It was 7.15am last Sunday morning when Chido Obi pulled on his Manchester United tracksuit, added a black winter beanie hat, and headed out to do some extra training.
The 17-year-old routinely gives up days off to work on his craft and on this cold Manchester morning he was out working on his movement and his finishing with personal coach Kudus Oyenuga.
Given defeat by Tottenham on Sunday made it 10 games where Manchester United have failed to score this season, how badly they need a scorer, a ray of light, amid the doom and gloom of slipping to 15th in the table.