The clank of the studs could be heard trudging up the sloped Stretford End tunnel towards the modest home dressing room.
Manchester United were 4-1 down at the interval to Tottenham and, in the away dressing room, Jose Mourinho was preparing his players to inflict a joint-record defeat on United. In the room he used to hold court in, a compatriot cut loose.
Whatever happened between the four walls is still uncertain, but something occurred involving Bruno Fernandes. One suggestion was he rowed with Nemanja Matic and another was Fernandes turned on Harry Maguire over his calamitous defending. Fernandes and Matic were both substituted and kept the expelled Anthony Martial company.
