United were left frustrated by Palace, who escaped Old Trafford with a goalless draw, but proceedings ended with Jose Mourinho trudging all the way across the Old Trafford turf to embrace the hobbling Victor Lindelof, who had spent the last minutes of the match struggling to move due to a muscle injury.
Against Young Boys, the Reds did find a way through thanks to Marouane Fellaini’s injury-time strike, after a tough second period, The big Belgian’s first instinct? To seek out his manager on the touchline and to show solidarity.
Club legend Paddy Crerand recently told me: “There are no communities more tight-knit than football teams”.