By Bonface Mulyungi

Manchester United clinched third place in the Premier League table as they beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 in a thriller at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Luke Shaw gave United the lead but Forest equalized early in the second half through Morato, then it was chaos for the final 35 minutes.

Matheus Cunha put United back ahead soon after in controversial fashion as Bryan Mbeumo looked to have committed a handball but referee Michael Salisbury stuck with his original decision despite VAR advising him to rule it out as he deemed the incident as an accidental handball.

Mbeumo then put United 3-1 up as Bruno Fernandes moved to 20 assists for the season, equaling the record for most assists in a Premier League season which is held by Kevin de Bruyne and Thierry Henry. Fernandes has one more game to go and could have had a few more assists on Sunday.

Morgan Gibbs-White made it 3-2 late on as Forest went for it, but United had several glorious chances to make it 4-2 but couldn’t quite convert.

The win moves them on to 68 points for the season, while Forest remain on 43.