Manchester United facing big test as Marcus Rashford makes point

Here are your Manchester United morning headlines on Thursday, August 17.

Wolves manager Gary O'Neil could have counted more positives than Erik Ten Hag on Monday evening but a positive result was not among them.

Ten Hag could count on one hand the pluses from Manchester United's evening. The win was one, Aaron Wan-Bissaka's gameness was another, so was Andre Onana's debut until he clumsily clattered into Sasa Kalajdzic. Maybe Raphael Varane's match-winning contribution.

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Beyond that, there was little upbeat to write him about. The clean sheet was as fortuitous as the win and Wolves let United off the hook.

It was not the statement win United could have done with and they need one this month. The visit of Nottingham Forest is sandwiched between testing trips to north London against Tottenham and Arsenal before the September internationals. United then resume the season against Brighton, victors over United in their last three league fixtures.

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Marcus Rashford had the fewest touches of the ball on the pitch after 20 minutes in Manchester United's match against Wolves.

Rashford had recorded just four touches at that stage of the game and he finished the 90 minutes having made 38, which was the fewest of anyone who started in a red shirt including Lisandro Martinez, who was substituted at half-time. With new signing Rasmus Hojlund injured and watching from the directors' box, Rashford had the responsibility of leading the United attack, but he was isolated for large portions of the game and he began to look increasingly