David de Gea
Could have played in his slippers but was awake to deny Junior Hoilett after Tyrell Malacia erred. 7
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Linked up a few times with Antony as United strove to get the breakthrough. Moved into midfield at times in one of his most adventurous performances. 7
Victor Lindelof
Moved to the left of the defence to accommodate Harry Maguire and did little wrong on a relatively unchallenging night. 7
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Harry Maguire
Decent on the ball but appeared to misjudge a cross when he could have headed at goal. Riled Andy Carroll with a hard but fair challenge. 7
Tyrell Malacia
Caught napping when Hoilett seized on his miscontrol inside the United area for what could have been a game-changing moment. Booked. 5
Casemiro
Positive with his passing and had a decent shout for a penalty ignored but charged forward to make it 1-0 and soon curled in a second. 8
Christian Eriksen
Denied a certain goal by Tom McIntyre's block on a frustrating evening that he struggled to breach Reading. Came off early in the second-half. 6
Antony
The most creative of United's forwards in the first half, he played Casemiro in for the breakthrough in the second. Capped a good week. Lost Amadou Mbengue for Reading's set-piece goal. 7
Bruno Fernandes
Another sloppy performance and his decision-making in the final third was often dreadful. Still crossed for Fred to score. 6
Marcus Rashford
Thought he had put United 1-0 up but Wout Weghorst had strayed offside. Missed out on scoring in 10 home games running as he was rested in the 68th minute. 6
Wout Weghorst
Strayed offside when Casemiro's deflected pass looped into his orbit for his 'assist' for Rashford. 6
Subs
Fred
Scored classily. 7
Alejandro Garnacho
Energetic. 6
Facundo Pellistri
Some bright moments. 6
Anthony Elanga
More minutes. 6
Kobbie Mainoo
Another appearance. 6
Manager
Only made one change yet the players were too casual in the final third. Got the job done in the second half. 7
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