Mason Greenwood opened his Manchester United account in style as the 17-year-old secured Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men an unconvincing win against Astana in their Europa League opener.
Back in the competition for the first time since lifting the trophy two years ago, the Reds' gruelling road to Gdansk got off to a surprisingly uncomfortable start against the perennial Kazakhstan champions.
An embarrassing European result was looming large in front of an increasingly frustrated Old Trafford crowd, only for teenager Greenwood to produce a moment of magic and secure a 1-0 win.
Solskjaer will be relieved to have got Group L off to a winning start, although will surely be alarmed by the way his side's performance dropped off after Fred hit the woodwork and Marcus Rashford saw early efforts denied.
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Team news and line-ups
Man Utd XI: Romero, Dalot, Tuanzebe, Jones, Rojo, Matic, Fred, Chong, Gomes, Greenwood, Rashford
Subs: Grant, Maguire, Young, Garner, McTominay, Lingard, Mata
Astana XI: Eric; Shomko, Simunovic, Postnikov, Rukavina; Maevski, Tomasevic; Tomasov, Sigurjonsson, Rotariu; Murtazayev
Subs: Mokin, Muzhikov, Beysebekov, Mubele, Logvinenko, Pertsukh, Janga
Daniel James misses out along with Paul Pogba, Luke Shaw and Anthony Martial.
The fleet-footed winger picked up a knock in Saturday's win against Leicester and was absent from United's session on Wednesday, when Pogba (ankle) and Shaw (hamstring) did individual work.
