Loan watch: Tahith Chong gets off to a perfect start

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Manchester United have five players out on loan so far, and one of them was on the scoresheet this weekend.

After a series of impressive performances in friendly matches, Tahith Chong played his first competitive game for Werder Bremen.

It was a case of easing in for the Dutchman, with Werder playing a cup match against German lower league side FC Carl Zeiss Jena.

Chong came off the bench in the second half with the game goalless, and helped his team secure a 2-0 win.

Chong scored the second goal in the 88th minute, and as Werder noted, it was his first professional strike.

It was an impressive goal, with Chong breaking behind the defence and coolly slotting a one on one past the goalkeeper.

The goal keeps up Chong’s momentum; he has scored several times in pre-season too, ahead of the Bundesliga kick-off next weekend.

Werder’s first match is at 2.30pm on Saturday at home to Hertha Berlin, and Chong will be hoping to start.

How about the rest of the loanees?

Dylan Levitt was an unused substitute for Charlton Athletic as the Addicks won 2-0 away at Crewer Alexandra.

He only made his loan move last week, and could have a chance to start in the EFL Cup this Tuesday night when Charlton host West Ham.

Joel Pereira was also an unused substitute for Huddersfield in their 1-0 defeat to Norwich.

Matej Kovar did see first team action, making his League One debut for Swindon Town.

He conceded a goal in the third minute of injury time to miss out on a clean sheet as Swindon beat Rochdale 3-1 at home.

After coming off the bench in Caen’s first two Ligue 2 games, Aliou Traore was not involved as his side won 2-0 at Rodez.

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