Manchester United's opening-day ratings at Hull City were split right down the middle. Senne Lammens topped the marks with 7/10, while Bruno Fernandes, Patrick Dorgu and Youri Tielemans were all dragged down to 3/10 or 2/10 in a performance that fell well short of what United need from a side with higher ambitions.
Lammens stood out from a poor United performance
Express Sport's ratings panel gave Lammens 7/10 and called him United's best player on the pitch. The Manchester Evening News were slightly lower on the goalkeeper at 6/10, but still made the same point, saying it spoke volumes that he was United's best player on the afternoon.
He had real work to do. Lammens made a stunning save to deny Oli McBurnie before the rebound fell to Semi Ajayi for the opener, then later could do nothing as Nobel Mendy headed in Regan Slater's whipped cross just before half-time to make it 2-0. The goalkeeper kept United from looking even worse, which is hardly where a season opener should leave a side that finished third last season.
The low marks for Fernandes, Dorgu and Tielemans
The harsher verdicts came for the outfield players. Fernandes was handed 3/10, Dorgu 2/10 and Tielemans 2/10, a spread that tells you United had more than one problem. Express Sport were especially severe on Tielemans, while Dorgu's display on the left drew one of the ugliest individual judgements of the afternoon.
Bryan Mbeumo also missed a golden 1v1 midway through the second half, which fitted the mood around United's attack. Marcus Rashford came on at the start of the second half and looked lively on the left in the Manchester Evening News account, but the wider performance still lacked the control and bite United needed at Hull City vs Manchester United.
The most honest reading is that the opening-day upset was a collective failure, with Lammens the one player who came out of it with any real credit. United now have a ratings sheet that already looks ugly, and they will need a very different response in their next league match.
Written by Jack Mercer with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 2 outlets. How we work →
