After two wins in their opening games, Sunday proved to be a rather different matter against Ajax on a training pitch adjacent to their Amsterdam ArenA home.

2-0 ahead through Danny Bakker and Hendricks, United halved the arrears through Haris Vuckic before Donny van de Beek added two more for the Dutch side - one either side of the half time interval.

Further home goals from Cerny, Bakker again and Zakaria El Azzouzi saw Ajax lead 7-1 after 75 minutes, before they slackened off and allowed the Magpies to score twice more through Vuckic and Jamie Cobain.

PS: One of the brace scored by Vuckic has become something of a social media hit, after he took on and beat four home players before ending his run with a little drag back and shot past the 'keeper.