It was a snapshot of the relative mediocrity engulfing Old Trafford that one of their players deemed the harsh dismissal of a Brighton centre-half to be worthy of a vigorous, celebratory double fist-pump.
But in fairness, Diogo Dalot is unfamiliar with a Manchester United era when those gestures were normally reserved for trophy-winning moments.
It seems seeing off Lewis Dunk is rated a triumph inside the Theatre of Dreams nowadays.
