MANCHESTER UNITED fans were left baffled as they feared Jadon Sancho would line up at right-back – and then Victor Lindelof started there.
Ralf Rangnick bizarrely omitted right-backs Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Diogo Dalot from his starting XI as United struggled to a 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid.
Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire and Raphael Varane all started, with many thinking it would be those three as centre-backs with Luke Shaw on the left.
That had many United supporters fearing Sancho would be deployed as a right wing-back.
But in the end, it proved to be Lindelof at right-back in a four-man defence.
And plenty on Twitter could not get their head around the German manager’s thinking.
One said: “Lindelof RB or a shocking and unlikely back with Sancho as a wing-back? This is a very experimental line-up given the weight that this holds, I just hope that Ralf gets it right. Come on United!”
Another wrote: “If it is Sancho at wing-back seems like such a strange call to put a player who’s been brilliant and finally hitting form in a position I don’t think he’s ever played before.”
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Joao Felix had put the hosts ahead early with a brilliant header after some poor defending from Harry Maguire.
But despite dominating the match, Atletico could not find a crucial second goal to kill off the game.
United barely escaped the Spanish capital with a draw and had super-sub Anthony Elanga to thank for a late goal.
With just ten minutes to play, United broke on the counter and Bruno Fernandes slid through a perfect pass for Elanga to slot home and earn a crucial draw.
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