21 min Sem Steijn, Twente’s No10 and best player, has been quiet so far. If he gets on the ball, there could be something in this for Twente because United aren’t really creating much.

18 min Amad slows down to draw a defender towards him, then skips elegantly away from him and into the box. His cutback deflects to Fernandes, whose shot is well blocked. The ball ricochets about a bit until Eriksen has another effort that deflects through to the keeper.

16 min Salah-Eddine moves into the area and has a shot smother by Mazraoui. He looks a useful attacking left-back.

15 min The away end are making a fine noise, and their intrepid team are giving them plenty to shout about. A neat, precise counter-attack ends when Vlap’s awkward cross is cleared well by Dalot (I think) at the far post.

13 min Bruns is booked for a foul on Amad.

12 min “Not sure Orkney counts as a city, so the Google citation probably still stands, at least vis a vis Orkney,” says Richard Hirst.

This, folks, is why you should always read emails properly before mouthing off. Even if you are trying to liveblog an association football match at the same time. Less is more, goodnight.

11 min Rashford plays a neat one-two with Zirkzee, whose return flick behind his standing leg is a thing of defensive-splitting beauty, and slides a low cross that is cut out. Rashford looks lively.

9 min A United corner breaks for Rashford, whose snapshot is well blocked.

8 min: Just wide from Lammers! The corner isn’t cleared properly, with Dalot losing the ball near the corner flag on the other side. Van Rooij crosses early towards the near post, where the unmarked Lammers opens his body to guide a left-foot shot across goal. It beats Onana and rolls this far wide of the far post. At first I thought it kissed the post but replays suggest otherwise.

7 min Van Bergen plays in the overlapping left-back Salah-Eddine, who scoots into the area and is well tackled by Mazraoui. Corner to Twente…

5 min “I have no comment on the match itself, I just wanted to note that though a cursory Google search revealed Cardiff as the wettest city in the UK,” says Matt Burtz. “I find that hard to believe when every MBM from a game in Manchester seems to indicate both 1) that it’s raining and 2) that it’s raining quite hard.”

Having lived in the otherwise beautiful Orkney for almost six years, I would like to offer both you and Google outside. There were some days when the window for a dry dog walk was about 10 minutes.

3 min Ugarte overhits a crossfield pass to Rashford, although it was a good spot. He’s made a bright start – as have Twente, who look confident and up for a bit of gianticide.

1 min Ugarte shows why United bought him by reading and intercepting a pass inside the first minute. Er, that’s it.

1 min And they’re off. United are kicking from left to right as we watch.

The players are about to walk into the moist Manchester night. As they do so, here’s a reminder of the teams.

Man Utd (4-2-3-1) Onana; Mazraoui, Maguire, Martinez, Dalot; Ugarte, Eriksen; Amad, Fernandes, Rashford; Zirkzee.
Substitutes: Bayindir, Heaton, De Ligt, Mount, Hojlund, Garnacho, Casemiro, Antony, Evans, Mainoo, Collyer.

FC Twente (possible 4-2-3-1) Unnerstall; Van Rooij, Hilgers, Bruns, Salah-Eddine; Regeer, Vlap; Van Wolfswinkel, Steijn, Van Bergen; Lammers.
Substitutes: El Maach, Tyton, Lagerbielke, Kjolo, Kuipers, Eiting, D Rots, Van Hoorenbeeck, Mesbahi, Ltaief, M Rots, Besselink.

Referee Simone Sozza (Italy)

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Read Jonathan Wilson on Man Utd

The nature of the modern United is that they cannot be trusted. They will inexplicably fail to do the basics of defending. They will contrive comical ways to have goals ruled out for offside. They will waste opportunities. In part it’s quality, in part it’s mentality, in part it’s the area where the two meet, and in part it’s confidence.

Last week we scored seven against Barnsley, we are capable of scoring many goals, but it’s a part of the game we have to improve.

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