Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim explained changing Bruno Fernandes in defeat at home to Nottingham Forest last night.
Fernandes reduced the scoreline to 2-3 after an hour, but 15 minutes later he was replaced.
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After the defeat, Amorim explained his decision: "I could have let Bruno Fernandes stay on the field, but I felt that with Mason Mount we would get a player who is good at dead balls and who can also score because he is very technical and we needed fresh legs.
"We could also have lost the ball in a changeover, and if we had collected another goal, it would have ended.
"I used all the replacements. With so many games, I felt Bruno was a little tired. I had Mason Mount and tried to put him and Joshua (Zirkzee) closer to Rasmus (Højlund) to try something else."