Twenty seconds before he scores the most important goal of his young career, Kobbie Mainoo is in his own penalty area hassling Kevin De Bruyne. The ball pinballs into the air, Mainoo heads it on to Bruno Fernandes, and then he starts running.
Stuck in a corridor of City players, Fernandes does what most Manchester United players now do when down a dead end, and looks for Mainoo. Mainoo is expecting the pass and already knows what he’s going to do with it: he takes a touch before rolling it with the outside of his foot to Marcus Rashford on the halfway line, and keeps on running.
