Beaten six times last season at Old Trafford, Manchester United marked their territory by strangling Leeds (5-1), this Saturday, during the first day of the English championship, with a hat-trick from Bruno Fernandes.
Apart from two weak times, between the 15th and the 30th minute, then in the first five minutes of the second half, the players of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, supported by 75,000 spectators, controlled the whole match. A bit like during their large victory in December 2020 against the men of Marcelo Bielsa (6-2).
Offensive festival
Author of four assists, Paul Pogba splashed Old Trafford with all his class this Saturday afternoon. Never has a Manchester United player made four assists in a Premier League meeting. La Pioche did it and thus exceeds its meager record of last season (3 “assists” in 26 games).
🚨 Post appreciation.
What a performance, @PaulPogba 👏#MUFC | #MUNLEE pic.twitter.com/v4J0ZnGLEs
– Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 14, 2021
Manchester United’s performance is all the more encouraging as striker Jadon Sancho, recruited this summer, did not enter until the end of the match, after the offensive festival, pending central defender Raphaël Varane, world champion with les Bleus, which was presented to the public at halftime.