HIGHLY-RATED MIDFIELDER Scott McTominay was handed a very first Champions League start by Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho tonight.
The 20-year-old has featured for the senior side on a number of occasions, making his debut at the end of last season, but his inclusion in United’s starting XI for tonight’s clash with Benfica at Old Trafford represented another significant step in the right direction.
He was named alongside Nemanja Matic in a more familiar 4-2-3-1 formation, after Mourinho dabbled with a back-three against Tottenham last weekend.
The youngster already earned some praise from Mourinho this season after he did well in the recent League Cup win over Swansea. McTominay started that game, having come on as a substitute in United’s 1-0 victory over Benfica in the reverse Champions League fixture just six days earlier.
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Thought Jose doesn’t do youth… oh well…maybe he’ll park the bus or get sent off to the stands or something. Got to be a story or 5 to write about him before midnight.
@An Observer: he’ll be loaned out to Blackburn next year I’d say
@Mark Costelloe: Will that get a whole story on The42? ‘Mourinho pitchforks a youth player and throws him over the fence of Blackburn Rovers Football Club’
Possibly United’s best player tonight.
He is benching herrera hahahah
@Jordo: Arsenal are shite
@FPL Thommo: Thommo is a shit pundit
@Jordo: he sure is
@FPL Thommo: lol