Manchester United 4-0 Leeds United: 5 Talking Points

Manchester United put on another clinical display in their second friendly against Leeds United in Perth at the Optus Stadium in which again more than 55,000 people turned up. The Red Devils won 4-0, thanks to goals from Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood, Phil Jones, and Anthony Martial.

Again, two different teams played in both the halves for United. The first half team comprised of Sergio Romero, Eric Bailly, Victor Lindelof, Marcos Rojo, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Scott McTominay, Paul Pogba, Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford, Juan Mata and Daniel James. United got two goals in the first half, both scored by their academy products, and the goal from Rashford especially was a thing of beauty.

In the second half, the team that started comprised of Joel Periera, Diogo Dalot, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Ashley Young, Andreas Pereira, Nemanja Matic, Angel Gomes, Jesse Lingard, Tahith Chong, and Anthony Martial. James Garner also came on later for Matic in the second period. Jones from the corner made it 3-0, while Martial put a penalty to make it 4-0.

It was another impressive display from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's boys and in this slideshow, we are going to take a look at the 5 talking points from the match:

#5 United continue their pressing from the front

Manchester United v Leeds United - Pre-Season Friendly

As Manchester United did against Perth Glory, in this game against Leeds it was visible how brilliantly United's pressing style has changed from last season. The Red Devils look more in sync than ever.

Ole has mostly played in a traditional 4-2-3-1 and most of the players from those attacking four are pressing very high upfield and whenever United lose the ball, they try to squeeze the opposition into giving them the ball again.

What Solskjaer has been working on in pre-season is clearly visible and it's brilliant to see as a United fan.

#4 United have deadly pace on the counter

In the first half, both the goals that United scored were reminiscent of the way they played when Solskjaer first took over and now, finally, the players seem to have bought into his system. The first one was a brilliant goal as Pogba picked out Wan-Bissaka on the overlap with an inch-perfect through ball and the young Englishman crossed it for Greenwood who finished it wonderfully.

The second goal was scored with frightening pace. United were defending in their own box before McTominay screamed forward with the ball who found Rashford and the 21-year-old put two Leeds defenders on the ground before slotting it in. It's only the initial looks, but I can say this United team can frighten anyone with their pace. Speaking of which.....

#3 Daniel James and Aaron Wan-Bissaka impress again

So far, the two signings that United have made fit perfectly into Solskjaer's system, especially James who is clocking some brilliant pace. The young Welshman hit the post against Leeds but what he did in the lead up to that is exactly why United signed him.

James was helping out the defense on the right-hand side before Pogba intercepted and found Rashford and James put on a brilliant sprint, getting the ball in a goalscoring position before hitting the post. Also, Wan-Bissaka has improved United's right side massively.

In the two games so far, he hasn't been beaten once and he also managed to get an assist today. So far so good for James and Wan-Bissaka.

#2 Marcus Rashford is looking in scintillating shape and form

Before the pre-season started, Solskjaer was talking about how Rashford can score over 20 goals this season and so far, the young Englishman has looked brilliant. He scored against Perth Glory with an instinctive finish and now against Leeds, he showed his quality again, rounding up two defenders before slotting it into the back of the net.

Both the goals showed different qualities that Rashford has and he fits into this system perfectly. Even if Romelu Lukaku doesn't leave this summer, Rashford is most certainly going to be Solskjaer's first choice and if he keeps this form up, who knows what's the ceiling for this talented Englishman.

#1 Angel Gomes and Mason Greenwood show what they could provide next season

Everyone knows that United are lacking a right-winger and now with only 3-4 weeks to go in the transfer window, I don't see United signing one. But after what we saw today from Greenwood, maybe United don't need a right-winger as the two games that Greenwood has played so far, he has looked phenomenal.

He also got a goal and it was because of his ability to find goalscoring positions. Also, in the second half, Angel Gomes looked a class apart in the number 10 role. His touches were brilliant and it was his link-up play with Tahith Chong that earned United the penalty for the fourth goal.

United's youngsters have been impressive so far and Solskjaer would have definitely loved it.

Edited by Zaid Khan