Manchester United’s turnaround largely depends on four key players

Scott McTominay described the feeling of scoring his winner against Brentford as “an out of body experience” but many of his teammates have performed like ghosts this season.

The most blatant of these, perhaps, is Marcus Rashford. The attacker has scored just once in his 10 matches so far and showed where his confidence levels were at when he tried to square the ball for Bruno Fernandes when one-on-one with the Galatasaray goalkeeper last week.

United almost exclusively relied on the England star for goals last season in what was his most prolific campaign. He would have to produce a remarkable U-turn to reach his 30-goal haul again, it seems.

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While Rasmus Hojlund has been one of the few to impress with his three goals so far, it is Casemiro who leads the goal-scoring chart with four strikes. It’s no surprise that both he and Rashford were the goal scorers in the 2-0 League Cup final win over Newcastle.

Yet the pivot is another who has failed to live up to last season’s levels. The Brazilian has so often been bypassed by opposition attackers and midfielders this time around and seems to lack the energy that carried United through so much last season.

Casemiro may be more vocal but he and Rashford lead best by their actions and this has looked wayward to say the least so far. Both will still be integral for United this season and a turnaround in their form would almost certainly pull the rest of the squad in the right direction.

Meanwhile, Andre Onana has been less than convincing. The goalkeeper has made a catalogue of errors already this season and not all of them have been