With Harry Kane absent, the field of expensive star strikers at Old Trafford was reduced to one. The irony is that £75million Romelu Lukaku proved to Manchester United fans and his manager that he's not just a goalscorer.
Lukaku's reputation has always been of a fearsome finisher whose overall game was let down by a lack of workrate and assists.
Something Jose Mourinho must have done has changed all that. The 24-year-old Belgian hasn't scored in his last five games but with assists in each of his last two Premier League games, he's still proving invaluable for his team.