An actual relegation battle was, in reality, never likely to occur, especially now Ipswich Town provided a timely reminder there are at least three teams even worse than Manchester United this season.
Any other side than one of the top-flight’s woefully substandard promoted teams would have piled more misery on Ruben Amorim and his self-harming circus act at Old Trafford, but somehow they were allowed to roll on into another haphazard week without further damage to the points tally.
