeping from Grant has prevented them from breaking the deadlock.

United's attempts to launch one final attack before the break end in failure as Pieters makes a good tackle on Mata and Martins Indi tidies up a loose pass from Herrera.

The half-time whistle blows.

One minute of added time will be played at the end of this first half.

Whelan stands strong to block a fierce drive from Herrera. Martins Indi then heads clear a Valencia cross before Pogba blasts a right-footed effort over the top.

Hughes absolutely berates the officials in trademark style, despite Pogba clearly being the victim of a late challenge from Whelan.

Allen is incensed at not being awarded a free-kick near the touchline following a trip from behind by Chris Smalling.

United then launch another attack, but Pogba slips at a key moment and the ball runs through to Grant.

Allen wins a corner for Stoke and Shawcross goes down after being caught by Ibrahimovic. That will be a physical battle to watch throughout the afternoon.

Rashford then looks to release Blind down United's left-hand side, but a spot of miscommunication results in the ball trickling out of play for a goal kick.

Again United come forward but to no avail. Lingard breaks away down the right and provides a deep cross for Ibrahimovic, whose shot is blocked by Shawcross before ricocheting back off the striker and out for a goal kick.

Stoke are hanging on by a thread with just over 30 minutes on the clock.

Derby loanee Grant, making only his second top-flight appearance today at the age of 33, continues his impressive start by denying Lingard with a superb point-blank save. Smart play from Ibrahimovic to beat Martins Indi and provide the cross.

The resulting corner breaks down when Rashford's slightly lazy pass is intercepted by Allen.

Herrera concedes possession cheaply in midfield and Whelan quickly switches the play out left to Arnautovic.

The Austrian opts to cut inside Valencia before bending a shot harmlessly over the crossbar.

Great awareness from Mata to change direction and unleash a dangerous effort that is tipped over the crossbar by Grant. An unmarked Pogba then heads the ensuing corner wide.

It feels like only a matter of time here before United take the lead.

United come again thanks to the direct, positive running of Marcus Rashford. The 18-year-old, who should also return to the senior England squad for upcoming 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovenia after a short but productive stint with the U21s, heads for the byline before seeing a low cross blocked by Glenn Whelan.

A lovely passing move from United almost results in the opening goal. Juan Mata finds Ibrahimovic, who helps the ball on to Lingard with a fabulous backheel.

He then sets up Pogba, whose shot is saved by Grant. Champagne football, that.

What a chance for Stoke to take the lead. Allen plays an incisive one-two with Shaqiri and pulls a pass back for Bony, who produces a fresh air shot under pressure from Herrera.

The ball falls kindly for Cameron, but again he can only shoot tamely at De Gea.

Madley has no hesitation in going to straight to his pocket to produce a yellow card following Valencia's rash tackle from behind on Erik Pieters.

Fully deserved.

Stoke mount their first real attack of note as Arnautovic takes on Valencia before targeting a near-post cross at Wilfried Bony. Alert defending from Eric Bailly keeps the Manchester City loanee, without a goal in his last 14 Premier League outings, at bay.

Geoff Cameron sees a 20-yard strike comfortably held by De Gea.

Bruno Martins Indi rather ambitiously tries to catch De Gea sleeping with a long-range free-kick. At the other end, Pogba weaves his way into the box before eventually being stopped by a well-timed sliding challenge from Ryan Shawcross.

Goal kick.

Barely two minutes played and United should be ahead. Valencia feeds the ball inside to Pogba, who looks to have overrun it before threading an excellent low pass through to Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Miles onside, the confident Swede only has Lee Grant to beat. Instead of opening up his body on the angle, however, he elects to go the near post and that allows the goalkeeper to get down and make a brilliant close-range save. He also gets up to thwart the rebound.

A real let-off for Stoke.

Referee Bobby Madley gets us underway. Old Trafford is currently bathed in early afternoon sunshine.

United, wearing their usual home strips, will kick from right to left in this first half. Stoke are wearing their all light blue change kits.

You could certainly understand most Stoke fans approaching today's match with a heavy dose of pessimism, although Hughes seems positive that his side can defy their woeful record at Old Trafford and spring a surprise.

We have broken a few records in my time here and we have another opportunity to break another this weekend. Registering a positive result at Old Trafford is something that the club hasn't managed to do in 40 odd years, so that is a box I would love to be able to tick on Sunday.

I don't think that we will be thinking too much about our record there leading into the game - we will take it in its own merit. It will be tough - there is no doubt about that - but we have beaten them, and other big clubs at home, so why can't we go and enjoy a similar performance and result on the road.

On his own playing days at United that encompassed two separate successful spells and a total of 13 years, he added:

United has been a huge part of my football life, and I won numerous trophies there. I always get a nice feeling going back in there - there are people there now who were there when I was playing and it is always nice to catch up.

I played in a winning Manchester United team that was challenging for titles year on year, and that team from personal experience, had the mind-set that they have to win every game. I'm not sure whether the current group have that feeling, but they have the talent to do that especially now they have addressed some of their failings from last year with some very big signings.

You can see the club's intent in what they have done this summer. It is maybe a little bit of a transitional period that they are going through, but you sense that there will be a marked improvement on where they finish this season.

Stoke have beaten United only twice overall since a narrow League Cup second-round first-leg win in September 1993, with both of those triumphs coming on home soil in February 2014 and December 2015 respectively. Bojan Krkic and Marko Arnautovic both scored in that latter victory, which was the Red Devils' fourth in a row under Louis van Gaal.

