There were boos from Man Utd fans as a 1-1 draw ends Wolves’ 11-match Premier League losing streak on Tuesday night.
Manchester United ended the year disappointingly and missed the chance to climb higher in the table, remaining 6th, with 30 points from 19 games played. Wolves meanwhile are now on 3 points, without a win in 19 games, 15 points from safety.
Joshua Zirkzee’s deflected effort put the hosts ahead on the 27th minute before Ladislav Krejci levelled with a header just before half time.
There was also some impressive saves by United’s Senne Lammens, a near own-goal by Yerson Mosquera, Jose Sa being penalised under the new ball-holding rule, and a late offside-ruled-out goal for Patrick Dorgu after being reviewed by VAR.
Boos at FT. Even with eight key players absent, that is one of United’s most embarrassing results in the Premier League era. And it’s not a surprise. Wolves are winless and have just taken their third point in 19 games. #mufc
— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) December 30, 2025
@strettyend Boos around Old Trafford when United left the pitch after the Wolves game #mufc #manchesterunited ♬ original sound – strettyend
Man Utd 1-1 Wolves: some boos around OT as Utd end all square against a Wolves team who claim their third point of the season. Utd desperately lacked creativity in the absence of so many players #mufc pic.twitter.com/CQcBDNtA1I
— Chris Wheeler (@ChrisWheelerDM) December 30, 2025
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim speaking to BBC MOTD: “Strange game. We knew it would be a different game to Newcastle. We needed more imagination today to create chances. We struggled in the first half trying to steal the ball. They put a lot of men in the midfield. We tried but the quality was not there. We need to recover to the next one.”
Missing players? “Not using anything as an excuse. We tried to put two strikers in and then conceded from a set piece. Today was not our day.”
On conceding just before the break: “We need to work on that because it’s not the first time. The fluidity of the game was not there. We tried.
“We tried to overload one side but in Premier League you need one v one and you need that and we didn’t have it today.
“We don’t have the guys that play outside – we tried to overload the middle but today was not our day.
“Even against Everton it was three points lost, West Ham was two points lost. Always frustrating. Football is like that. If you focus on the performance, we struggled today.”
Wolves boss Rob Edwards speaking to Sky Sports: “We had some good chances. At least we take something from the game, we’ve had a few good performances – especially away from home – and not got the results so it’s progress. Nice to take a point, it’s the least we deserved tonight.
“That was the challenge to come here to win. We had a good plan and we really believed. To go 1-0 down here is difficult but we kept fighting, we deserved the goal at the end of the first half I thought we were really good in the first half. Second half they probably had more of the possession. We almost gifted them one and they had the offside goal. We still had a chance in the second half so we could’ve taken more from the game but the performance level, the quality and desire was there from the players – that’s why the fans were happy at the end.”
On Ladislav Krejci goal: “We were pushing, we had good numbers. It [the goal] was well taken. We were pushing, great timing but nothing less than what we deserved. The chances were there but we showed good moments of control, took the ball. You can’t come here and just defend so there was a lot to like about the performance. Lots to improve on but progress.
“We’ve had four away games against top teams, we’ve had good performances and should have taken more points than what we have. What we have to do now is perform like this at home, that’s the challenge to the players. It’s been more difficult for us to play there so that’s our challenge.”
“Completely different from the last one”
Ruben Amorim says Manchester United lacked quality against Wolves 🔊 pic.twitter.com/Y7PamXfZg6
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 30, 2025
Edwards speaking to BBC MOTD: “Least we deserved. Good performance, progress. That’s been slow in terms of results. But our performances, especially away from home, have been good and we deserved more.
“We wanted to win the game. The away games we’ve had we should’ve taken more but we haven’t. We can take belief and confidence. The challenge now is to to that at home.
“We’ve got three points all season, it’s been really difficult so far. We’ve showed character, got one back against Arsenal and Liverpool and tonight again showed good character and quality. Good chances in the first half and we could’ve taken more. When I watch it back maybe I’ll be frustrated we’ve not taken more but the lads are working hard you can see that.
“You need results for the belief and buy-in. The lads are with us and on board but there’s nothing like results to get everyone on board. They are fighting – we don’t look like a team with only three points but the reality is that’s where we are. Keep continuing to build, we’re doing the right things.”
Here’s how fans reacted on boos from Man Utd fans as a 1-1 draw ends Wolves’ 11-match Premier League losing streak…
@ZHero_87: Blame what you want. We were missing these players during the first 45 against Newcastle and played well. It’s on the manager and how he’s lining people up/system in place.
@TimmyB1957: “…in the absence of so many players” Who are you trying to kid, Chris. RA is out of his league and tries to win every game 1-0. He is simply awful in terms of attacking football. He replaced his best chance of a goal (Zirkzee) with Jack Fletcher, who did FA but pass back.
@mufc_miller: All those who booed at full time. Cheers and thank you for your support since about 2008 but please do not come back again. In football, you can’t always win. You don’t always play well. Some teams lose nearly every week. Football is not for the entitled. Support your team!
@RedlingMUFC: Justified boos ringing round OT after another abject performance. Fucking piss-poor.
@bentalksutd: Don’t just boo at the whistle. Boo Amorim down the tunnel. Another embarrassing performance and result. We are going nowhere under this guy. #mufc
@johnhar72230498: Yes we were poor tonight & I left that stadium fuming. Worst I’ve seen this season. What I can’t comprehend is United fans booing, that is NOT the United way, our job as a supporter is get behind your team not against them.
@TheAlphaPeer: When winless teams start believing at Old Trafford, you know something is fundamentally wrong.
@JameelGardee: Don’t like saying this Samuel but fucking press him in the interview about his subs, going back to the shit system and playing in the most ant Man Utd we have seen. Disgusted by that performance.
@davieg502: That result and performance should be enough to get Amorim the sack. There is just nothing there
@gazzamuir: Its all right though we scraped past Newcastle so the fact he reverted to a back 3 will be ignored here. Absolutely spineless, toothless and gutless performance yet again. Blame the players we are missing but our issues are far deeper than that
@Anthony_85_: Injuries will be the excuse but this is ALL on Ruben Amorin & his negative tactics . How much longer we have to suffer with this incompetence. The fans are as much to blame for supporting this . Standards are in the mud
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