With his fourth goal in 246 appearances, Victor Lindelof ease the pressure on Erik Ten Hag by scoring the lone foals as Manchester United beat Luton 1-0 in the Premier League game played on Saturday.
For United to win back-to-back games in the Premier League for just the second time this season, the center back scooped home the winning goal in the 59th minute at Old Trafford.
United had chances to win by a wider margin, but Lindelof was an unlikely goal scorer when the defender fired through a crowded penalty area after Marcus Rashford’s cross rebounded to him.
Rasmus Hojlund had missed good chances in either half before the opener, with Alejandro Garnacho and Rashford also squandering opportunities.
A cause for concern for Ten Hag were injuries to Christian Eriksen and Hojlund, which required both to limp off and be substituted. But the priority was to get back to winning ways after a ninth defeat of the season against Copenhagen on Wednesday left United’s manager bemoaning his team’s luck.
After that game, United fall to bottom place in group A and might need to win both their remaining games against Galatasaray and Bayern Munich to advance to the next round.
While United dominated the game, Calvin Morris forced a flying save from Andre Onana with a header in the 36th minute for Luton Town’s only realistic goalscoring opportunity of the game.
United will now head into the two-week International break sitting with 21 points garnered in their 12 games this season in the league.
After the break, they will travel to Meseryside to take on Everton, who have been impressive over the past few weeks.
For Luton, they head into the break sitting in the relegation zone with just one win in their opening 12 games.
