Manchester United’s young Reds have produced the goods yet again in Paris after beating last season’s finalist 2-1 after a first-half spot kick from Bruno Fernandes and an 87th-minute winner from Marcus Rashford sealed the Parisian’s fate.
In light of United’s brilliant performance, we have rated every United player who featured.
David De Gea
Had a faultless first-half after making a handful of decent stops to keep Paris-Saint Germain’s attacking trio out.
The Spaniard’s best moment came early into the second-half when he made a brilliant diving save to keep Kylian Mbappe off the scoresheet.
De Gea was back to his awe-inspiring best tonight as he continues to repay the faith his manager has shown in him.
Rating: 9/10
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Dealt with Paris-Saint Germain’s wide men superbly front start to finish.
Made a last ditch tackle from an impossible angle on Moise Kean. The defensive full-back reminded fans why he should be considered in the conversation for best full-back in the world currently.
Rating: 9/10
Axel Tuanzebe
Made a wonderful last-ditch tackle on Kylian Mbappe. Didn’t look out of place in United’s back-five and on Europe’s biggest stage one bit.
Marshalled United’s back line faultlessly all night, arguably the best player on the pitch.
Rating: 9/10
Victor Lindelof
Looked very comfortable, one of his best performances in a United shirt (even if it was a zebra one) for a long time, if ever.
Rating: 8/10
Luke Shaw
A left-sided centre-back is Shaw’s new position for me. Looked solid and was complimented excellently by new-signing Alex Telles.
Made a superb recovery run in the 56th-minute to deny Paris-Saint Germain a goal scoring oppotuntity.
Rating: 7/10
Alex Telles
Superb first-half. Created the most chances out of all 22 players on the pitch. Linked up with Bruno Fernandes brilliantly.
Subbed off mid-way through the second-half for Paul Pogba.
Rating: 7/10
Fred
Worked tirelessly all evening, made several vital recovering runs and looked to progress play forward whenever possible.
Thoroughly competent performance from the Brazilian to limit Paris-Saint Germain’s industrious midfield.
Rating 7/10
Scott McTominay
Made Paris-Saint Germain star-attacker Neymar Jnr realise he was in a match from the first minute.
Used his physical stature to match the explosive attacking threat Thomas Tuchel’s men posed.
Very solid performance from the Scotsman.
Rating: 7/10
Bruno Fernandes
Showed nerves of steel during the first-half to successfully convert a re-taken penalty and put in several world-class deliveries into the box.
Worked his socks off all night; a real captain’s performance.
Subbed off in 89th-minute for Donny van de Beek.
Rating: 8/10
Marcus Rashford
Fluffed his lines in the 47th-minute after a simple pass into his strike partner went wayward.
Looked like he never really got going and like tonight was not going to be the Englishman’s greatest showing in a United shirt, however, the 22-year-old popped up with the goods when they mattered.
Rashford was United’s hero in Paris for the second time in as many years after his 87th-minute winner ensured the Reds’ took all three-points from their opening 2020-21 Champions League tie.
Rating: 8/10
Anthony Martial
Horror show early into the second-half resulted in the Frenchman scoring an own goal from a Paris-Saint Germain corner to make the score 1-1.
Similarly to Rashford in the first-half, never got going. Not the Frenchman’s night at all.
Subbed off for Daniel James in the 88th-minute.
Rating: 4/10
Subs:
Paul Pogba
The Frenchman had a solid half an hour, provided necessary cover defensively and added an extra dimension to the Reds’ attacking threat.
Rating: 6/10
Donny van de Beek
Only featured for a few minutes, impossible to judge.
Rating: N/A
Daniel James
Came on at the same time as van de Beek, can’t be judged.
Rating: N/A
Congratulations to all man u fans
Thank God will didn’t use that senseless Maguire
Another wonderful performance from the young lads
I think greenwood would be better than martial in that forward