New boy Alexis Sanchez quickly finds feet at Man United

Yeovil Town 0 Man United 4

And, as befits a player who will be being paid somewhere in the region of £500,000 (€570,000) for the next four-and-a-half years at Old Trafford, it was a debut, in modest surroundings, which spoke volumes about his hunger to get his United career up and running.

After a cautious opening, it was Sanchez who set up United’s opening goal four minutes before half-time, playing a short pass that offered Marcus Rashford the chance to launch himself on one of his mesmeric runs into opposition territory.