These are early days in the Premier League season and the opening to Manchester United's campaign hasn't been without its difficulties, but it is becoming increasingly clear that this is a very different team to the one that stumbled through almost all of last season.

Glasner complained after the Carabao Cup win over Queens Park Rangers in midweek that his team was too slow moving the ball and passed too much. That was evident for a lot of this game. Ismaila Sarr made a significant difference when he came on and Jeffrey Schlupp’s direct running in the final few minutes made an impact too.

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