Fernandes' perfect performance - Man Utd v Ipswich player ratings

Senne Lammens: Stood firm and came out on top as Enciso charged at him. Out of his area to control and lay off a pass to Shaw at one point. 8Diogo Dalot: So close to a rare goal with a curling left-footed effort. Defensively solid. 7Harry Maguire: Reliable presence at the heart of the home defence, then got lucky with the deflection, otherwise his 'goal' might have been ruled out. 8Lisandro Martinez: Experience vital on a day when the home side might have buckled. Mistake for Ipswich's late goal. 6.Luke Shaw: A difficult day for the England full-back. Struggled to deal with Fatawu. 5Kobbie Mainoo: Restored to the starting line-up and good as ever on the ball. But United's midfield struggled to cope with Ipswich running at them. 6Youri Tielemans: Still to find form in a Man Utd shirt. Went down too easily in the penalty area. Not secure defensively. 5Bryan Mbeumo: Held his wide position and threatened with crosses and short passes. Unlucky Rashford's cross was deflected as he hit the bar from close range. Got his goal at the end. 6Bruno Fernandes: Hat-trick hero. Sensational performance from the captain. Thunderous equaliser, kept his nerve with the penalty after two pre-season failures and calm third. Almost scored an outrageous fourth from halfway. 10Marcus Rashford: First league start for Man Utd since December 2024. Got on the ball often enough and ran at the visitors' defence. Almost created a goal for Mbeumo. 7Matheus Cunha: Began through the middle again and alternated with Fernandes as the furthest player forward. Decent. 7Subs:Leny Yoro (on 72, for Dalot): 6Noussair Mazraoui (on 72, for Shaw): 6Benjamin Sesko (79, for Cunha): 6Patrick Dorgu (79, for Rashford): 7Andrey Santos (79, for Mainoo): 6Subs not used: Darlow, Zirkzee, Heaven, LaceyKjell Scherpen: Superb save to deny Dalot the opener and crucial touch to deny Mbeumo an easy finish. No chance with the equaliser. 8Dara O'Shea: Robust defensive display and did well, until Fernandes took control. 6Issa Diop: Lot of scrambling defence for the former West Ham man but coped OK for the most part and talked the Ipswich rearguard through the game. 6Jacob Greaves: Composed on the ball and held his position, not getting drawn out when Cunha dropped deep. Probably lacked a bit of class at this level. 6Leif Davis: Superb pass inside Dalot to release Maeda created one good chance for the visitors. Precise execution for his goal and might have had another. 8Marcelino Nunez (off 62): Busy, in front of defence, wants to get on ball and slot in between centre-halves. Disastrous slip at just the wrong time let Man Utd in for crucial equaliser. 6Sasa Lukic: Excellent addition to Ipswich ranks. Had the game nous to halt the home side's momentum, even at the expense of a yellow card. 7Abdul Fatawu: Skinned Shaw close to the touchline and then had the awareness to pick out a team-mate as Ipswich took the lead. Booked for a poor tackle on Mbeumo but overall really good. 7Julio Ensico: Held off Shaw and Mbeumo on length-of-field run but no reward as effort lacked power. A real threat. 8Daizan Maeda: Good early raid down the left was early sign of Ipswich intentions. Shot from angle of area threatened home goal. 7Emersonn: Tried use his size to pin Maguire and Martinez back and relished the physical tussle with the England man. 6Subs:Chuba Akpom (on 46, Emersonn): 7Exequiel Palacios (62, on for Nunez): 6.Darnell Furlong (on, for Maeda 72): 6Abdoul Ouattara (on for Lukic 73): 5Kasey McAteer (83, for Abdul Fatawu): 5.Subs not used: Walton, Kipre, Egeli, Clarke.