Ole Gunnar Solskjaer likes to talk about the Manchester United DNA.
It’s a bit of a old cliche — United do not have sole copyright to comebacks and exciting football — but if Solskjaer believes it exists then now is the time to lean a little on the bravery that is supposed to be part of it.
Solskjaer, the United manager, is in a mess, a hole so big that only immediate results feel like they can save him.
To get some, the Norwegian may to have to change. He may have to make some big, brave calls.