We got Mkhitaryan, DiMaria and other big names in the club and Lingard outperformed them I have no fear for him, just because he doesn't score every game doesn't mean he played badly, with cleverley-esque McTominay in midfield who couldn't pass the ball anywhere forward just to lay it off to Valencia and Slow Matic, Lingard find difficult to get a proper ball from midfield, the same with Mata who likes to pass the ball back too much.
He made a great run forward and nearly scored on his own, he was also involved in before Sanchez dived when he looped the ball to Chilean.. that's already two chances and some nice interplay with him, one twos, noone in the team seams to be capable of that when everyone is passing the ball to the next player. I don't think it was a bad performance, we play just terribly slow for someone like Lingard to make things happen. If we pressed higher up the pitch he would be scoring every week. Mourinho just likes his team to sit back like in some retro movie...
shame we can't just play quick modern football as it would suit all of our players more IMO, not just Lingard. As for Fekir, he looks great but there is a big question mark over his ability in the premier league. French league is really a shit league. Depay looks like a worldbeater there with all the time on the ball.
Martial for me playing the second striker role wouldn't be a good decision, we really struggle to get the ball from midfield to attack and he struggles without the ball, unless we play diamond or with 3 at the back which seemed to work pretty well until we stopped using it..