Gary Neville was quick to clock it, and sure enough it soon become apparent after kick-off that Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick had opted to once again field the "strange" attacking formation he has recently become accustomed to.
With Cristiano Ronaldo out through illness, Marcus Rashford on the bench and United's other forward options unavailable, Rangnick again turned to his hybrid '4-2-4/4-2-2-2' that was seen in the 4-1 defeat to Manchester City last month.
Neville wasn't a fan of it back then either, saying: "It's strange when you look at Manchester United's shape and see where (Paul) Pogba and (Bruno) Fernandes are, almost as two centre-forwards with (Anthony) Elanga and (Jadon) Sancho either side.
