With Victor Lindelof and Matteo Darmian competing for a place at the 2018 World Cup when Sweden face Italy in the two-legged play-off, we decided to review instances when Reds have been in direct opposition at previous finals.
There have actually been very few occasions when Manchester United players have met on the field in the World Cup finals. The only time this happened at the last tournament, in Brazil, Javier Hernandez came off the bench for the final 15 minutes for Mexico to cross swords with fellow striker Robin van Persie of the Netherlands.