Glasner complained after the Carabao Cup win over Queens Park Rangers in midweek that his team was too slow moving the ball and passed too much. That was evident for a lot of this game. Ismaila Sarr made a significant difference when he came on and Jeffrey Schlupp’s direct running in the final few minutes made an impact too.

Two wins and 10 goals from their last two games means that for once the atmosphere around Manchester United is relatively buoyant, no matter that those triumphs came against a likely relegation contender and a League One opponent.

There was one other element you could criticise, mind. That was Martinez’s “challenge”. It was really a two-footed stamp from jumping into the air, and Glasner said both the defender and Daichi Kamada were “fortunate he touched the ball and not the shin”. Ten Hag declined to comment on it.