Man United v Nottingham Forest ratings: Fernandes 8, Casemiro 7; Awoniyi 8, Worrall 3

Erik ten Hag's team fight back to win at Old Trafford on Saturday

MANCHESTER UNITED RATINGS: Andre Onana - 6. Conceded two in the first three minutes. Was stuck inside his six yards box for the first. Nowhere for the second. Then barely called up until United had taken the lead, when he cleared a ball (poorly) and made a near post save. Booked. Getty

Aaron Wan-Bissaka - 7. Beaten in the air before the counter-attack which led to the Forest opener. Then turned his head away from the ball as Forest scored the second. Fine tackle after 21 to stop an attack and played well, as he has in two of United’s three games so far. Getty

Lisandro Martinez - 6. Got in the way of Wan Bissaka and the confusion allowed Forest’s second goal. Attacked and crossed, implausibly, to Lindelof on 63 as United pushed for a winner. Not the best start to the season. Reuters

Raphael Varane - 6. United’s best defender until he came off at half time. United’s only goalscorer before this game, he got forward. A worry if he’s injured. Reuters

Diogo Dalot - 6. Out of position at left back in place of the injured Luke Shaw. His foul led to Forest’s second. Good defending at the start of the second as he put his foot in the way to stop the ball reaching the waiting Johnson. Misunderstood a reverse pass from Fernandes from a 70th minute free kick. AP

Casemiro - 7. Gave the ball away too much. Played a ball out from a goal kick in an awful start. Left foot shot on 20, missed a 26th minute header which he saw late. Got the equaliser on 51, controlling a Bruno header from close range to huge relief. Fine ball towards Fernandes. Saw more of the ball than any player. Getty

Christian Eriksen - 7. With Mason Mount injured, he made his first start of the season and he finished brilliantly with the outside of his foot from a Rashford cross for a much-needed United goal on 17. Defended well centrally several times as he won the ball back. AFP

Bruno Fernandes - 8. A shot from distance tested Turner before United’s opener. Battled, by trying to stretch Forest, to get his side back into the game, notably by starting and assisting the move which led to United’s equaliser. Pulled back into a red card challenge. Scored the penalty, low, hard and accurate, which edged United ahead on 76. Six shots – more than the entire Forest team. Booked for an altercation on 96. EPA

Antony - 7. Shot and won a corner inside a minute. A minute later, United were behind. Lively on the right but poor crosses in the first half. Fouled in a yellow card challenge at the end of the first half and again after 61, by which time he’d whipped a shot on target after 53. Four key passes. Positive. EPA

Marcus Rashford - 7. Much better on the left, though he was outmuscled by Awoniyi who he then tried to chase down without success to stop Forest’s opener. Defended well. Beat the full-back to set up United’s opener. More of a threat on the left but was central when he lofted a ball to Fernandes to set up the equaliser. Won a 74th minute penalty after light contact. Later booked for kicking a ball away. Getty

Anthony Martial - 5. His 300th start. Complained Wan Bissaka didn’t cross to him, but he’d gone too early and would’ve been offside. Nowhere near enough. AP

SUBS: Victor Lindelof (Varane, HT) - 6. Rose high to clear one of Forest’s two corners. Getty

Jadon Sancho (Martial, 60) - 6. Neat but peripheral. Getty

Scott McTominay (Antony, 84) - N.A. Fouled. Booked for high foot in the 101st minute, then made a key header a minute later as United defended their lead. Getty

NOTTINGHAM FOREST RATINGS: Matt Turner - 6. Forced into a good save by Bruno Fernandes early in the game. Ended the match with nine stops in total, but couldn’t have done anything to stop the goals. Getty

Joe Worrall - 3. Dealt well with the threat of Antony whenever Aina stepped out of defence to help out the attack. Undid his good work in the first half by bringing down Fernandes and earning a straight red card in the 67th minute. AFP

Scott McKenna - 4. A dreadful performance. He should have been much tighter to Erikson to stop him from pulling one back for the home side. He breathed a huge sigh of relief when Casemiro failed to direct his header on goal after he was caught ball-watching in the 26th minute. AP

Willy Boly - 7. Got the travelling Forest fans into dreamland with a glancing header to put the away side two goals up with just four minutes played. Made an important last-ditch challenge to stop Martial in the 29th minute. Forced Onana into a good save late on. EPA

Serge Aurier - 4. It was always going to be a challenging game against the tricky Rashford, and the Ivorian struggled. He was beaten far too easily by Rashford in the build-up to Eriksen’s goal. AP

Ola Aina - 6. Another assured display from Aina as a left-wing-back. Excellent defensive awareness to stop Antony from running through on goal in the 10th minute. AFP

Ryan Yates - 6. Hardworking performance from Yates next to Danilo at the base of Forest’s midfield. Stepped out wide often to help the struggling Aurier deal with the threat of Rashford. Reuters

Danilo - 4. Did a good job of protecting the backline in the first half but seemed to tire in the second half. Put in a foot and caught Rashford in the penalty area to give Bruno Fernandes a chance to put the home side 3-2 up. Reuters

Morgan Gibbs-White - 8. Played Awoniyi through on goal with an intelligent header from his own half. Grabbed his second assist of the day less than two minutes later with a well-taken set piece that was met by a Boly header. Getty

Brennan Johnson - 5. Caused problems for Dalot early in the game, but he fazed out quickly. Switched off at the back, allowing Bruno to ghost in behind and set up Casemiro for the home side’s equaliser. Reuters

Taiwo Awoniyi - 8. Netted in his seventh consecutive game by opening the scoring in the second minute. Efficient in holding up the ball and bringing his teammates into play before the home side took control of the game. Getty

SUBS: Moussa Niakhate (McKenna, 57) - 5. Switched off and allowed Antony to whip in a dangerous cross on the hour mark, though he later executed a last-ditch challenge to stop Rashford. AP

Cheikhou Kouyate (Johnson, 70) - 4. Brought on to add fresh energy into the midfield after the away side were reduced to ten men, Kouyate struggled to get involved and failed to provide adequate cover for his defence. Reuters

Anthony Elanga (Danilo, 81) - N/A. Had half a chance in the 89th minute, but he blazed his effort wide. Displayed good pace to get past Casemiro and whip in a dangerous cross late in the game. Chris Wood (Awoniyi, 81) - N/A. Getty

Bruno Fernandes came to Manchester United's rescue as Erik ten Hag's team completed a 3-2 comeback win after conceding twice inside the opening four minutes against Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford on Saturday.

The home crowd were stunned after two minutes when Taiwo Awoniyi ran through to put Forest ahead and were left shell-shocked two minutes later when unmarked Willy Boly headed in a second.

Christian Eriksen then began the comeback after 17 minutes when he slotted in Marcus Rashford's cross.

Casemiro levelled from close range in the 52nd minute before Forest were reduced to 10 men when Joe Worrall was red-carded for hauling down Fernandes.

Rashford then went down in the area after slight contact from Danilo and Fernandes stepped up to convert the penalty.

The new United captain was criticised for his body language in defeat at Tottenham, but Fernandes rose to the challenge on Saturday.

"It wasn't the perfect start for us but we kept control, kept the ball and started doing the right things," said Fernandes.

"The team showed great spirit, passion and desire. We just need to be aware that we can't concede so early."

Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper said his players gave it their all.

"We gave everything, that’s for sure. The start was a bit of an obscure one. You plan to start well but we didn’t think we’d start as well as that. It set the tone for the whole game," he told BBC Match of the Day.

"I’m not going to overegg a defeat too much, but at the same time you have to look a bit deeper than a result. It’s still a loss, though, and we have to turn it around if we can."

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