Tanvir Juneja
3. Guillermo Varela looks extremely impressive at right-back.
Along with fiery performances from young guns Marcus Rashford and Fosu-Mensah, Guillermo Varela has also been extremely impressive since being thrust into the right-back spot by Van Gaal.
Tonight, he was selected ahead of Italian international Matteo Darmian for the white-hot Anfield atmosphere, something of a surprise given the ex-Torino man’s greater experience. He has certainly not wasted his chance.
Varela stuck gamely to his task, notably his running battle with Coutinho, who increasingly looked to play up against the Uruguayan. At times he struggled to cope with the Brazilian and the overlapping Alberto Moreno, but it was another showing to suggest he can have a long-term future at Old Trafford.
