'Lads, it's Man United…' This shocking, spineless excuse for a performance is what we came to expect from Tottenham at their most timid down the years.
The kind of tame surrender that led Sir Alex Ferguson to once start his team talk with that most withering of put-downs.
Now the same could be said of this United team, such a pale imitation of Ferguson's great sides that you wonder just where they go next.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has described Man United's 6-1 defeat to Spurs as his 'worst day'
It would be possible to dismiss a 6-1 capitulation as a one-off brought on by the harsh dismissal of Anthony Martial in the first half.