For Manchester United the magic number between now and the end of this draining season is 65. That is the number of games this team will play if they go on to reach the final of the FA Cup and the Europa League.
It is an astonishing number, one made all the more exhausting by the presence of that winter World Cup in Qatar. This has been a season like no other and for nobody is that more true than this United squad.
For 12 weeks since Christmas, Erik ten Hag's team played twice a week. If they go all the way in both remaining cup competitions then they will play midweek fixtures for 21 successive weeks either side of the March internationals.
