Alexis Sanchez did not need to watch this game to know what he has signed up for at Manchester United.
The moment Sanchez and his advisers opted for United over Manchester City, they were fully aware of what playing for Jose Mourinho entails.
It will not be the free-flowing football he is leaving behind at Arsenal or could have expected to play if he joined his former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola at City.
Mourinho’s success in football has come playing a certain way, and Sanchez will have to buy into that while trying to light up this United team in return for his £450,000 per week.