Mainoo and Lacey raise the spirits but systemic change still required at Manchester United | Nick Ames
Tennis balls rained down on the pitch in protest at the chronic, enduringly cinematic decline presided over by Manchester United’s ownership.
Key points
- Will it be enough to save Michael Carrick, who was once again serenaded when minds wandered from the joint scourges of the Glazer family and Jim Ratcliffe?
- Then came a reminder of the humble football’s extraordinary power to bend history, minds and wills.
- If Aston Villa defend a shade more competently than Roma on Sunday then perhaps….
United’s players departed victorious having somehow won the game within the game, separating themselves from the fog of unhappy context swirling on all sides and turning the second half into its own soaring, ripping story for the ages.
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