The Portuguese looked a dead man walking with his side 2-0 down to Newcastle after just nine minutes but he was rescued by some unlikely heroes
At 2-0 down after nine minutes, who would have thought Old Trafford would have been singing the name of Jose Mourinho come the final whistle or celebrating a winner from Alexis Sanchez?
This was a game in which United had no option but to win. League position be damned, this was a fixture in which the players were expected to show that there was some fight within them. This was a fixture in which Mourinho was supposed to come up with the answers.