All the talk before this game had been about Erik ten Hag leaving Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench in the Manchester derby on Sunday, but it was his decision to bring Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial off it that spared Manchester United a Europa League embarrassment in Nicosia.
Trailing to a goal by Iran international Karim Ansarifard, a player some may remember playing for Nottingham Forest, United were facing one of their greatest upsets in Europe.
Think Midtjylland in 2016, Olympiakos in 2014 or Zalaegerszeg in 2002, the same year they lost 3-0 to Maccabi Haifa in the GSP Stadium, the venue for this close shave in Cyprus but back then a neutral ground.