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89' Swansea play keep-ball as they try to salvage some pride from the situation but Tony Valencia is having none of that. If anyone's doing keep-ball, it'll be Manchester United.
HOT DANG! THIS IS LIKE A GREAT WHITE SHARK SNIFFING AROUND A BLOODIED VICTIM! Pogba once again steals the ball and gambols forward with those great big, deceptively pacey, strides of his before laying it off to Martial. The Frenchman takes a touch and passes into the far corner. WOOF!
OOO LA LA!! This is fantasy football from United now. Pogba steals the middle of the park before leaping forward.. he lays it off to Mkhitaryan who returns the favour with a sublime reverse ball... one on one with the keeper Pogba places a sumptuous chip beyond Fabianski's reach. WOOF! What a goal
That was such a simple goal at the end of it. Mkhitaryan, Martial, Fernandez and Mawson get into a tangle, but the Armenian has the presence of mind to pick out Lukaku who has the freedom of Wales to look up and smash it past Fabianski!
78'... a patient passing move ends with Martial smacking it at Mawson. Matic than gambols forward before yet another superb Fernandez tackle puts an end to the Serb's adventure.
77' The Liberty has woken up from its collective slumber in the past ten odd minutes as their team dangle that oh so tempting bait of faint hope in front of them... United, though, are intent on killing this and move forward with purpose...
75' OH! WHAT A TACKLE FERNANDEZ! Pogba tackles Mawson superbly to win the ball and sets off on the counter before releasing Lukaku who seems set to win his foot race with the Argentine defender - but the Swansea man is having one of those days and his sliding tackle is superbly timed.
74' OOOOOOOO! That was close! Pogba's swerving ball just misses that junction of crossbar and post that the best aim for. Meanwhile United throw on Tony Martial and big, bad, Marouane Fellaini for Juan Mata and Marcus Rashford
73' OUFF!!! Blind smashes a shot straight at goal - braving a dangerous Fer tackle - but the ball flies wide. The ref pulls play back for the foul and Fer gets into the ref's naughty book for his shenanigans. Pogba looks set to hit it...
72' Carroll swings in a superb, dipping corner that somehow evades everyone in the United box and runs across the face off the goal. Mata then tries to slip in Lukaku on the counter but Olsson does superbly to chest it away from danger.
69' OOO! A lovely touch from Abraham sets Swansea roaring forward, but Blind's exceptional positioning means Narsingh can't get up to any mischief on the right wing.
68' OH! Pogba bullies his way past an Olsson challenge before somehow flicking it to Mkhitaryan, but Narsingh beats the Armenian to it. United then move forward forcefully but Mkhitaryan smashes it well wide.
65' United pass the ball about in the training ground manner, but a loose touch from Lukaku prevents Pogba from running into the box at the enf of what was until then a pleasingly aesthetic move.
63' The corner is too deep for Matic, and Swansea handle the situation well enough before moving it forward at pace... Jordan Ayew skates through the middle of the pitch before trying to pick out Abraham, but Jones gets an important boot in! That was close!
62' Some neat interplay between Pogba and Mkhitaryan allows the Armenian to have a wallop - which deflects off the tough hide of Mesa and away for a corner.
61' OH HO OH HO! TAMMY ABRAHAM! Gifted a free header in the middle of the six-yard box he guides Tom Carroll's excellent cross well wide. The Chelsea man really ought to have scored there.
59' Swansea haven't given up the ghost yet, though, and more purposeful running from Fer and Olsson sets Naughton free on the right side, but he's met swiftly by Blind and the home side have to back pedal
58' Swansea exert a touch of pressure of their own with United sloppy in clearing the ball, but all the panic ends up with Leroy Fer smashing the ball back to Holland.
56' Rashford is nothing if not full of confidence. With the Liberty's boos ringing in his ears he runs on to a Mkhitaryan pass, squares up Fernandez and gets a shot away. It's not a great one, though, and Fabianski gathers with ease.
54' Matic nicks in and makes one of his trademark interceptions that sets one of his forwards away on a canter... it's Rashford this time, but Federico Fernandez is having a superb game and he once again does well to usher Rashford away and win a cheap foul off the impetuous young man
52' Pogba chips in a cute little dink to Rashford who is ushered away from the danger area by a strong, strong, Fernandez challenge. Bartley then mixes up his communication lines with Fabianski, and it's a corner...
51' United still have the ball and Mkhitaryan tries to bully his way into the box - but he's crowded out... Fabianksi kicks it aimlessly forward and it's United's ball again
50' Carroll clears, but not well and Mata skips in behind the defence before chipping a superb ball that is just headed away by Mawson. Mata's second corner is headed clear by Naughton....
48' Swansea Guardiola their way out of pressure from Manchester United in their own half and Fer releases Olsson on the left - but the left-wingback smacks his cross into a neighbourhood glen.
47' Some slick one-touch passing from Mkhitaryan, Mata and Lukaku frees up the Armenian in the box, but Olsson does well to nick in ahead of him and stop a dangerous looking move
If Manchester United take their foot off the pedal thinking that this one's over, they'll pay for it... the players are back on (no changes made)... this should be fun!
Well that was a tough, tough, match for both sides and Swansea was making United work their butt off... till Paul Pogba decided to show them just why he's worth all that moolah they dished out for him.
Swansea will now have to chase the game, and that may leave them dangerously open at the back - don't count them out yet, though
WOOF!! WHAT A HEADER POGBA! The setpiece is met with a thumping header from Paul Pogba that Fabianski tips onto the crossbar, but Bailly dives in to touch the ball in off the line. Superb instinct from the Ivorian wins him his first goal in Manchester Red
THAT WAS AN EXHIBITION OF COUNTER-ATTACKING FOOTBALL AS UNITED BURIED SWANSEA IN A RUTHLESS TEN-MINUTE SPELL THAT WAS SIMPLY PEAK-MOURINHO.
It'd be unwise to get the hype train running already, but United do look like they are purring.
That's all from me Anirudh Menon as I go in search for an in-hiding Amar Basu.
Tooodle-ooo!