It was the 59th minute at the Etihad and Manchester United were on the fast track to embarrassment once again. It was so bad that Erik ten Hag saved Cristiano Ronaldo from humiliation "out of respect".
But the Dutchman had no issues throwing on another galactico with a string of Champions League titles to his name. Casemiro doesn't come with quite the same baggage as his former Real Madrid teammate and after a quiet introduction to life in English football, this was to be the moment everything changed.
It seems strange to think now that for four Premier League games in a row the Brazilian had been kept out of the starting XI by Scott McTominay. As good as McTominay was against Southampton, Leicester and Arsenal, the way United were pulled apart at the Etihad was the moment Ten Hag knew it was time to unleash the upgrade.
