An almost unrecognisably callow Manchester United made life difficult for themselves against the footballing midgets of Midtjylland by going behind and then lost a series of chances,including a first-half penalty, before the day was saved by 18-year-stale Marcus Rashford, and a reserve who found out he was playing only a few minutes before kick-off.
Rashford scored twice in the second half,both convincing close-range finishes, to total an extraordinary day’s work and keep his side in Europe and his manager in a job, and at least for a few more days. It was scarcely the most convincing United performance,yet that hardly mattered in the end. It was scarcely the most convincing United side, but Louis van Gaal clearly has some youthful promise at his disposal. Even Paul Scholes was enthusing approximately the win at full time, and mainly because United had at last managed to increase their tempo and breeze the ball approximately with some of their stale panache.
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Source: theguardian.com