Tim Adams 
Sergio Romero (6) Could do nothing about the two Bristol City goals. The home side tried to pepper United’s number two in goal by long balls and only once nearly succeeded. Matteo Darmian (4) Horrid performance. Caught out on countless occasions. Last started against FC Basel and produced a similarly weak display. Could be on … Read more
Consistency is key in the Premier League. Just ask Manchester City. Scraping results against Bournemouth and West Ham United were perhaps even more significant than those thrashings against Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. So there is no doubt that United needed to keep up the pace. Going to West Brom Albion the Red Devils found themselves … Read more
David De Gea (6) Unusually quiet game for the Spaniard although he could do nothing about the goal, with Barry poking in from close range. Scintillating goal kick nearly allowed Rashford to find the net. Antonio Valencia (6) Injured in the second half. One of those players you know you miss the most when he’s … Read more
This is becoming a regularity. When Manchester United face a team that will challenge the club winning trophies there are certain players who up their performance. For over two decades the likes of Bryan Robson, Roy Keane and Cristiano Ronaldo knew that they had to become the protagonist on the pitch. Fans expected fight and … Read more
Jose Mourinho is not immune to criticism. Sometimes he even relishes it. Throughout his career, the Portuguese manager has received his fair share of the brunt of frustration and anger from supporters in the myriad of the clubs he has taken over. At Manchester United, however, criticism has become somewhat of a rarity, with the … Read more
Sergio Romero (7) Fairly quiet game. Could do nothing about a goal which was wrongly allowed. Crucial save late on meant United achieved their highest points tally in a UEFA Champions League group for nine years. Antonio Valencia (6) Surprised he started given the mammoth Manchester derby at the weekend. Solid and defensively astute again. … Read more
Rarely have Charles Darwin and David De Gea been mentioned in the same sentence. Perhaps never. Yet the Spaniard’s performance against Arsenal was so spectacular that it optimised the transformation of a skinny teenager arriving at the gates of Carrington in 2011, to undoubtedly the world’s best shot-stopper. Darwin’s memorable quote: ‘It is not the … Read more
David De Gea (10) One of the greatest goalkeeping performances of any generation. Could do nothing about Arsenal’s goal but otherwise was flawless. If he could get an 11 he would. Antonio Valencia (8) Stood up to barrages of pressure from Alexis Sanchez’s acceleration. Positioning could’ve been tighter across the 90 minutes, but it was … Read more
There were numerous headlines you could take from Manchester United’s 4-2 triumph at Watford last night but the most obvious was that Ashley Young has discovered his richest vein of form since Sir Alex Ferguson retired. When looking at his best performance in a Red Devils shirt the majority of fans will point to Young’s … Read more
David De Gea (6) Against a barrage of Watford crosses De Gea’s positioning was key. Could do nothing about the two goals and watched on as United’s forwards sliced open Watford. Antonio Valencia (6) Much improved from his performance against Brighton and Hove Albion. Consistently aware of his surroundings, and three crucial challenges late on … Read more