Watching the 25-year-old lay on both United goals it was hard to believe he was considered peripheral a few months ago, or that his first-team appearances seemed likely to be rationed after the arrival of Sánchez. Slick as United were in those opening stages, they were helped by some fairly naive defending, with Swansea trying and mostly failing the play a high line. Carlos Carvalhal’s response to a 2-0 interval deficit was to send on Tammy Abraham and Tom Carroll for the second half, closely followed by Wayne Routledge when Sam Clucas was injured. The substitute twice tested the United goalkeeper early in the second half to discover that inactivity had not dulled his reactions. “We want to be the top team in the Premier League but that is not realistic this season,” the United manager said.

Source: The Guardian March 31, 2018 16:05 UTC