The last time Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial were on the scoresheet in the same game before Thursday night Manchester United ended up hitting nine, thrashing a bedraggled Southampton at an empty Old Trafford in February 2021.
Since then it's United who have tended to be on the wrong end of hidings, a trait that hasn't yet been extinguished by Erik ten Hag, who in his first 10 games in charge has overseen a 4-0 defeat at Brentford and a 6-3 loss at Manchester City.
Ten Hag has won six and lost four of his matches so far and his record offers encouragement rather than a cast-iron guarantee of success. But if there's an area where his impact is being felt it is on the training ground.
