Manchester United player their third pre-season friendly of the summer against newly promoted Premier League side Brentford at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.
The clash ended as a 2-2 draw after the recent defeat to QPR and victory over Derby as United work towards the opening game of the Premier League season against Leeds on 14 August.
Here’s a look at a few takeaways from the match…
Fans back at an upgraded Old Trafford
The easing of coronavirus restrictions meant that 10,000 fans were allowed to attend the final home game of last season against Fulham, only a fraction of full capacity.
But Old Trafford looked a little more normal on Wednesday night as 30,000 eager fans watched the game live, the highest attendance figure since March 2020.
Since fans have been absent there have a number of changes and upgrades to Old Trafford, with new safe standing rail seating installed, new LED floodlights, a freshly re-laid pitch.
Following major criticism for years of underinvestment on the stadium, on social media it was even observed that the outside of Old Trafford looks like it has had a lick of paint as well.