When Manchester United lost at Brentford under Erik ten Hag in 2022, the manager sent his players on a punishment run at Carrington the next day to make up for the 13.8km they had lagged behind their opponents.
The mood was rather different last Sunday following United’s latest embarrassment at the Gtech Community Stadium, when Ruben Amorim and his staff got together with the players and their families for a planned social at the training ground that the club like to put on a couple of times a year, enjoying food and drinks after the squad had a warm-down session.