Manchester United rally to beat Nottingham Forest after Old Trafford fightback

Manchester United staged a memorable fightback at Old Trafford to defeat Nottingham Forest 3-2 after conceding two goals in the first four minutes on Saturday.

United thus came from two goals down to win a Premier League game at Old Trafford for only the third time.

Bruno Fernandes scored the winner from the penalty spot after Casemiro had equalised for United in a match that seemed all but lost after opening few minutes.

United's slow start to the season went from bad to worse as Nottingham Forest struck twice early. Taiwo Awoniyi burst clear from a United corner to score for the seventh consecutive league game after 90 seconds.

There were just three minutes and 45 seconds on the clock when Willy Boly then found the net from Morgan Gibbs-White's free-kick.

United, who had escaped with a 1-0 win over Wolves in their opening game of the season despite being outplayed by the visitors and were then beaten 2-0 at Tottenham last weekend, looked to be slipping towards more despair.

Christian Eriksen then began the comeback after 17 minutes when he touched in Marcus Rashford's cross.

Casemiro levelled from close range in the 52nd minute and Forest were reduced to 10 men when Joe Worrall was red-carded for hauling down Fernandes outside the area.

Ten minutes later Rashford went down in the area after slight contact from Danilo and Fernandes stepped up to beat American keeper Matt Turner from the penalty spot and seal United's second win of the season.

After the match, Fernandes said his team did well to maintain their focus despite a disastrous start.

"It wasn’t the perfect start for us but we kept control, kept the ball and started doing the right things. They defended well with a lot of players and it was difficult to get