Alejandro Garnacho anger hints at Man Utd star's feelings on Erik ten Hag call

Alejandro Garnacho could not hide his fury during .

With the scores level after 's opening goal had been cancelled out by Youssef En-Nesyri, may have planned to prove the difference-maker, and on one occasion denied him that opportunity. When hoping for play to move quickly, the Dutchman proved ponderous.

His pass was slow, underhit and misplaced when United's winger wanted the ball played ahead of him, and Garnacho was visibly annoyed following his team-mate's delivery. Zirkzee, who has just one goal to his name this season, had already provided the assist for Eriksen to open the scoring but could not reach the hour-mark before being .

The ex-Bologna forward had been a surprise recall to the side after . Garnacho may have been left scratching his head at Erik ten Hag's decision in his moment of anger.

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Hojlund started and scored against the Bees in a 74-minute outing. The Dane had only played 69 minutes across two games on international duty but was chosen to not start against Turkish opposition while seven other players did retain their place.

believes he knows why the 23-year-old striker started ahead of Hojlund. "I think I know what he tried," said

"With Zirkzee they wanted to see if I press him when he drops. If I don't go they have one extra player, if I go they try to create space for Garnacho and Rashford. I think strategically was good."

Ex-United midfielder Paul Scholes was among the contingent surprised by the decision however. The TNT Sports pundit spoke highly of the Denmark international's development in recent weeks, and struggled to see where goals would come from without the forward in the side.

Scholes said: "Zirkzee comes in for Hojlund and I am with Owen [Hargreaves], I was really impressed with Hojlund especially the last couple of weeks, I think he is becoming a real threat, a real centre-forward showing real quality in that game on Saturday, a brilliant goal, so to be leaving him out of this game is disappointing and it is hard to see where the goals are going to come from."

Hojlund was unable to prove the difference in the final half hour in Istanbul however. The 21-year-old had few opportunities and could only muster a tame effort when driving at the opposition penalty area after 75 minutes when Garnacho was an option, as United failed to capitalise on their pressure.

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