Over the summer, Romelu Lukaku and Alvaro Morata were cast in a footballing remake of Sliding Doors, where the former got off in Manchester and the latter the capital. It could have been so different. With an extra text message here or a persuasive phone call there, it might so easily have been the other way around.
It was inevitable then that Sunday's game between Chelsea and Manchester United would focus on the pair of them. As a spectacle, it did not disappoint. Neither did it as a blood sport, at least for those out for Lukaku.