The opener set the tone for an eventful night. Two goals in three minutes and 45 seconds for the Norwegian side put an unbalanced United side on the back foot in the first half, although Hojlund equalised just before half-time after a deft ball from Noussair Mazraoui.

Ruben Amorim revealed he is doing walkthroughs to show players what he wants as he attempts to compensate for a lack of training time during a frantic start to life as Manchester United head coach. Erik ten Hag's successor has had precious little opportunity to fine-tune the 3-4-3 set-up and ideals that worked with such great success during his time at Portuguese champions Sporting.