{"id":1117589,"date":"2019-11-28T18:07:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T18:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1117589"},"modified":"2019-11-28T18:17:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T18:17:03","slug":"astana-2-1-manchester-united-player-ratings-levitt-laird-gomes","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/astana-2-1-manchester-united-player-ratings-levitt-laird-gomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Levitt and Laird light up Kazakhstan but it&#8217;s not enough as Man Utd fall to Astana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a surprisingly positive night of football, Manchester United lost to Astana in Kazakhstan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The result wasn&#8217;t ideal but given The Red Devils fielded an incredibly young side with an average age of around 20, handing no less than seven players their first-team debuts for United, the performance was always the key thing.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how Manchester United&#8217;s youngsters rated at Astana Arena:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7437001\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Lee Grant &#8211; 5 &#8211; <\/strong>Made a series of good stops and dominated his box well to help out his young defence. Could do little about either goal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethan Laird &#8211; 7 &#8211; <\/strong>Impossibly bright in attack, always looked willing and able to take his man on (he completed more dribbles than anyone else on the pitch) and supply a cross. The skill and confidence on this youngster will have Aaron Wan-Bissaka sweating over his spot in the first-team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Axel Tuanzebe &#8211; 6 &#8211; <\/strong>A solid display at the heart of defence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? Ethan Laird (18 years old)<br \/>? Di\u2019Shon Bernard (19 years old)<br \/>? Dylan Levitt (19 years old)<\/p>\n<p>Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hands debuts to three of the clubs academy players. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VtPSqflMJe\">pic.twitter.com\/VtPSqflMJe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1200062934946373634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Di&#8217;Shon Bernard &#8211; 5 &#8211; <\/strong>Excelled in duels and 1v1 defending but looked vulnerable positionally even before his unfortunate own goal gave Astana the lead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Shaw &#8211; 4 &#8211; <\/strong>Bagged an easy assist (and should have had another) but was honestly pretty bad. In particular he failed to help his side out defensively, leaving them exposed for Astana&#8217;s second goal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dylan Levitt &#8211; 8 &#8211; <\/strong>Looked absurdly calm and composed given this was his debut. Completed a frankly staggering 100 of 104 passes, a game high (more than twice any Astana player) as he constantly redirected attacks to keep United on the front foot. One hell of a first impression for the Wales youngster, who could feature for the first-team sooner than many had expected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Garner &#8211; 7 &#8211; <\/strong>A confident display, barely giving the ball away, but he was just missing a third midfielder, a creative type to play between the lines and be a target for he (and Levitt) to play passes to.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sacked or Safe? Every Premier League Manager Ranked\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/05UFU_XkVpE?start=39&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesse Lingard &#8211; 7 &#8211; <\/strong>Opened the scoring with a confident strike and ran hard all night. Was the hub United&#8217;s attacks flowed through and played that role reasonably well. Lost his way in the second half, however.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tahith Chong &#8211; 4 &#8211; <\/strong>A massively disappointing performance from the winger, showing little of the dribbling skill that he had done earlier in the season. Missed a golden chance to make it 0-2 minutes before Astana equalised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Angel Gomes &#8211; 6 &#8211; <\/strong>Started the game looking very quiet but eventually grew into the contest and became United&#8217;s go-to man in the final third. Forced a great save with a free-kick and looked a creative menace as The Red Devils chased an equaliser.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mason Greenwood &#8211; 5 &#8211; <\/strong>Mostly starved of service but always looked bright and made some great runs into space. 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