The only other league point they have earned against today's opponents in the last 32 years was a 1-1 draw in September 2011. Peter Crouch netted to cancel out Nani's opener and end United's 100% start to the season under Sir Alex Ferguson.

Those beleaguered Stoke fans seeking a crumb of comfort in Stoke's past away record against United will be left sorely disappointed. As mentioned above, the 2011 FA Cup finalists have not won at all at Old Trafford since a 1-0 victory in April 1976 that came courtesy of a late goal from Alan Bloor.

United have beaten Stoke on 15 of the Potters' last 16 visits in all competitions. Stoke have not even picked up a point around these parts since a 2-2 draw in December 1980. Paul Randall and Lee Chapman were on the scoresheet that day.

Last season's trip to the Theatre of Dreams ended in an emphatic 3-0 loss courtesy of Martial, Jesse Lingard, who is expected to be named in Gareth Southgate's first England squad later today, and Rooney.

Stoke are also unchanged from their draw against West Brom, with Allen deemed fit enough to start. Their only alteration comes on the bench, where Walters returns in place of Giannelli Imbula.

No place in Hughes' thinking for the likes of Marc Muniesa or Ramadan Sobhi, which does not appear to have been received well on certain parts of social media...

As expected, Mourinho reverses the four changes he made for that win over Zorya and names the same starting XI that thumped defending champions Leicester 4-1.

David De Gea returns in goal at the expense of Sergio Romero, while stand-in full-backs Fosu-Mensah and Marcos Rojo make way for Antonio Valencia and Daley Blind. Marouane Fellaini also drops out as Ander Herrera resumes his partnership with Paul Pogba in midfield.

Fosu-Mensah's injury results in a rare bench sighting of the unfancied Matteo Darmian. Rojo and Young miss out on the squad altogether with Anthony Martial now fit after a combination of concussion and an ankle contusion and Mourinho presumably keen to make amends with Memphis.

Rooney is still a sub, with that fortuitous 'assist' on Thursday in which he accidentally drove an attempted volley into the ground before a header from Zlatan Ibrahimovic clearly not doing much to change Mourinho's plans. The United skipper has also been suffering with a back problem.

Stoke: Grant, Johnson, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters, Cameron, Whelan, Allen, Shaqiri, Bony, Arnautovic

Subs: Given, Bardsley, Adam, Walters, Bojan, Diouf, Crouch

Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia, Bailly, Smalling, Blind, Ander Herrera, Pogba, Lingard, Mata, Rashford, Ibrahimovic

Subs: Romero, Darmian, Carrick, Fellaini, Martial, Memphis, Rooney

The teams are out. Stand by...

As for Stoke, midfielder Joe Allen is considered doubtful due to lingering hamstring tightness stemming from an injury picked up in last weekend's 1-1 home draw with West Brom that has prevented him from training for most of the week.

However, Xherdan Shaqiri is available once again after coming through that game against the Baggies - in which goalscorer Allen looked to have given the hosts their first league win of the season before a 91st-minute header from Salomon Rondon - unscathed following six weeks out with a calf injury.

On the status of first-choice goalkeeper Jack Butland, who underwent further ankle surgery last month, Hughes said: "He will be another month, minimum. My feeling is that it will be at least four weeks until we see him again."

Jack Butland and Jakob Haugaard could both return to contention after their own ankle issues, but long-term casualties Stephen Ireland and Ibrahim Afellay - recovering from a broken leg and cruciate ligament damage respectively - are not expected back until February 2017.

We are expecting the official confirmed line-ups drop in approximately 15 minutes, so let's set the scene for that with all the latest injury news.

Phil Jones is United's only definite absentee today, with Mourinho describing his ongoing knee problem as "important" and stressing that he will be sidelined for "more weeks to come".

However, summer signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan will hope to make today's squad after returning to training and missing out on the drab 1-0 defeat of Zorya. The attacking midfielder sustained a thigh issue while on international duty for Armenia last month and later aggravated the injury during the Manchester derby.

Luke Shaw, who had been suffering from a slight groin tear when rather harshly singled out for public criticism by his manager following a terrible 3-1 loss at Watford, was expected to train with his teammates on Friday after skipping that aforementioned Europa League tie due to an illness that resulted in him being sent home on Wednesday.

Versatile right-back Timothy Fosu-Mensah also picked up a knock against Zorya that Mourinho revealed prevented him from giving adequate substitute minutes to the much-maligned Memphis Depay. Ashley Young was brought on with 16 minutes to play instead.

The old adage that a week is a long time in football certainly seems applicable to Manchester United under Jose Mourinho. After inviting panic and premature rumblings of dressing room discontent with an alarming run of three consecutive defeats, the Reds have gotten themselves back on track of late with three straight wins in all competitions against Northampton, Leicester and Zorya Luhansk.

Today they will surely fancy their chances of continuing that impressive run against a struggling Stoke side, led by an Old Trafford legend in Mark Hughes, that are just one of two teams - the other being David Moyes' Sunderland - that have yet to win a Premier League match so far this season. The Potters have been woeful to put it bluntly, beginning the 2016/17 campaign with just two points from their opening six matches.

Such a dismal sequence has seen them ship 15 goals and score a division-low four. The odds will certainly be stacked against them once again today.