#3 Jesse Lingard’s pace makes the difference
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There were many elements about United’s display to admire, but one individual who stood out for the visitors was Jesse Lingard. His pace and awareness to make runs off the ball was invaluable to help United stretch a usually solid Baggies’ defence.
Left-back Allan Nyom had a torrid evening trying to keep up with Lingard, especially in the build-up to the first goal, where Lingard easily outsprinted him and was given the luxury of space to deliver the perfect ball for Ibrahimovic to attack. He missed a wonderful opportunity to score himself, skipping past an Albion defender, after Matteo Darmian sliced his shot, to sky his shot with only goalkeeper Ben Foster to beat.
However, his intensity-filled runs down either channel and energy on the ball warrants a lot of praise from his manager.
