At your utmost capacity?

Because of the inconsiderate postponement of two of United's domestic matches this month, the club will not play in the Premier League again until the Manchester derby on October 2. This will be a gap of 28 days for United.

United should eventually be able to disregard their loss to Real Sociedad from the previous week, so they might as well play their best team in their lone match in the next 24 days in order to get three points on the board. Real Sociedad was the team that they lost to last week.

Is Ronaldo going to get a pass?

Cristiano Ronaldo almost certainly would have taken a seat on the substitutes' bench at Selhurst Park the week before had Manchester United walked out of their game there. Following a couple of encouraging cameo appearances, Ronaldo started the game against Sociedad but was rusty and was called for offside more often than Filippo Inzaghi.

Read more here about how Varane became the most important player for United.

Before training, Erik Ten Hag and Cristiano Ronaldo joke around with one another.

During the first team training session for Manchester United, Erik Ten Hag and Cristiano Ronaldo joke around before and after the workout, as well as at other times.

Due to the absence of Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial, it is likely that Ronaldo will continue to start in the forward position. This will be Ronaldo's final opportunity to score for his club before the month of October. The last time he went through August and September without scoring for his club team, he was 19 years old and in the middle of his second season with United in 2004.

Response to Sociedad?
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There is a possibility that Erik ten Hag's lineup choices will be more illuminating than the outcome of tonight's match. After suffering a loss to Sociedad a week ago, it would be surprising if players such as Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof, Casemiro, Fred, and Anthony Elanga all kept their starting positions during this team's 17-day layoff.

United are currently winless in Group E, and a number of their starters, including Raphael Varane, Lisandro Martinez, Scott McTominay, Bruno Fernandes, and Jadon Sancho, have not played in over a week. It would be contrary to logic to choose another team to be "rotated."

Iqbal's opportunity?

United have brought 22 players to Chisinau for their matchday squad, which is one player short of the 23-man limit that they were allowed. Marc Jurado could have been added to the B list to compensate for Aaron Wan-continued Bissaka's absence, and the Catalan trained with the first team on Wednesday morning, but instead he chose to remain in Manchester.

Zidane Iqbal has been under Ten Hag's direction a greater number of times than Donny van de Beek, who will almost certainly enter October without having made a start this season. Iqbal, an Iraqi international player, might be able to get some playing time thanks to the Sheriff tie.