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Club Brugge 0 Manchester United 4 player ratings: Wayne Rooney scores hat-trick, but who impressed in Champions League tie?

A look at the individual performances in Belgium

Wednesday 26 August 2015 21:43 BST

Manchester United avoided a Champions League catastrophe with an impressive 4-0 win over Club Brugge in their Champions League play-off second leg.

It was a result that saw Louis van Gaal's side progress to the group stage of the competition with a 7-1 win on aggregate.

The night belonged to Wayne Rooney who ended his 10 game goal drought in style. The United skipper scored a hat-trick in under an hour in Belgium.

The final goal of the night was scored by Ander Herrera, who was making his first start of the season.

So who impressed for Manchester United? And who could have done better? We take a look at the individual performances...

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Sergio Romero

His smart reflexes to whip the ball off Diaby’s feet maintained United’s first half lead when it was under greatest threat in his only major action. 6

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Matteo Darmian

Has already established himself as a hugely reliable defender and the Italian quickly moved to lock down the right flank. 6

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Chris Smalling

Struggled in the air against the tall and strong De Sutter but continues to be pass the ball smartly and lead a backline he has only recently established himself in. 6

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Daley Blind

As composed as he is on the ball he looks nervy when his opponents attack him. He nearly let Brugge back into the tie with a careless header in the first half and was lucky his opponents merely focused on stopping the rout in the second period. 6

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Luke Shaw

An excellent display by the left-back, who defended well but was even more effective in attack, creating several chances early on. 7

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Ander Herrera

An early booking kickstarted a horror-show of a first-half for the returning midfielder. It didn’t get much better than when he fell over the ball, but he recovered well in the second, getting an assist and a goal before being substituted. 6

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Michael Carrick

A solid, calm presence on a night where, early on, United could have given in to nerves when Brugge pressed high. His distribution from deep was as excellent as ever. 6

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Juan Mata

Though his eagerness to pass rather than shoot gave Rooney chances to add to his tally it also made the attacker a touch too predictable, with Brugge able to give him space in shooting positions. Very good, but you still sense he could be better with more goalscoring drive. 7

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Adnan Januzaj

Did little wrong but as his half-time substitution confirmed he did little right either. 6

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Memphis Depay

Looked as full of attacking enthusiasm as he had been in the previous match and played a key role in the important first two goals. 7

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Wayne Rooney

Exploited a tired home side eager to get off the pitch to build some valuable confidence. His first goal opened the floodgates, though don’t get carried away when Brugge’s defence were shattered in the second half. 8

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Bastien Schweinsteiger

Brought on to shut down the tie but soon embraced the counter-attacking opportunities his hosts provided him. His through-ball for Herrera’s goal was spectacular but he nearly trumped it with a delicate chip that floated just wide. 7

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Javier Hernandez

His chance to impress Van Gaal will be defined by a slip when taking a penalty, but don’t forget missing an open goal too. His confidence at United seems irretrievably damaged. 3

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