Perhaps the cleverest thing Erik ten Hag did between Manchester United's annihilation at Liverpool and last night's game against Real Betis was pick the same thing.
Managers can only say much on the back of something like last Sunday's defeat. It's what they actually do that matters.
Ten Hag, the United manager, could have dropped players. He would not have been short of candidates. He could have taken the captaincy of Bruno Fernandes. The Portuguese could not have complained.
Instead Ten Hag simply gave the shirts back to the same eleven players and asked them to go and do better.