FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED from Manchester United's 1-0 win over Lyon
Manchester United recorded a second straight victory in pre-season as Donny van de Beek's superb effort gave them a 1-0 win over Lyon in Edinburgh.
Erik ten Hag picked a strong starting XI, as he did in the 2-0 win over Leeds in Oslo last week. Antony made his first appearance since an injury in United’s penultimate league game of last season against Chelsea, which saw him miss the FA Cup final defeat to Manchester City, while Mason Mount started for the second straight game since his £60m move to Old Trafford.
The United boss made 10 changes in the second half - including handing a second debut to Jonny Evans - and the introduction of Van de Beek proved crucial as he guided home a cross from Dan Gore in the 49th minute to give the Red Devils an ideal send-off before they head to the United States tonight.
Here, Mail Sport takes a look at some of the things we learned from the match at Murrayfield.
KOVAR LAYS CLAIM TO NO 2 JERSEY
With a new No 1 on the way in £47m Andre Onana, and Dean Henderson expected to join Nottingham Forest, attention has turned to who will be Ten Hag's No 2 in the new campaign.
The United boss looks to have a more than ample deputy in his youth ranks in 23-year-old Matej Kovar, who won the Czech league title while on loan at Sparta Prague last season.
Ten Hag has brought in Onana for his distribution from the back – a trait famously lacking in David de Gea – and Kovar exhibited similar ability with the ball at his feet in the early stages, including a superb driven pass out wide to Hannibal Mejbri.
Kovar was cool and calm under pressure, and demonstrated a commanding presence in the box, diving low to claim a cross from former Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette.
Yes, there was the odd shaky moment -
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