UNITED RATED

DAVID DE GEA

Could have played in his slippers but was awake to deny Junior Hoilett after Tyrell Malacia erred.

A WAN-BISSAKA

Linked up a few times with Antony. Moved into midfield at times in one of his most adventurous performances.

VICTOR LINDELOF

Moved to the left of the defence to accommodate Harry Maguire and did little wrong.

HARRY MAGUIRE

Decent on the ball but appeared to misjudge a cross when he could have headed at goal.

TYRELL MALACIA

Caught napping when Hoilett seized on his miscontrol inside the United area. Could have been a game-changing moment.

CASEMIRO

Had a decent shout for a penalty ignored but charged forward to make it 1-0 and soon curled in a second.

CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN

Denied a certain goal by Tom McIntyre’s block on a frustrating evening that he struggled to breach Reading.

ANTONY

The most creative of United’s forwards in the first half, he played Casemiro in for the breakthrough in the second.

BRUNO FERNANDES

Another sloppy performance and his decision-making in the final third was often dreadful. Still crossed for Fred to score.

MARCUS RASHFORD

Thought he had put United 1-0 up but Wout Weghorst was offside. Missed out on scoring in 10 home games running.

WOUT WEGHORST

Strayed offside when Casemiro’s deflected pass looped into his orbit for his ‘assist’ for Rashford.

SUBSTITUTIONS

FRED (FOR ERIKSEN, 57): Scored classily. 7 ALEJANDRO GARNACHO (FOR RASHFORD, 68): Energetic. 6

FACUNDO PELLISTRI (FOR FERNANDES, 68): Some bright moments. 6

ANTHONY ELANGA (FOR WEGHORST, 73): More minutes. 6

KOBBIE MAINOO (FOR CASEMIRO, 73): Another appearance. 6

NOT USED: Martinez, Varane, Heaton, Williams.