One of the main reasons Paul Pogba left Manchester United for Italy four years ago was that he was "disgusted" about being left on the bench on New Year's Eve in 2011.
United hosted bottom-placed Blackburn Rovers on that day and lost 3-2 against the crisis club after Sir Alex Ferguson picked Park Ji-Sung, a winger, and Rafael da Silva, a right back, in central midfield ahead of Pogba. That makeshift midfield partnership was formed as Michael Carrick had been pushed back into the central defence due to an injury crisis and the dropping of Wayne Rooney, Jonny Evans and Darron Gibson.