Stoke's Allen strikes late to deny Man United

  • United drew with Stoke City 1-1
  • Point was Stokes' first at Old Trafford since 1989
  • Martial scored United's goal two minutes after coming off bench
  • Allen equalised with second goal in consecutive games for Stoke
  • Rooney again came on as substitute
  • Pogba hit the bar late on as United pressed for winner
  • Mourinho said it was best United performance of the season
  • United away to Liverpool on October 17; Stoke home to Sunderland on October15

United, who again started with Wayne Rooney on the bench, should have made more of a string of chances, with Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jesse Lingard all going close.

Despite the dropped point, United manager Jose Mourinho said it was the "best United performance all season".

Mourinho added: "It was much better than against Leicester (when United won 4-1 last week). It could have been 3-0 or 4-0 at half time, 6-0 at the end of the game, but the result was 1-1. But that's football."

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