It has come to feel like a collector’s item – a Manchester United goal in the Premier League. When it came, Bruno Fernandes scoring from the penalty spot on 70 minutes, the celebrations were suitably wild. Especially from Ruud van Nistelrooy, the United interim manager who is keeping the dugout warm for Rúben Amorim.
Van Nistelrooy pumped his fists, he ran down the line, he jumped up and he punched the air. It was like the old days when he led the United line, and the release of emotion was understandable because there had been plenty of frustration about the team’s performance.
