United had threatened themselves. Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford were standouts with a sort of directness United so craved for large parts of last season. Rashford’s delicious cross from the right after just three minutes was begging to be finished by Romelu Lukaku but over it flew.
Pogba already appears more vibrant as he approaches a second term at Old Trafford and forced Jasper Cillessen into a very smart stop from 30 yards. This was the Pogba of Juventus, drawing across a bouncing ball from Daley Blind’s throw. A meaty strike, the sort of which we are bound to see more of.Mourinho was particularly flustered by a lack of intensity, pleading with both Lindelof and Smalling to win the ball higher. There was also a scare when Lindelof misjudged Messi’s quick free-kick, sending Smalling the wrong way as he attempted to cover, leaving David De Gea to thwart Suarez’s acrobatics.
They came off having conceded one, a scrappy Neymar finish just after the half-hour which Antonio Valencia will not want to watch back after struggling to deal with Messi ball inside him.
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