Gomes is targeting success in the competition, even if this is United's first assignment, at the third-round level, as he believes it is important the club sets strong objectives.

“Growing up at United, winning trophies is all the club knows really,” he said. “We’ll try to emulate that and get as far down the line as possible in the competition.

“No [I don't think it's too early to start looking that far ahead]. Not really. We’ve got to set standards and have the winning mentality. The higher standards we set, the harder we can work towards trying to achieve them.

”I thought I did okay [against Astana]. I tried to get into pockets and tried to go forward, when I could, to create chances. A personal aim is to create a few more chances and get a goal for myself or make a decisive pass that leads to a goal.