When the Manchester United teamsheet dropped at 3.15pm on Sunday, a fair few jaws dropped with it.

The decision not to start with an out-and-out striker, with Mason Mount asked to provide a focal point for United's new-look attack, instantly looked dubious. But with Benjamin Sesko still settling in and Ruben Amorim experimenting with a false nine in pre-season, it wasn't really a shock.

Amorim had refused to confirm whether Andre Onana would return in goal at his pre-match press conference just two days earlier, and so Altay's Bayindir's inclusion wasn't necessarily a shock either, as costly as that call proved to be.

The third contentious call was in midfield, but with Casemiro having started United's biggest game in decades just months earlier and Manuel Ugarte failing to impress on

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