Three players returned from injury for United, offering relief at the back after a makeshift back four appeared at the weekend. The midfield was reinforced a bit as well with the return of Mason Mount, who would go on to make a big impact in his 45 minutes of action.
Mount started the move with a nice cross-field pass to switch play to Facundo Pellistri. The Uruguayan collected and laid a pass into the path of Dalot, who then charged to the byline and played a cutback pass across goal for Alejandro Garnacho to score his first of the season. Mount was the player who delivered the corner kick for Casemiro, and looked really sharp coming back from injury. Positional freedom in attack allowed him to link up with teammates across the final third, and he probably should have had a third assist after setting up Pellistri with a chance. He was replaced at halftime, likely to ease his return from injury with a Premier League game at the weekend, but a very promising return to action all the same.
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