(Video) The next Ronaldo! Watch Alejandro Garnacho brilliant pre season highlights

(Video) The next Ronaldo! Watch Alejandro Garnacho brilliant pre season highlights

How did Man United overcome Lens in their final pre-season friendly?

It was a game of two halves as the French outfit kept United at bay in the opening period while striking from the blue as a loose Diogo Dalot pass was capitalised upon.

Highlights of Alejandro Garnacho’s great game vs Lens today 🌟🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/CXDrrS6kn8

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Florian Sotoca burst onto the sloppy pass in the middle of the park and fired in a shock effort in goal, catching Onana on the edge of his box.

Unable to recover in time, the goalkeeper only ended up in the back of the net along with the ball as he was beaten by 40 yards on his home debut.

United failed to convert any of the opportunities they carved out in the first half of the game, with new boy Mason Mount missing a glorious opportunity.

The English midfielder failed to sort out his feet in order to grab his first goal for the club, a wait that continues on ahead of the Premier League season beginning next week.

A change in fortunes saw the hosts bring the scoreline level early in the second period with an Antony pass finding Marcus Rashford, who fired past the goalkeeper via the help of a deflection.

Within moments, the tables had been turned as Antony got himself on the scoresheet after a breathtaking counter-attack saw Garnacho slip the Brazilian in before he finished past ex-Nottingham Forest keeper, Brice Samba.

Alejandro Garnacho and Erik ten Hag
Casemiro finished the game off just before the hour mark in rather fortuitous fashion after Rashford’s header struck the holding midfielder on its way into the back of the net.

Alejandro Garnacho dazzles in pre-season win

Footage has emerged online of the highlights of the young Argentinian winger’s performance with the opposing full-back unable to have a moment’s rest.

For the huge opportunity missed by Mount in the opening period, Garnacho was the man to break through at pace and put the ball on a plate before his teammate squandered the chance.

As also mentioned before, the 19-year-old provided an assist for the eventual winner after using his explosive pace to drive at the opposing defenders before playing a perfect pass into Antony’s path to slot home.

The clips from the match show that the youngster can be a brilliant outlet on the counter-attack with several long passes in behind the defence finding him in space.

From the wide positions he takes up, Garnacho is almost a throwback winger that is happy to drive at his full-back in order to take him on and get into the box

There are very few occasions in which the dynamic young attacker turns back as he is always looking to take the game to the opposition with another chance created for Mount from this exact approach.

A lung-busting run from the centre of the pitch saw Garnacho carve out a shooting chance for himself, but he was unable to convert on his weaker left foot.

He even displayed a side to his game that he does not always get credit for with his pressing and work-rate helping to win the ball back for his side before driving forward and winning a free-kick 20 yards further up the pitch.