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Donny van de Beek (left) and Paul Pogba brought invention and incision against Sheffield United, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer often pairs Nemanja Matic or Scott McTominay with Fred.
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Richard Jolly
The three-month anniversary fell yesterday. On Sept 19, Donny van de Beek marked his Manchester United debut with a calm finish against Crystal Palace. That remains it, the sum total of United's home league goals in open play.
In three months since, Bruno Fernandes has converted a couple of penalties but a club who were long a byword for attacking, entertaining football have not found the net in any other way against English opposition at Old Trafford.
