Manchester United are repeating their Aaron Wan-Bissaka mistake

Erik ten Hag's line-up to face Omonia Nicosia was always going to include a surprise element to it, whether that was through senior stars being involved or forgotten faces getting a rare runout.

In the end, it was the former. Manchester United went just about as strong as is possible for a Europa League group stage game, with heavy-hitters featuring from the start and others selected on the bench.

It seems that until their place in the knockout round is secured, Ten Hag won't be giving peripheral figures and the youngsters a chance. Even then, he might go full strength for the final match away at Sociedad in an effort to secure top spot in the group and avoid an extra play-off match.

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Even with a strong line-up, United struggled to find a way past the inspired Francis Uzoho, though on another day it quite easily could have been a comfortable win that would have allowed them more experimentation with their changes from the bench.

Had they headed into the final stages of the match with a comfortable lead, the Dutchman might well have turned to Alejandro Garnacho, Facundo Pellistri or Zidane Iqbal on the bench. Instead, he looked for inspiration from Luke Shaw, Jadon Sancho, Christian Eriksen and matchwinner Scott McTominay.

Diogo Dalot's place was never in doubt, though.

With Aaron Wan-Bissaka ruled out due to injury, Dalot's starting spot was assured ahead of the match, but even if Wan-Bissaka had been fit, there appears to be no way he would have actually been involved at any stage.

Ten Hag has already identified both Victor Lindelof and Tyrell Malacia as options who could fill in at right-back if required, though he has had a reluctance to actually do that this