Man Utd player ratings: Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba lethal partnership but De Gea gaffe gifts Spurs opener
MANCHESTER UNITED played out a 1-1 draw against Tottenham in their first Premier league game in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
Steven Bergwijn opened the scoring against the run of play for Tottenham after dancing away from an off the pace Harry Maguire and rifling home beyond David De Gea who should have done better.
Bruno Fernandes pegged the hosts back and equalised with 10 minutes to go after Paul Pogba won the penalty.
Here SunSport‘s Isabelle Barker gives out his player ratings for the Manchester United stars.
David De Gea – 4/10
The Spanish stopper suffered yet another gaffe to help Spurs bag the opener.
Berwijn’s screamer stung De Gea’s hands and ricocheted into goal – and the United keeper will be wishing he did better with the ball virtually firing straight at him.
He partially redeemed himself to parry a Son Heung Min’s strike over the bar but Roy Keane reckons the Spanish stopper should be SACKED for not stopping Bergwijn putting Tottenham 1-0 up.
Victor Lindelof – 3/10
The Swedish defender looked well off the pace as Bergwijn made light work of shimmying around him for the opener.
It seemed he was yet to shrug off the lockdown fug as he limped off on 78 minutes with Scott McTominay dropping into the defence.
Aaron Wan-Bisaaka – 5/10
Managed to ruffle a few feathers on the right flank but seemed to lose his feet in the final attacking moments. Son seemed to make light-work of outmuscling him.
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Harry Maguire – 4/10
Maguire looked well off the pace as Bergwijn danced around some feeble challenges from the Red Devils defender before slamming the ball home.
He puffed and panted to track back and keep up with the Spurs attack in the first half but stepped up to organise the wall as the tables turned.
He said: “Maguire and De Gea, I wouldn’t even let them on the bus after the match. Get a taxi back to Manchester.”
Luke Shaw – 6/10
One of the liveliest Red Devils players in the opening exchanges and could – maybe should – have helped side in front if he had lacked a tad more precision in passing.
Fred – 5/10
A few deft deliveries but got caught out a couple of times early on and was unable to predict the danger from Bergwijn on his way to scoring and was benched for Paul Pogba.
Scot Mctominay – 6/10
Despite being dubbed McTerminator during the lockdown period for his bulging muscles he seemed to be easily outmuscled in the opening exchanges however he remained hungry, vocal and pressed for the tables to turn.
Bruno Fernandes – 8/10
Slammed a no nonsense penalty into the left corner and made no mistake with it for the equaliser.
He injected creativity and quality into the midfield from the offset and we got a taste of the deliciously lethal partnership of Pogba and Fernandes which is yet to come.
Despite influencing proceedings early on his corner delivery was poor – but that was about his only fault.
Anthony martial – 5/10
He did well to find space in a few pockets to find a few crucial passes but scuppered his shot off to allowed Dier to deny him a peach of a chance.
He redeemed himself and struck well at Lloris forcing the frenchman into a desperate save.
Daniel James – 4/10
Despite a few flashes of pace Ben Davies didn’t seem fazed by the youngster and he was unsurprisingly was benched
Marcus Rashford – 6/10
Looked sharp and seemed like he had shrugged off the lockdown fug.
He has scored the last three United goals against Spurs and had the first chance for United but didn’t quite take it and lost the challenge that led to Bergwijn’s opener.
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Paul Pogba 8/10
Stepped up and used this as the chance to silence the critics and put potential suiters across Europe on red alert.
The World Cup winner’s tasty link up with Fernandes proved lethal and he was hungry and involved from the offset.
He wriggled and a jinked past Dier who got left behind in the Frenchman’s dust trail and won the crucial penalty.
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Mason Greenwood 7/10
The lively teenager was switched on from the offset and had an appetite for action with his deadly pace.
Odion Ighalo 5/10
Wasn’t given enough time to get the run of the green going up front for the final few minutes. But offered an alternative option upfront.