On Tuesday, at UCLA, Amad Diallo professed a wish to stay at Manchester United “all my life”. Twenty-four hours later, 130 miles south at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium, and the Ivorian filed a first-half display that was a fine audition to take him into Erik ten Hag’s first XI for a long while, at least.
The Ivorian was either the scorer (once) or provider (twice) in all of his team’s goals, these coming in an opening 45 minutes that will have impressed Erik ten Hag far more than the second, as shape and intent were lost.
