Ruben Amorim sat back in his dugout, feet up, looking drained. Then he turned to face the supporters. After opting not to watch 26 penalties at Grimsby, Manchester United’s fate came down to one against Burnley. Amorim didn’t see this, either. Bruno Fernandes, looking rather less nervous than his manager, drilled it under Martin Dubravka for a 97th-minute decider. United, the club that sing about having won “the lot”, had finally won a game this season.
They did it the hard way; perhaps the ludicrous way. Yet in a tale of penalties, missed at Grimsby and revoked in Manchester, there came a reminder that Fernandes has the mettle and mentality required. He had converted twice in the shootout at Blundell Park but blazed over at Fulham last week.
