Two goals in two games - Sesko gives Man Utd a different threat — SkimNews
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- Benjamin Sesko scored his second goal in two games against Sabah FK, his first United start since the Liverpool match last March when a shin issue forced him out, chipping past goalkeeper Stas Pokatilov after Bryan Mbeumo's through ball.
- Michael Carrick highlighted that the 6ft 5in Slovenian offers a 'different kind of threat' — pushing defences back, running at opponents, and combining size with pace that Matheus Cunha and Mbeumo lack as a central striker.
- Cunha opened the scoring and Bruno Fernandes added a second with a 'brilliant move,' while Marcus Rashford remained an unused substitute and is yet to score or create a goal since returning to his boyhood club.
- Carrick faces a selection call for Sunday's Manchester derby: stick with Sesko up front or revert to Cunha, with Amad Diallo's absence already costing Carrick the option to use Mbeumo as a central striker.
- Sabah FK, the Azerbaijan champions, were likely the weakest of United's eight Champions League league-phase opponents, meaning the 23-year-old's impact will face sterner tests against sides that can match his physicality.
- At Everton, Sesko's close-range header — built on his size — should have won United the match but didn't, underscoring how his profile changes United's attacking structure from the drift-and-drop style Cunha favours.
Why it matters: Sesko's return from a long-term shin complaint hands Carrick a rare No. 9 profile in a squad built around drifting creators, and his fitness now directly determines whether United start with a focal point or their usual fluid front line against a Manchester City side that can punish spaces Cunha's movement leaves at the apex of the attack.
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