A new formation for Manchester United and a new winning goal scorer. We have waited a while for both.
After more than a year of stubbornness and willfulness, United manager Ruben Amorim finally threw a Boxing Day surprise and started a game with a back four.
His usual left wing-back Patrick Dorgu found himself stationed on the right wing and that was probably as much a surprise to him as it was to everybody else.
But the Dane promptly scored for the first time in almost 40 United games, lashing in a dropping ball at a first half corner to give Amorim’s team a lead that they somehow managed to hang on to.