I saw Rasmus Hojlund reaction that showed Manchester United don't always play to his strengths

Manchester United moved up to 12th in the Premier League table with a scrappy 1-0 win at Fulham earned via a late Lisandro Martinez goal.

It had been a terrible game that lacked any attacking quality until Martinez finally broke the deadlock. The centre-back deserved credit for getting in front of Rodrigo Muniz to win possession and having been encouraged to join the attack of late, he strode forward and tried his luck. His shot took a deflection off Sasa Lukic and looped over Bernd Leno.

Fulham had offered little threat of their own during the game but came close to an equaliser when Joachim Andersen headed goalwards from a corner, only for Toby Collyer to head off the line and preserve United's clean sheet and earn an eighth Premier League win of the season.

Attack

There was just half an hour on the clock at Craven Cottage when the away end launched into a chant of 'attack, attack, attack attack attack'. It just about summed the proceedings up.

With a third of the game gone, United hadn't had a shot and that record barely improved across the 90 minutes. It was a performance lacking any real bite in attack and one that United will feel they got away with.

That away end had given up their Sunday for this anti-social kick-off and they did not like what they were seeing. They finally got a moment they deserved late on, but it was a tough watch at times.

United looked better defensively, and they are starting to improve in that area of the pitch. Now, the challenge is to develop more of an attacking threat to their game.

Throw-in mess

When United got a throw in an attacking position just before half-time, Bruno Fernandes ordered Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt to go up and when Carlos Fernandes stood on the edge of