A colorless first half noticed Wolves battle to get a foothold within the recreation with a number of sloppy passes.
The second half was marginally higher, however the disappointing contest regarded destined for a goalless draw.
That was till Sarabia stepped over a free-kick 25 yards from objective and curled residence into the highest nook.
Wolves held on for his or her first league double over United because the 1979/80 season, marking their sixth consecutive recreation unbeaten and fifth win in a row.
Ipswich’s loss towards Arsenal additionally meant Wolves formally averted relegation with 5 video games left to play.
Evaluation
Vitor Pereira made two modifications to his Wolves aspect following their win over Spurs final day out.
Santi Bueno and Matheus Cunha got here in for Matt Doherty and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, amid some damage issues among the many crew.
Doherty was match sufficient to make the bench however Bellegarde missed out on the squad alongside Hwang Hee-chan and Goncalo Guedes.
Sam Johnstone and Pedro Lima had been additionally unavailable because of damage.
Ruben Amorim made six modifications to his United aspect after their exceptional Europa League comeback win over Lyon on Thursday night time, as he named a weakened squad.
Talisman Bruno Fernandes was rested and left on the bench, whereas 20-year-old defender Tyler Fredricson was handed his full debut.
Because the groups had been warming up, Wolves had been dealt a blow when goalkeeper Jose Sa landed awkwardly and seemingly injured his again.
Consequently, Dan Bentley got here into the beginning XI and Tom King was introduced onto the bench.
Bentley had solely made seven Premier League appearances earlier than the fixture, together with his debut coming at Previous Trafford in Could 2023.
In an excellent begin to the half, each side taken care of possession properly in the hunt for the opening objective.
An avoidable Wolves mistake, from a poor Toti Gomes clearance, gave Kobbie Mainoo the chance to go down within the field below little contact, however the notion of a penalty was waved away by referee Robert Jones.
Emmanuel Agbadou was then locked in a foot race with Alejandro Garnacho and the Wolves man received it, making an important clearance.
After 20 minutes, a slow-paced contest had supplied up few possibilities and Wolves wanted to sharpen up some sloppy passes.
Christian Eriksen whipped in a harmful nook proper on high of Bentley, however the goalkeeper did properly to punch it away below stress.
Mainoo took intention for the underside nook from distance after the ball broke to him, but it surely flashed extensive of the put up.
A poor half of soccer ended with neither aspect creating something significant and the sport locked at 0-0.
United began the second half the brighter of the 2 groups, too, however Wolves opened them up for the primary time when Cunha’s move discovered Jorgen Strand Larsen, however his cross was straight into the arms of Andre Onana.
Rasmus Hojlund was racing in direction of objective after turning Agbadou, however Toti made an impressive sliding sort out to disclaim the United striker.
On the different finish, Larsen got here shut with a header from a nook.
United got here very shut when Garnacho’s low cross in direction of the far put up was virtually turned residence by Hojlund, however the striker couldn’t attain it when stretching and sliding in.
Fernandes then had an awesome likelihood when Garnarcho pulled the ball again to the captain contained in the field, however he lashed at it and fired extensive.
The sport was crying out for a second of high quality and substitute Sarabia delivered it within the 77th minute. With a free-kick from round 25 yards out, the Spaniard whipped it to Onana’s left together with his left foot and located the highest nook.
The great strike despatched the away finish into raptures and put Wolves in command of the sport.
However Mason Mount virtually equalised when Garnarcho pulled the ball again for him, however he was leaning again and fired over the bar.
Wolves had an enormous likelihood to seal the sport within the 93rd minute when Rodrigo Gomes raced clear and will have crossed for Sarabia to faucet residence, however he didn’t see his team-mate and the possibility was misplaced.
The loud away finish was serving to drag the crew over the road throughout six minutes of added time, as Wolves introduced on defender Nasser Djiga to shore up the again line.
The ultimate whistle was ultimately blown, as Wolves secured a well-known victory and continued their exceptional successful run.
It’s the first time the membership have received 5 consecutive high flight video games since 1970, the place they received six on the bounce.
Key Moments
GOAL 77 Sarabia curls residence a beautiful free-kick from 25 yards
Groups
Wolves: Bentley, Semedo (R.Gomes, 74), Bueno, Agbadou, Toti, Ait-Nouri (Doherty, 82), Andre, J.Gomes, Munetsi, Cunha (Djiga, 93), Larsen (Sarabia, 74).
Subs not used: King, Traore, Doyle, Forbs, Mane.
Manchester United: Onana, Dorgu (Dalot, 58), Mazraoui, Lindelof (Yoro, 78), Fredricson, Amass, Ugarte (Fernandes, 58), Mainoo (Mount, 58), Eriksen, Garnacho, Hojlund (Obi, 69).
Subs not used: Heaton, Evans, Maguire, Casemiro.
