When Jadon Sancho began to feel the tiredness creeping in on Friday night it was hardly a surprise he clutched his hamstring and stretched his groin. He had hardly stopped running all night.
It was another desperate night in a season of disappointments, but Sancho was one of the few positives. His Manchester United career has been a slow-burn so far but over the next four months he's going to have a prominent role to play, so this was an encouraging evening.
It looked like even that bright spark would end up turning into a negative when Sancho signalled he had to come off with the final act of normal time, but he carried on for another 10 minutes before he could run no longer. Ralf Rangnick confirmed after the game that was it tiredness, rather than an injury, that had ended the 21-year-old's night.
