Newcastle United 0-1 Manchester United: Late Young winner boosts top-four hopes

Ashley Young struck late on as Manchester United maintained their push for the a Champions League place with victory over Newcastle United.

The home side felt they should have had a penalty early on after a challenge by Chris Smalling on Emmanuel Riviere, but referee Anthony Taylor waved their appeals away.

Wayne Rooney wasted the best chance of the first half as he pulled a shot wide from 10 yards before Tim Krul made a fine double save after the break to keep out Marouane Fellaini and Ashley Young.

Papiss Cisse wasted a chance to win the game for the home side, before Young took advantage of a poor  Krul clearance to fire into an empty net.