Humbled and humiliated, Manchester United’s players filtered solemnly into Carrington at 9am Monday, not more than 15 hours after the final whistle had sounded on a shocking capitulation at Anfield.
David de Gea, beaten seven times by arch-rivals Liverpool, and Luke Shaw lowered the sun visors on their cars to hide their shame from the cameras as they drove into the training ground for a planned recovery session. Alejandro Garnacho tried to disappear inside a white hoodie, pulled up tightly around his face.
Team-mates, some of whom had hastily cancelled social media events planned for Monday, still wore shell-shocked expressions.