Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw in Ruben Amorim’s first game in charge despite Marcus Rashford’s opener inside two minutes.
United’s new era came with a new formation as Amorim switched to a back three and started Rashford up front from where he tapped in after just 81 seconds – but Ipswich deservedly took a point through Omari Hutchinson’s deflected equaliser.
Amorim’s side were second best in the first half although dominated possession in the second, yet still needed a brilliant save from Andre Onana to prevent Ipswich from claiming their first home victory in the Premier League.
“You have to give the man a chance,” said Sky Sports’ Roy Keane. “But the threat going forward, it’s a huge problem for Man Utd. It’s not good enough.
“Do I believe they have the quality to get them back to top four? Absolutely not. The evidence is not there. It’s the same old stuff. Predictable and a real lack of quality.”
Amad Diallo, operating at right wing-back, gave Amorim a dream start by surging down the right, burning past Leif Davis and Jens Cajust, before seeing his low cross into the middle tapped in by Rashford.
But United did not build on their early opener and, instead, Ipswich had the better of the first half during which the VAR was temporarily inactive due to a fire alarm at Stockley Park.
Sammie Szmodics forced Onana to parry and then the Man Utd goalkeeper spread himself to superbly deny Liam Delap with his right arm from close range.
Amorim became more twitchy in the dugout although barely reacted when Hutchinson’s curling effort found the top left corner after taking a deflection off Noussair Mazraoui’s head shortly before the break.
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