Manchester United 1 CSKA Moscow 0 player ratings: He scored, but did Wayne Rooney do much else?

A look at the individual performances at Old Trafford

Wayne Rooney celebrates his goal against CSKA Moscow (GETTY IMAGES)

Wayne Rooney nodded home a late winner as Manchester United managed to score their first goal in nearly six hours of football to stumble past CSKA Moscow. Rooney was assisted by Jesse Lingard who was making his first start for the Red Devils.

It was a game where CSKA seemed incapable of keeping the ball and United seemed destined to keep it out of the net. The English side had 70 per cent of possession during the game, but time and time again their penetrative ability appeared to be that of a blunted scimitar.

CSKA had clearly come to park the bus, and that they did with some amount of success. But it was more Louis van Gaal’s side’s ability to waste both possession and the chances they did create. A frequent occurrence was to see a cross or long ball marginally evade the outstretched leg of a man in red.

For all their statistical dominance, United very almost threw it away in the 77th minute substitute when Seydou Doumbia capitalised on a defensive lapse to leave himself one on one with David De Gea. His first shot was stopped by the Spaniard who was, however, unable to get in the way of an open goal bound second effort. Moscow’s replacement was cruelly scuppered on the line, though, by a sliding Chris Smalling who just made it back to save his sides blushes.

The goal mouth scramble to prevent CSKA scoring clearly struck a panic button amongst the United players. For two minutes later a cross from Michael Carrick and was squared by Jesse Lingard for Rooney to grateful head into the back of the net and hand United a much needed win.

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