Real Madrid 1-1 Manchester United (1-2 penalties): 5 Talking points

3. Andreas Pereira and Timothy Fosu-Mensah stake their claim; Lindelof has a way to go

Perreira holds his own against Madrid's big guns

Manchester United appear desperate to get one of those multi-functional CM/CDM/RB figures in the mould of Fabhinho or Eric Dier (and Nemanja Matic, of course), but Andreas Perreira and Timothy Fosu-Mensah showed that they have enough quality about them to avert any possible panic in case none of the mooted deals fall through.

The Brazilian Perreira was quietly impressive in midfield - as he has been all of pre-season, and last season with Granada, in fact - and deserves a proper look-in once the season commences.

Lucas Vasquez, Toni Kroos, Gareth Bale and Marcelo trying to tackle Andreas Pereira. Still gets out of it. pic.twitter.com/TX2RS7nyEj

— Jordan Clarke (@FourFourJordan) July 23, 2017

Fosu-Mensah meanwhile seemed to show all the aggression, strength and driving power Mourinho seems to crave in his proposed new signings and even if United fail to capture their top summer signings, it shouldn't worry them unduly.

Victor Lindelof, meanwhile, needs to show he's better than his displays in this game and the previous few - too many silly mistakes creep into his name, and the reckless abandon of some his tackles will get punished at the highest level.

P.S. A word of praise for Scott McTominay who having replaced Ander Herrera in the 51st minute was arguably United's best player of the second half.