What is it that is said about title-winning teams? What they do, where they do it, and what the weather is like on that particular day of the week.
If it’s true, then it is time to take Manchester United seriously. This was a big result, hard-fought and hard-won against the Premier League’s awkward squad. It is a victory that puts them top of the league in January for the first time since Sir Alex Ferguson was manager and claimed his final league trophy. Now for Liverpool, away.
Yet United will take the competition’s only unbeaten away record to Anfield and a coach-load of confidence.