Manchester United 1-0 FC Astana: 3 talking points | Europa League 2019/2020

#1 Mason Greenwood shines like a million stars

Greenwood opened his United account

Given the way Manchester United played in the match, it was always going to take a moment of individual brilliance to break the deadlock, and that moment came in the 73rd minute of the fixture.

The 17-year-old Mason Greenwood picked up what was a seemingly harmless ball from yet another ordinary looking sideways pass. However, what followed was far from ordinary and belied the young age of the player.

Greenwood faked an Astana defender, going the other way before sliding a right-footed low finish past the despairing dive of Nenad Eric to open the scoring. This marked his first senior official goal for his boyhood club, and what a way to announce yourself in front of thousands of United faithful.

Mason Greenwood is the prized gem of the United academy, and he has shown flashes of his brilliance in the past and in the game against Astana, while his fellow starlets struggled, Greenwood shone under the Old Trafford floodlights to show that he is ready to step up to the big stage.