It would be fair to say that Victor Lindelof struggled in the early stages of his Manchester United career.
There was that pretty terrible performance at Huddersfield Town, and at that point, the Swede was facing criticism from a number of quarters.
Lindelof has certainly improved in recent weeks, however, with the summer signing from Benfica taking advantage of the absences of Antonio Valencia, Ashley Young, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo during stages of this season.
In fact, whilst almost all of his fellow United defenders have spent time out of action, Lindelof has been available for head coach Jose Mourinho.
The 23-year-old, who is valued at £19.8m by transfermarkt.co.uk, again played at right-back during United’s 2-0 win over Everton on New Year’s Day.
A solid and professional performance from Lindelof helped his team claim all three points, and the United supporters hailed the defender after the match.
A selection of the best Twitter reaction to Lindelof’s performance can be found below:
