The Dutchman said he was “satisfied” after the friendly win but warned not to “overestimate” the result against their fierce rivals saying Jurgen Klopp played “three teams” during the match.
Klopp, who used more than 30 players in the game, gave debuts to summer signings Fabio Carvalho and Darwin Nunez but said it made “makes no sense” to analyse their performances and the “game came too early” in his pre-season plans.
So what did we learn from Monday’s game?
United’s confidence boost
It has been an awful few months for United and they are not clear of trouble by any means just yet.
However, they need some positives to cling to during Ten Hag’s bedding-in…
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