Erik ten Hag made Antony the second-most expensive player in Man United's history but the £82m winger has one assist and no goals in his last 26 games... so why does the Dutchman continue to trust his former Ajax pupil?

There was something symbolic about Erik ten Hag's decision to replace Antony with Facundo Pellistri against Bayern Munich on Tuesday night.

With Manchester United staring Champions League elimination in the face late in the second half, the Dutchman felt a squad player with 323 minutes of football under his belt this season would be more effective than his record signing.

The only surprising aspect of the substitution was that it took Ten Hag 75 minutes to reach that conclusion.

United's Champions League exit does not rest solely on Antony's shoulders, nor is he Ten Hag's biggest issue in a season lurching from one major crisis to the next.