Midtjylland 2 Manchester United 1 analysis: Pressure mounts on Louis van Gaal, Sergio Romero impresses

Paul Onuachu's goal provides the moment of the match and United will sweat over David De Gea

Paul Onuachu celebrates his winning goal (Getty Images)

Star player

Sergio Romero. Certainly made the most of the rare opportunity he was handed by David de Gea's late withdrawal from the United team. Without the Argentina goalkeeper putting in the performance he did this could have been an embarrassing scoreline for Louis van Gaal's side.

Moment of the match

Paul Onuachu's goal. United may have been guilty of allowing him the space for the shot, but the finish he produced was high quality.

View from the bench

United may well secure the second leg result to get through in a week's time, but on its own this was yet another poor result for the Red Devils after another display lacking in real spark. Van Gaal will point to the list of players unavailable to him, but what happened here will do little to ease the speculation about his future.

Moan of the match

It cannot be denied that United have had considerable bad luck with injuries, and De Gea's issue only compounded their problems on that front.

Who's up next?

Shrewsbury v Manchester United (FA Cup, Monday 22 February).

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