Manchester United had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Ipswich Town in Rúben Amorim's first match in charge. Marcus Rashford's early goal was cancelled out by a deflected strike from Omari Hutchinson in the Premier League on Sunday.

The atmosphere at Portman Road was electric, but United silenced the home fans as they took the lead after just 81 seconds thanks to Rashford, who stole in between two defenders to steer the ball home after a brilliant run down the right by Amad.

United goalkeeper André Onana made a fantastic one-handed save to stop Liam Delap as the half-time whistle was about to blow, but Ipswich equalised in the 43rd minute as Hutchinson curled a shot into the top corner, helped by a deflection off visiting defender Noussair Mazraoui.

After the break, Ipswich striker Sam Szmodics came close to scoring with a back-heel, but Onana saved it with his feet. Neither side could find a winner. That puts United in 12th place with 16 points, six off the top four. Ipswich are currently in 18th place with nine points.

Jonny Evans, Christian Eriksen and Alejandro Garnacho were back in United's starting lineup as 39-year-old Amorim made three changes from the win over Leicester City in their final match under interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy two weeks ago.

Amorim replaced Ten Hag after the Dutchman was sacked, and the United fans were keen to see what changes he would make to the line-up. The former Sporting coach is trying to bring success to the Old Trafford club after years of under-achievement.

Before the game started, United's players got together in a huddle and then started in a 3-4-2-1 formation with Mazraoui in a back three with Matthijs de Ligt and Evans.

It was the first time United had played in Ipswich in 22 years – Van Nistelrooy scored the only goal that day – but the hosts were taken aback when the visitors went ahead through Rashford.

Amorim didn't show any emotion after the goal, knowing there was still a long way to go and a lot more work to be done. However, the United fans were already singing the Portuguese coach's name.

Ipswich and United were evenly matched as they tried to get back on level terms. After Eriksen sent a low shot wide, Szmodics fired over for the home side. Garnacho also saw a low effort fly past the post before Hutchinson's shot was blocked.

Then, just before half-time, Onana made an amazing save to stop Delap from scoring from close range after some great work down the left by Leif Davis, who laid the ball across the box.

Ipswich didn't have to wait long to equalise. There was nothing Onana could do to keep out Hutchinson's deflected curler that found the top corner, much to the delight of Ed Sheeran and the rest of the home fans.

Ipswich striker Szmodics came close to putting the hosts in front with a clever back-heel from close range seven minutes into the second half, as the Blues sensed they could take three points.

United's best chance after that was a Fernandes free kick that went wide. Ipswich came close to winning it but Conor Chaplin's sidefoot was straight at Onana after a cross by fellow substitute Jack Clarke.

A draw was a fair result, given how well United started the game. It's been 11 years since they last won the Premier League under Alex Ferguson. After this latest lacklustre performance, Amorim has a lot of work to do to make them challengers again.