Julen Lopetegui must use Manchester United's failings to get the best out of Anthony Martial

Anthony Martial's Sevilla debut was underwhelming after his loan switch from Manchester United in January.

After 76 minutes, his time was up and he was replaced with the score at 0-0 as Ivan Rakitic squandered an opportunity to cut Real Madrid's lead - momentarily - to a point after seeing his penalty saved.

For a player who hadn't started in four months, his showing matched what fans, unfortunately, had become accustomed to at Old Trafford during his six-and-a-half-year spell with the club.

It could be argued anyone who was thrust into a high-stakes fixture in a new league would struggle, and that is failing to recognise his lack of match practice.

But for Julen Lopetegui, his comments after their stalemate only rang home the frequency of Martial's inability to consistently showcase his qualities as he did on numerous occasions in a red shirt.

"Anthony has to give us much more," Lopetegui said via Sevilla's official club website.

"It was his first game and adaptation is not easy, he has played little this year and he has to get into dynamics and gain minutes and confidence."

For those who aren't accustomed to the former Real Madrid and Porto manager's tactics, he often likes to deploy a 4-3-3 formation, as he did last weekend, with the tendency to move to 3-4-3 to provide more options going forward.

The 26-year-old has always wanted to be the number nine, the goalscorer, but in the Spaniard's system he was used on the left and as it has been since his barren run, coinciding with a handful of injury problems to boot, he failed to offer an attacking threat.

On Saturday, he took up the wide position but looked devoid of ideas and confidence either returning the ball or opting for the easier option, failing to add