The extended highlights do not do Manchester United's opening goal against Sheriff justice. The ball was worked from left to right and there were at least 11 passes before Jadon Sancho received the ball inside the area.
In total, 14 passes preceded Sancho's 17th-minute goal. United were exclusively dependent on the counter-attack in the defeat of Arsenal in their last Premier League game and it procured the winner against Liverpool.
They have primarily mastered the proactive play Erik ten Hag favours in pre-season and Chisinau in the Europa League is not an acid test. "You see we can play between the lines and we adapted our game and we scored a great goal," Ten Hag said, "and from that moment on we dictated the game total." Also read: United set to hold recruitment meetings It serves as a benchmark going forward, although that idealism might be tempered at the Etihad in 16 days' time.
That is another fixture where United may rely on breakaways, as they have done against City in the past, particularly if Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial regain fitness.