Manchester United began their Europa League campaign with a surprise defeat against Real Sociedad at Old Trafford last week. Erik ten Hag picked a strong starting line up for the match and the 1-0 defeat was certainly not part of the script on the night.
David de Gea, Tyrell Malacia, Diogo Dalot, Christian Eriksen and Antony all started after defeating Arsenal, while the players that came into the side were hardly short of pedigree. Casemiro and Cristiano Ronaldo have 10 Champions League titles between them.
United were almost at full strength and they had enough talent on the pitch to control the game - yet they did not. United looked lacklustre, pedestrian and devoid of creativity instead and that was exacerbated when Eriksen was replaced at half-time.
