In selecting a
Manchester United XI that may never again play together due to its blend of fringe and senior squad members requiring game-time, Ralf Rangnick will have pleased all fielded while gleaning precious information regarding his new squad.
Heading the file is how Mason Greenwood sparkled with a spectacular opener and was at ease executing the high press Rangnick demands. There were debuts, too, for the 35-year-old Tom Heaton and youngsters Zidane Iqbal and Charlie Savage, each 18. The German, though, was less enamoured of the way Donny van de Beek dozed to allow Young Boys an equaliser and the general sloppiness he observed.