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Martial, Mata lead United back

MANCHESTER, England - Three observations from Manchester United's 2-1 Champions League comeback victory over Wolfsburg.

1. Martial and Mata make the difference for United

They amount to opposites, the sprinter and the more stately presence; the teenager who made an electric start to his Manchester United career and the senior professional who was in and out of the team for much of his first year at Old Trafford. The common denominator, where Anthony Martial and Juan Mata are concerned, is cost and while various expensively assembled Premier League teams have found ever more inventive ways of floundering in Europe, United conjured a win courtesy of the two biggest buys in Louis van Gaal's squad.