Manchester United avenged their humiliating loss to Istanbul Basaksehir earlier this month by beating the Turkish champions 4-1 on Tuesday night, with Bruno Fernandes inspiring the Red Devils to a Champions League victory. The Red Devils were three goals to the good after just 35 minutes thanks to a Fernandes brace and Marcus Rashford’s penalty while Daniel James added a late fourth as United sealed a big win for their hopes of progressing to the last 16. Express Sport rates Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side.
Man Utd player ratings vs Istanbul Basaksehir – Champions League
David de Gea – 6
Little to do first half, excellent save low to right to deny Visca shortly after the break. Couldn’t do much for the free-kick.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka – 5
Couple of lapses in concentration but caused a few issues overlapping going forward.
Victor Lindelof – 6
Solid and accurate route one to set up United’s third, subbed at half time.
Harry Maguire – 6
Strong in the air and couple of decent blocks to thwart Demba Ba in a professional display. Booked.
Alex Telles – 6
Couple of errors early but decent cross for United’s second and generally good going forward.
Fred – 6
Worked hard and mopped up well in the middle but not under a huge amount of pressure.
Donny van de Beek – 7
Put in a shift, granted acres of space and made use of it, initiating plenty of forward movement.
Anthony Martial – 6
Intermittent influence but at least looked happy enough cutting in after shifted wide.
Substitutes
Axel Tuanzebe (on for Lindelof 46) – 5
Struggled to get to grips with Ba after coming on at the break, booked and misses next match.
Mason Greenwood (on for Fernandes 59) – 6
A great ball into James to make it 4-1 in stoppage time.
Daniel James (on for Rashford 59) – 6
Side-footed in from close range late on. A big confident boost.
Brandon Williams (on for Wan Bissaka 59) – 5
Kept busy at the back.
Nemanja Matic (on for Martial 82) – 5
Helped shore things up.