Manchester United have found their answer to Pep Guardiola trick

Inverted full-backs appear to be the in-thing across the Premier League these days and Manchester United might have their own answer to that revolutionary tactical approach.

Pep Guardiola and Manchester City have been forerunners in that particular area, with John Stones, Kyle Walker and promising academy graduate Rico Lewis performing so well in the hybrid position last season. Joao Cancelo before them had carved out a reputation as one of the best around before falling out of favour.

Of course, the treble-winners are by no means the only European club to try and create overloads by sacrificing a defensive player when in possession. However, given how much City control the ball in each and every game, that door is often left wide open for Stones to push on.

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Stones being sidelined with injury so far this season has forced Guardiola into a momentary rethink, but their top-flight rivals such as Arsenal and Liverpool have experimented with a similar approach themselves with England star Trent Alexander-Arnold and Oleksandr Zinchenko respectively.

Alexander-Arnold and Zinchenko are both notoriously better going forward than they are defending - and that is where Stones breaks the mould - but United have now stumbled upon their own option to follow the trend.

It was no surprise to see on-loan midfielder Sofyan Amrabat handed his full debut in the Carabao Cup victory over Crystal Palace on Tuesday night. However, there were one or two eyebrows raised when the Moroccan took place at left-back with Sergio Reguilon unwell.

But there was no reason to worry. Quite the opposite, in fact, as Amrabat put in an