Manchester United 1-0 Wolves: Visitors left to rue series of missed chances as Raphael Varane snatches the three points with late header

Imagine how well Wolves would have played if Gary O'Neil had been in charge for a whole week. Raphael Varane scored the only goal of the game as Manchester United edged to victory Varane headed in from close range after meeting a looping cross from Aaron Wan-Bissaka Varane wheels away in celebration after giving his side the lead against the run of play United managed to snatch the three points but fans will not be convinced by the performance Given that Erik ten Hag lost his home opener to Brighton a year ago, he will take this. MATCH FACTS AND PLAYER RATINGS MAN UTD : Onana 7; Wan-Bissaka 6.5, Varane 7, Martinez 5, Shaw 6.5; Casemiro 6, Mount 6.5 ; Antony 7, Fernandes 6.5, Garnacho 5.5 ; Rashford 6 Subs: Henderson, Maguire, Martial, Dalot, McTominay Scorer: Varane 76 Booked: Martinez, Shaw Manager: Erik ten Hag 6 WOLVES : Sa 6.5; Semedo 7, Kilman 6, Dawson 6.5, Ait-Nouri 6 ; Lemina 7; Neto 6.5, Gomes 7, Nunes 7.5; Sarabia 7, Cunha 8 Subs: Silva, Doherty, Traore, Gomes, Bentley, Hodge Booked: Lemina, Ait-Nouri, Neto Manager: Gary O'Neil 7 Referee: Simon Hooper 5 Attendance: 73,358 But victory was about the only positive on a night that threw up more questions than answers about how United will shape up this season after spending another £160million on new players. Wolves were made to pay after missing a number of big chances when they got to final third United keeper Andre Onana kept a clean sheet but had to make a number of saves to do so The visitors had 23 shots on goal on the night but just weren't able to make any count Alejandro Garnacho has replaced Rashford on the left flank in pre-season but he didn't offer nearly as much penetration as Antony on the right. Onana looked to have caught Sasa Kalajdzic is the closing stages but VAR ruled it wasn't a clear error from the referee New Wolves manager Gary O'Neil was shown a yellow card for his complaints on the sideline In the 26th minute, the Brazilian breezed past Casemiro and past Martinez who knew he couldn't commit another foul.