There are mitigating factors as to why Manchester United's squad is so stretched at the moment but there can't have been another fixture in their recent history that featured so many players essentially on a farewell tour.
Four of the 14 players involved against Norwich are essentially guaranteed to be leaving this summer, yet with seven games of a wretched season to go Ralf Rangnick was still forced to involve them in a must-win game.
The news that Nemanja Matic is going to head out of the door this summer with Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata and Edinson Cavani has presented United with another headache.
