After defeats against Brighton and Brentford at the start of the season, the worst was expected for Erik ten Hag when Manchester United played Liverpool, who had won both meetings between the two sides by an aggregate score of 9-0 last term.
Around 10,000 supporters marched against the Glazers' ownership of the club before that clash in August and the tangible anger against the American family was brought into the stadium and redirected against the club's fiercest rivals.
Old Trafford was electric and instead of the anticipated embarrassing defeat against Liverpool, the players rose to the occasion and produced a performance which many thought was not possible, with United recording a 2-1 victory.
