Ronaldo, Fernandes and Sancho immediately linked up to set up the latter for a great opening, but, faced with just Geronimo Rulli to beat, the England forward's shot was saved by the advancing Villarreal No 1. The interim boss brought on Fernandes and the pacy Marcus Rashford in place of the disappointing Anthony Martial and Donny van de Beek midway through the second period, with United taking charge of the contest thereafter. The only time he had any difficulty was in the second round, when Mervyn King took the opening set. And he responded to that quickly to win 3-1. "I think we were very good for about 60 or 70 minutes against a Manchester United who were the favourites in this group.