It has been a frustrating week for Manchester United at Old Trafford, 180 minutes of football producing 49 shots but just one goal, Scott McTominay's face-saving winner against Omonia Nicosia.
United had a chance to again save their blushes in stoppage time on Sunday, but this time Marcus Rashford missed the target in the dying embers of the goalless draw with Newcastle.
That was the first draw of Erik ten Hag's reign, ending the boom-or-bust cycle of the first dozen games, but nine fixtures into their Premier League campaign they are fifth in the table, an acceptable position considering how the season started.
