Man Utd player ratings: Captain Bruno Fernandes leads by example but Anthony Martial is total no-show
pA COMEBACK win for Manchester United was inspired and finished off by captain Bruno Fernandes./p
pThey were a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23666509/man-utd-nottingham-forest-awoniyi-boly/two down inside four minutes/a as a stunned Old Trafford saw a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/taiwo-awoniyi/Taiwo Awoniyi/a and then a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/willy-boly/Willy Boly/a find the target./p
figure id=attachment_23667686 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bruno-fernandes-manchester-united-celebrates-840355536.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23667686 width=960 height=640 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditGetty/figcredit/figureBruno Fernandes inspired United to a 3-2 win[/caption]
pBut the a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/erik-ten-hag/Erik ten Hag/a#8216;s men got back into the game before the break through a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/christian-eriksen/Christian Eriksen/a./p
pThen in the second half after a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/casemiro/Casemiro/a equalised, star man Fernandes slotted home the winner from the penalty spot with 14 minutes of normal time remaining./p
pHere is how the Red Devils rated./p
h2ANDRE ONANA #8211; 5 /h2
pYes he can pass out from the back but saving a few more shots might be a good idea. /p
pWhile he had little chance with the second he went to ground early for the first and allowed a shot to sneak under his arm. Recovered some ground with a good, if theatrical, stop from Willy Boly late on. /p
h2AARON WAN-BISSAKA #8211; 7/h2
pAnother fine game from the consistently good right back. His overlapping runs in the final third are proving a real threat. /p
h2RAPHAEL VARANE #8211; 5/h2
pNot exactly the authoritative game you expect from the Frenchman and he was taken off at half-time no doubt with another one of those knocks he seemed to get regularly last season. /p
h2LISANDRO MARTINEZ #8211; 6 /h2
pFailed to get a header in for Forest’s second but otherwise was his normal tenacious self at the back. /p
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h2DIOGO DALOT #8211; 6/h2
pWith a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/luke-shaw/Luke Shaw/a out and a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/tyrell-malacia/Tyrell Malacia/a still not fit we will be seeing a lot more of Dalot. /p
pAlthough did not look as comfortable on the left as he does on the right./p
h2CASEMIRO #8211; 7 /h2
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pMissed a sitter from a couple of yards out with a header to make it 2-2 in the first half. /p
pBut made up for that when he finished off a cleverly worked free-kick. /p
h2CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN #8211; 7/h2
pWith a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/mason-mount/Mason Mount/a out injured Eriksen returned to the side and was on the mark to clip home Rashford’s driven cross to get United back into the game. /p
h2ANTONY #8211; 5 /h2
pDid he really cost £85million? If you said say £30m you could just about understand it. /p
pHas one trick and defences have long since figure it out as he cuts in front the right and shoots with his left. /p
h2BRUNO FERNANDES #8211; 9 /h2
pThe captain led by example as United’s star man. Was at the centre of everything they did well not least his cleverly worked free kick that lead to the equaliser. /p
pThen 14 minutes from time emphatically scored from the spot to win it. /p
h2MARCUS RASHFORD #8211; 8/h2
pHad a hand in all three goals assisting the first, then pinging the ball back to Fernandes from a free-kick to help tee up the equalier. /p
pWas the man fouled to win the penalty that decided the game. /p
h2ANTHONY MARTIAL #8211; 3 /h2
figure id=attachment_23667707 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 650pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/manchester-uniteds-anthony-martial-english-840348747-1.jpg?strip=allamp;w=640 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23667707 width=640 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditAP/figcredit/figureAnthony Martial proved why United need Rasmus Hojlund up front[/caption]
pUnited may as well start with ten men as have Martial on. As ineffective as ever on a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23666466/ten-hag-anthony-martial-nottingham-forest-manchester-united/his first start since returning/a from yet another injury and off on the hour. /p
pRasmus Hojlund’s introduction cannot come soon enough./p
h2SUBS/h2
h2VICTOR LINDELOF (on for Varane 45) #8211; 6/h2
pAlways a willing and able deputy coming on at half-time to help shore up the United defence as they earned a second-half clean sheet. /p
h2JADON SANCHO (on for Martial 60) #8211; 6/h2
pCame on in the number nine role as he replaced Martial but was no more effective than the Frenchman. /p
h2SCOTT MCTOMINAY (on for Antony 85) #8211; 6/h2
pWas no doubt expecting to be gone this transfer window but an injury to Mason Mount may have shelved that idea./p
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