After the break, Harrison got the better of Osong once more in the 56th minute. This save was even more impressive, as our keeper showed brilliant reflexes to spring down to his left and keep out the dangerous forward’s low try at a deadlock-breaker.

Our best opening of the encounter followed, falling to McNeill in the 70th minute, when the young striker connected with substitute Ethan Williams’s cross from the right and poked a first-time effort against the near post. 

The majority of the action in the final quarter of the contest took place in United’s half, but the young Reds continued to put on a resilient front, maintaining the clean sheet. No bigger contribution was made towards that than by Harrison, who again denied a low attempt from Osong with a strong left hand late on.

In stoppage time, a forceful challenge from Jamie Newton on Sam Murray saw the former shown a straight red card, as Forest completed the remainder of the battle with a player less.

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FEBIAN BRANDY’S UNITED PREDICTIONS

Our former youth-team player and current MUTV pundit expects an unchanged side from the midweek victory over Sheffield United. 

He’s also backing Rasmus Hojlund to build on his goal against the Blades with another influential performance at the Theatre of Dreams. Take a look…

Line-up: Onana; Wan Bissaka, Casemiro, Maguire, Dalot; Mainoo, Eriksen; Antony, Fernandes (C), Garnacho; Hojlund.

First scorer: Rasmus Hojlund

Correct score: United 3 Burnley 0

Man of the Match: Rasmus Hojlund

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Now, we are celebrating a landmark of debuts this week and, while we always celebrate a first-team debut, I’m always keen to point out that focusing solely on these markers isn’t a sensible thing to do. We are fortunate to have hundreds of children in our care and the Academy’s mission is to provide life-enriching experiences for all of these kids. We want to be a safe place that, through football, opens up opportunities for them that they never could have imagined. We strive to maintain a child-like experience, rejecting premature professionalism.

To define the success of a young person’s engagement in a football club by debuts alone is crazy! And not something football clubs really do. I firmly believe that debuts are in fact a welcome byproduct of purposeful young people taking ownership and maximising the opportunity of a wonderful learning environment.

However, a debut also offers an opportunity to celebrate extraordinary achievement. For every one of those 250 there is a unique and incredible story. It began with boys from Salford and Manchester and then Busby and Murphy welcomed in kids who played on the streets of Ashington, Belfast, Dublin, Dudley, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff and further afield. Then Sir Alex Ferguson brought in the modern era in which we’ve been fortunate enough to work with young players who first dreamt of playing for United while kicking a ball around in Paris or Madrid.

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While Manchester United’s Premier League victory against Sheffield United saw Bruno Fernandes claim the biggest headlines – the Portuguese’s brace making it seven goals for him in five appearances in April – it was also a noteworthy night for Harry Maguire.

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The season will consist of 33 weekends, four midweek rounds of matches and one Bank Holiday matchweek.

The Premier League has confirmed that arrangements will be made to ease the congested schedule around Christmas and New Year, with no club playing within 60 hours of another match.

However, the mid-season break, introduced in 2019/20, has been scrapped to allow for a later league start date. 

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