VIDEO SHOWS: POST-MATCH NEWS CONFERENCE WITH MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER RUBEN AMORIM / STILLS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MATCH SHOWS: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (DECEMBER 30, 2025) (NICHE MEDIA – Access all) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER RUBEN AMORIM, SAYING: “No, I think we are in one situation that you have a lot of players out in the same time. Of course, when you play Casemiro and (Manuel) Ugarte, in the middle, you know that is different. When you have Kobbie Mainoo or Mason Mount or Bruno (Fernandes), that is normal. So, we just need to recover our players, the players from AFCON to return, and then the fluidity is going to be different. But again, we won the last one. Today, we could (have) won with the players that we have. We had lack of fluidity, and then lack of quality, and then lack of creation of chances. And then we suffer a goal with set-pieces with the team that, and (yet) we are tall in this moment. So, these details are important to win these games in difficult moments.” 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER RUBEN AMORIM ON ABSENCES AFFECTING FLUIDITY, SAYING: “That is normal, but we didn't use that excuse against Newcastle. We are not going to use (it) today. But, of course, if you see the game, I understand why we played the way we played today, the lack of fluidity, lack of one against one. We knew that would be a completely different game compared to Newcastle because (against) Newcastle, we have more space to play. We didn't have to work the play so much and today, we have difficulties in that aspect and that is clear.” 4. WHITE FLASH 5.(SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER RUBEN AMORIM, SAYING: “I'm really confident, we just need to recover all the players and I'm really confident. I don’t know what is going to happen until the end of the season, then we will make the resume of the season, but I'm really confident when we recover all the players that we are going to be a strong team. There are no doubts in my mind." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. AMORIM LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE (MUTE) MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (DECEMBER 30, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 8. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MANCHESTER UNITED FANS INSIDE THE STADIUM 9. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MANCHESTER UNITED'S JOSHUA ZIRKZEE SCORING THEIR FIRST GOAL 10. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MANCHESTER UNITED'S JOSHUA ZIRKZEE CELEBRATING 11. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS' LADISLAV KREJCI SCORING THEIR FIRST GOAL 12. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS' LADISLAV KREJCI CELEBRATING STORY: Manchester United suffered a frustrating end to 2025 as they were held to a 1-1 home draw by Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday (December 30) as the Premier League's bottom side collected their third point of the season. Ending a run of 11 straight defeats in the league, Wolves did not look like a side facing almost inevitable relegation as they managed to derail a United team seeking to break back into the top four. Dutch forward Joshua Zirkzee made the most of a rare start by giving United the lead in the 27th minute, fashioning a sliver of space on the edge of the box before scoring with a shot that deflected off Ladislav Krejci. Benjamin Sesko almost made it two in the 39th minute but he headed his effort from a corner off the post, summing up a frustrating night for the 22-year-old Slovenian. Wolves never backed down and Krejci equalised just before the break, Zirkzee giving him a helping hand by sending a defensive header across the box for the Czech to nod back in at the far post. The tempo remained high in the second half, with Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa scrambling to prevent a header from teammate Yerson Mosquera from going into the net, while his United counterpart Senne Lammens pulled off a superb double save to deny Krejci and Mosquera. Patrick Dorgu thought he had snatched a 90th-minute winner for United but the goal was chalked off for offside following a VAR review, leaving United sixth in the standings with 30 points. Wolves are bottom with three points from 19 games. United coach Ruben Amorim was left frustrated by his side's inability to put away Wolves, who have failed to win any of their last 23 games in the league. United fans were left scratching their heads when Zirkzee was replaced by Jack Fletcher at halftime. (Production: Phil Noble, Kurt Michael Hall, Aadi Nair)
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