Louis Van Gaal and Ryan Giggs were both at Old Trafford to see a rampant United Under-21 team beat Norwich. They'll surely have been impressed with a brilliant performance from the Reds youngsters, which included five goals from Will Keane, though they'll have been concerned to see both Januzaj and Varela limp off with first half injuries.
With both Memphis Depay and Phil Jones in the starting line-up, United made a lively start and it didn't take long before they took the lead, Keane hammering home in the area after a cut-back from Pereira. Keane added a second in the first half when a superb run down the left from Memphis finished with the forward scoring from a simple tap-in.
Memphis was again the supplier when he secured his hat-trick just after half-time, exploiting an error in the Norwich defence before Keane scored with an even easier tap-in. Pereira scored the fourth from the penalty spot following a handball in the area. Keane then grabbed his fourth and United's fifth in glorious style, beating two defenders before cheekily lobbing the keeper.
Substitute Fosu-Mensah scored the sixth, overlapping from the left-back position to leave the shattered opposition defence floundering before sliding his shot under the keeper. Keane still hadn't finished, though, seizing on a James Weir pass to stroke calmly home for the Reds' seventh.
Even by the Under 21s' standards, this was a sublime performance, against a side that had inflicted a rare defeat on the Reds at Carrow Road earlier in the season. United continue the defence of their title when they host Manchester city at Leigh on Thursday.
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