Paul Scholes brought many talents to the football pitch as a player, but it’s fair to say clairvoyance wasn’t one of them.
As a pundit, on the other hand, Scholes is proving rather prophetic. After Manchester United’s comeback win over Atalanta a fortnight ago, he successfully predicted that his old club would be four goals behind by half-time if they played with the same abandon against Liverpool.
Scholes was at it again on Tuesday night as he discussed the merits of United’s altogether more cautious, compact 3-4-1-2 formation which worked so well at Tottenham on Saturday and looked like becoming the new norm – well, at least while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tries to steady the ship and keep himself at the helm.