Whereas Scott McTominay’s 40-yard effort to kill off Manchester City the previous Sunday had been met with a visceral roar from the masses huddled beneath the pouring rain, United’s next goal, scored four days later and 1,000 miles away in Austria, was celebrated in front of a wall of silence.
But the strange circumstances surrounding the behind-closed-doors game at the Linzer Stadion shouldn’t take anything away from Odion Ighalo’s magnificent opener in our 5-0 win over LASK.
In the absence of Anthony Martial, injured during the Manchester derby win, Ighalo started for only the third time since his January loan move.