
You wait an age for a meaningful Donny van de Beek start and then two come along at once.
For the first time in nearly two years, Van de Beek was named in consecutive Manchester United starting line-ups. It was the only the second time that has happened since his £35.7m move from Ajax five transfer windows ago. In this third season of one of the more perplexing Old Trafford careers of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era, this is now his joint-longest streak of appearances from the off.