Young midfielders Hannibal Mejbri and Dan Gore were the pick of Manchester United’s performers in a pre-season friendly win over Lyon.
Erik ten Hag played two different teams in Edinburgh with a senior starting line-up featuring Antony and Mason Mount coming close to breaking the deadlock on a number of occasions.
After the break, a more youthful XI was introduced and acadmey star Gore picked out Donny van de Beek for the only goal of a 1-0 win on 49 minutes.
Matej Kovar - 5
Unable to show off his shot-stopping abilities in the face of a limp Lyon attack and looked suspect in his distribution.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka - 6
Fairly quiet and conservative in attack, he marshalled his flank well enough for a relatively trouble-free outing defensively.
Raphael Varane - 8
Made some nifty clearances from difficult positions inside his own box, showing his intelligence with typical grace.
Lisandro Martinez - 5
Marauding and confident on the ball yet a bit rustier in the tackle, with a couple of mistimed efforts allowing Lyon in behind.
Alvaro Fernandez - 5
Plenty of effort and running from the left-back but he lacked end product in attack and was caught out for one particularly dangerous counter.
Kobbie Mainoo - 6
A quiet and safe display from the deep-lying midfielder, who will have looked to impress Ten Hag with his positional maturity.
Mason Mount - 6
Chose his moments to attack and defend well yet failed to produce the killer touch in an early goalmouth scramble and from a couple of good openings on the edge fo the box.
Hannibal Mejbri - 8
Played in a more advanced midfield role and looked a real threat, smartly laying off a pass when he could have shot speculatively early on. Absolutely full of running and commitment, he’s clearly angling for that Scott McTominay/Fred role in the squad - and he may well get it.
Amad Diallo - 6
Should have done better with a pair of early openings but otherwise got his head up well in dangerous positions.
Antony - 7
Can be forgiven for the rustiness as he squandered a chance three minutes into his first game of the summer. Otherwise looked determined and adventurous, and set up Amad with a fine piece of running.
Jadon Sancho - 6
In an unfamiliar role central striker’s role, Sancho was a good outlet on the counter and into space, albeit with little to show for it.
Substitutes
Marc Jurado - 6
Saw an early shot blocked as he looked to bomb up and down the right flank.
Will Fish - 6
Untested by Lyon’s quiet attack.
Jonny Evans - 7
Earned a round of applause with a fine sliding tackle in his second United debut and was overall very authoritative at the back.
Brandon Williams - 6
Plenty of energy from the full-back, who looked to spark attacks.
Fred - 6
Made one promising surge forward and overall looked to be the mature, calm head in the midfield. Thumped a good free-kick position well over at the death.
Donny van de Beek - 7
Struck a fine opening goal to send Ten Hag a message minutes after coming on, but was quiet otherwise.
GOALLL!!! ⚽️@Donny_Beek6 opens the scoring with a sweet volley 🍬#MUFC
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 19, 2023
Dan Gore - 8
Big things are expected of the 18-year-old and it was clear to see why when he dug out a great assist for Van de Beek from the corner flag. Showed lovely close control, work-rate and technique throughout.
Omari Forson - 5
Struggled with a loose touch in attack, was better coming deep to help link passing moves together.
Isak Hansen-Aaroen - 6
Looked neat and creative, and had a 67th-minute effort across goal well saved.
Joe Hugill - 6
Keen to get involved and lead the line like a traditional No9, even if his passing was not always on the money.
