Onana shows why Ten Hag fought to get him, the battle at No 10 heats up between Mount and Fernandes and Bellingham is the one that got away... FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED from Man United's 2-0 loss to Real Madrid
It was defeat but there was plenty for Erik ten Hag to unpack from Manchester United's latest leg of their pre-season US tour.
Fans finally caught a glimpse of Andre Onana's talents as United's new £47.1million No 1 was handed his first start.
There was also plenty of pre-match chatter about who would start at No 10 and by the end of this 2-0 loss there were few concrete answers with Mason Mount and Bruno Fernandes both getting a spell off the front man.
Elsewhere it was a cruel twist of fate for youngster Kobbie Mainoo who was handed a start, only to end the night leaving the NRG Stadium on crutches.
Mail Sport's Chris Wheeler has picked out five things we learned from the latest match of United's pre-season tour of the US.
Andre Onana didn't enjoy the best of starts on his Manchester United debut against Real Madrid in Houston, conceding a goal inside just six minutes from Jude Bellingham and another spectacular effort towards the end from Joselu.
But Onana wasn't to blame for either goal and there was probably more interest in how the Cameroonian would bring his sweeper keeper style to United.
At times, Onana was stood midway inside his own half and, at one point just before half-time, he was level with Raphael Varane 40 yards from his own goal to give United an 11th outfield player and take a pass from the Frenchman to link up play.
On another occasion, Onana got United out of trouble at the back and launched an attack that ended with Mason Mount almost scoring at the other end.
It was the kind of confidence with the ball at his feet that Erik ten Hag wanted when he signed the former Ajax keeper from Inter Milan for £47.1million having decided that he was never going to get what he wants in that respect from David de Gea.
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