Little could be more indicative of Manchester United’s mediocrity than the fact that on a night when they simply had to win, a 1-0 defeat felt a decent result.
Kingsley Coman’s second-half goal ultimately killed off any faint hope that Erik ten Hag’s side might play European football in the New Year, that coming a quarter of an hour after Lukas Lerager’s for Copenhagen against Galatasaray had made sure that, it in any case, it would certainly not be in the Champions League.
