You saw Manchester United’s season distilled in 90+ minutes at Chelsea on Thursday night. Hopeless. Fabulous. Agonising.
That’s been their season in microcosm and it’s what you get with the kind of modest players that team have on their books. They show glimpses to get you excited and then have you in despair. Their supporters have left some games this year thinking: ’How bad are we?’ and others thinking, ‘We’re back!’
Just as we saw when they were spirited and enjoyed their luck to beat Liverpool in the FA Cup last month, United showed resilience and fighting spirit to come back into the game at Stamford Bridge.