Manchester United star enjoys dream debut as teammate suffers World Cup heartbreak in dramatic defeat
The latest international round-up as 11 Man Utd players were in action over the last round of matches.
The international break is officially over for Manchester United players after 11 of them featured in matches across Tuesday night and the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Ruben Amorim will have been watching on with bated breath in the hope he did not suffer any fresh injury setbacks ahead of their return to action next week. United face Everton in the Premier League on Monday night and are already set to be without striker Benjamin Sesko for the match.
The good news is there does not appear to be any new concerns heading into the clash, with Amorim set to provide a team news update when he holds his latest press conference on Friday afternoon. The United head coach will have learned a lot about his players from the latest international matches, and here is how those involved performed.
Manchester United international round-up
Senne Lammens enjoyed a dream international debut as he kept a clean sheet for Belgium in their 7-0 win over Liechtenstein, which secured World Cup qualification. The 23-year-old has established himself as the first-choice at Old Trafford, but has had to wait for Thibaut Courtois to be injured to make his first senior international appearance.
It proved to be a very low-key night for the United shot-stopper, who faced just one effort on target and only touched the ball 12 times. He might face far tougher tests at the World Cup next summer.
Elsewhere, there was agonising heartbreak for Rasmus Hojlund and Patrick Dorgu, who both scored for Denmark in their dramatic 4-2 defeat to Scotland. They would have secured World Cup qualification with a draw, but conceded twice in added time as the hosts, inspired by a sublime Scott McTominay opener, booked a place in the final tournament.
Altay Bayindir was the only other United player who featured in a qualifier as he played the entirety of Turkey's 2-2 draw with Spain. They will have to go through the play-offs to make it to the World Cup next year.
In terms of friendly matches, Casemiro and Matheus Cunha both started as Brazil drew 1-1 with Tunisia and Manuel Ugarte played the entire match as Uruguay were thrashed 5-1 by the United States. Noussair Mazraoui played the entire match and grabbed an assist as Morocco defeated Uganda 4-0, while Amad Diallo played the final few minutes as Ivory Coast defeated Oman 2-0.
James Overy was an unused substitute as Australia were thumped 3-0 by Colombia and Diego Leon also remained on the bench as Paraguay defeated Mexico 2-1.
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